Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-02-12
Day of Death
2014-09-07
Place of Birth
Fushun, Manchuria
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Biography
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 (40)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
John Gunther's High Road
1959
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958
The Lady of Mystery
1957
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Navy Wife
1956
House of Bamboo
1955
Chin Ping Mei
1955
土曜日の天使
1954
The Last Embrace
1953
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Shanghai Rose
1952
Sword for Hire
1952
