Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Yoshiko Yamaguchi (山口 淑子, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, February 12, 1920 – September 7, 2014), also known by her stage names Shirley Yamaguchi and Li Xianglan, is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. She was elected as a member of the Japanese Parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years. Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Hsiang-lan (李香蘭), rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies. After the war, she appeared in Japanese movies under her real name, as well as in several English language movies under the stage name, Shirley Yamaguchi. After becoming a journalist in the 1950s under the name Yoshiko Ōtaka (大鷹 淑子, Ōtaka Yoshiko), she was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in 1974, and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund. She died at the age of 94 in Tokyo on September 7, 2014.

  • Popularity : 6.504
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1920-02-12
  • Place of Birth : Fushun, Manchuria
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Yoshiko Yamaguchi Movies

  • 1955
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    House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo

    6.1 1955 HD

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow...

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  • 1950
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    Scandal

    Scandal

    6.9 1950 HD

    A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

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  • 1949
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    Endless Passion

    Endless Passion

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1952
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    Japanese War Bride

    Japanese War Bride

    5.5 1952 HD

    A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.

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  • 1959
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    John Gunther's High Road

    John Gunther's High Road

    10 1959 HD

    John Gunther, a great traveler in many parts of the globe, presented on the American ABC channel the documentary program "John Gunther's High Road"...

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  • 2019
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    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

    5.5 2019 HD

    A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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  • 1943
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    Sayon's Bell

    Sayon's Bell

    1 1943 HD

    Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan)...

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  • 1956
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    The Legend of the White Serpent

    The Legend of the White Serpent

    5.6 1956 HD

    Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

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  • 1942
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    Winter Jasmine

    Winter Jasmine

    1 1942 HD

    An inept and recently graduated Japanese man begins working in the administration of Manchuria, under the supervision of his uncle. Meanwhile, he...

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  • 1943
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    Eternity

    Eternity

    1 1943 HD

    The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War.

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  • 1941
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    君と僕

    君と僕

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1955
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    Chin Ping Mei

    Chin Ping Mei

    1 1955 HD

    Chin Ping Mei 金瓶梅 (1955) is a Hong Kong feature film written by Ku Wen-Chung and directed by Wang Yin, it was produced by Shaw Brothers Studio....

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  • 1944
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    Dear Soldier

    Dear Soldier

    1 1944 HD

    Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.

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  • 1940
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    China Night

    China Night

    1 1940 HD

    Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese...

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  • 1958
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    A Holiday in Tokyo

    A Holiday in Tokyo

    1 1958 HD

    May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes...

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  • 1940
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    The Monkey King

    The Monkey King

    1 1940 HD

    A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

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  • 1939
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    Song of the White Orchid

    Song of the White Orchid

    1 1939 HD

    Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in...

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  • 1958
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    Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

    Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

    1 1958 HD

    A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls...

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  • 1957
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    The Lady of Mystery

    The Lady of Mystery

    1 1957 HD

    Spies, Military Documents and Traitors.

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  • 1939
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    冤魂復仇

    冤魂復仇

    1 1939 HD

    Revenge of wronged souls

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  • 1952
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    Fuun Senryobune

    Fuun Senryobune

    1 1952 HD

    1952 Japanese movie

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  • 1956
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    Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

    1 1956 HD

    Japanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives, demand the same from their husbands.

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  • 1940
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    Oath on the Burning Sands

    Oath on the Burning Sands

    1 1940 HD

    A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at...

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  • 1941
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    Suzhou Nights

    Suzhou Nights

    1 1941 HD

    A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

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  • 1952
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    Foghorn

    Foghorn

    1 1952 HD

    A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

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  • 1953
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    The Last Embrace

    The Last Embrace

    1 1953 HD

    Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in...

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  • 1952
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    Sword for Hire

    Sword for Hire

    7 1952 HD

    Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and...

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  • 1948
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    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    1 1948 HD

    Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

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  • 1940
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    Toyuki

    Toyuki

    1 1940 HD

    Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

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  • 1950
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    Escape at Dawn

    Escape at Dawn

    5.7 1950 HD

    Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love...

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  • 1952
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    Shanghai Rose

    Shanghai Rose

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    Ningen moyo

    Ningen moyo

    1 1949 HD

    A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

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  • 1944
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    My Nightingale

    My Nightingale

    6 1944 HD

    Sumida is separated from his wife and daughter when conflict erupts in Harbin. Years later, he finds that his wife passed away and her daughter was...

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  • 1950
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    First Love Questions and Answers

    First Love Questions and Answers

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1989
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    さよなら李香蘭

    さよなら李香蘭

    1 1989 HD

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