
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
AKA: Li XianglanBirthday: 1920-02-12
Died: 2014-09-07
Birthplace: Fushun, Manchuria
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
House of Bamboo
Character: MarikoScandal
Character: Miyako SaijoEndless Passion
Character: Beautiful singerJapanese War Bride
Character: Tae ShimizuJohn Gunther's High Road
Character: SelfYellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Character: (archive footage)Sayon's Bell
Character: SayonThe Legend of the White Serpent
Character: The White LadyEternity
Character: 凤姑君と僕
Character: Manchurian girlDear Soldier
Character: SingerThe Monkey King
Character: Oriental WomanAngkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
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Navy Wife
Character: AkashiFoghorn
Character: Chiyo (Hana)The Last Embrace
Character: Yukiko NogamiSword for Hire
Character: Oryo$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x
Toyuki
Character: Liqin, the TypistEscape at Dawn
Character: HarumiShanghai Rose
Character: Li LiliMy Nightingale
Character: Mariko$rowCount++; } // end for loop // crew // $rowCount=0; for($x=0;$x