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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage)
- 1989 · さよなら李香蘭 as
- 1959 · John Gunther's High Road as Self
- 1958 · A Holiday in Tokyo as
- 1958 · Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness as Angela, her teacher
- 1957 · The Lady of Mystery as
- 1956 · The Legend of the White Serpent as The White Lady
- 1956 · Navy Wife as Akashi
- 1955 · House of Bamboo as Mariko
- 1955 · Chin Ping Mei as
- 1953 · The Last Embrace as Yukiko Nogami
- 1952 · Fuun Senryobune as
- 1952 · Shanghai Rose as Li Lili
- 1952 · Sword for Hire as Oryo
- 1952 · Foghorn as Chiyo (Hana)
- 1952 · Japanese War Bride as Tae Shimizu
- 1950 · Scandal as Miyako Saijo
- 1950 · First Love Questions and Answers as
- 1950 · Escape at Dawn as Harumi
- 1949 · Endless Passion as Beautiful singer
- 1949 · Ningen moyo as
- 1948 · The Most Beautiful Day of My Life as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Dear Soldier as Singer
- 1944 · My Nightingale as Mariko
- 1943 · Sayon's Bell as Sayon
- 1943 · Eternity as 凤姑
- 1942 · Winter Jasmine as
- 1941 · Suzhou Nights as
- 1941 · 君と僕 as Manchurian girl
- 1940 · Oath on the Burning Sands as
- 1940 · The Monkey King as Oriental Woman
- 1940 · Toyuki as Liqin, the Typist
- 1940 · China Night as
- 1939 · Song of the White Orchid as
- 1939 · 冤魂復仇 as