Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Film
The Lady of Mystery
1957
Film
House of Bamboo
Mariko
1955
Film
The Last Embrace
Yukiko Nogami
1953
Series
さよなら李香蘭
1989
Film
Foghorn
Chiyo (Hana)
1952
Film
Scandal
Miyako Saijo
1950
Film
The Legend of the White Serpent
The White Lady
1956
Film
Japanese War Bride
Tae Shimizu
1952
Film
Honeymoon Express
Bride
1938
Film
The Yellow River
1942
Film
The Unforgettable Night
Ge Qiuxia
1958
Film
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Film
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Dear Soldier
Singer
1944
Film
Sword for Hire
Oryo
1952
Film
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Film
The Monkey King
Oriental Woman
1940
The Spring Dream of Great Fortune
1939
Film
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Angela, her teacher
1958
Film
Navy Wife
Akashi
1956
Film
Ningen moyo
1949
Song of the White Orchid
1939
Jōnetsu no ningyo
1948
Film
China Night
1940
Film
Sayon's Bell
Sayon
1943
Film
First Love Questions and Answers
1950
Film
You and I
Manchurian girl
1941
Film
Travels to the East
Liqin, the Typist
1940
Film
Shanghai Rose
Li Lili
1952
Film
Eternity
凤姑
1943
Film
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Film
The Lucky Chair
1948
Film
Retribution of the Vengeful Spirit
1939
Film
Field Army Orchestra
Ai Ran
1944
Film
My Nightingale
Mariko
1944
Film
Endless Passion
Beautiful singer
1949
Film
Return
1949
Film
Suzhou Nights
1941
Film
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Film
Escape at Dawn
Harumi
1950
Film
Chorus of Prayer
1943
Film
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Film
Blood of Arms and Heart of Wisdom
1939
Film
Onna no ryūkō
1950
Film
Winter Jasmine
1942
Film
The Fighting Street
1943
Film
Shooting Star
原口愛子
1949
Film
John Gunther's High Road
Self
1959
Film
Chin Ping Mei