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.
Acting
Movie
Scandal
as Miyako Saijo
1950
Movie
House of Bamboo
as Mariko
1955
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
Sword for Hire
as Oryo
1952
Movie
The Legend of the White Serpent
as The White Lady
1956
Movie
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2019
Movie
Escape at Dawn
as Harumi
1950
Movie
Japanese War Bride
as Tae Shimizu
1952
Movie
John Gunther's High Road
as Self
1959
Movie
Oath on the Burning Sands
1940
Movie
My Nightingale
as Mariko
1944
Movie
Endless Passion
as Beautiful singer
1949
Movie
Sayon's Bell
as Sayon
1943
Movie
Winter Jasmine
1942
Movie
Eternity
as 凤姑
1943
Movie
君と僕
as Manchurian girl
1941
Movie
Chin Ping Mei
1955
Movie
Dear Soldier
as Singer
1944
Movie
China Night
1940
Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Movie
The Monkey King
as Oriental Woman
1940
Movie
Song of the White Orchid
1939
Movie
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Angela, her teacher
1958
Movie
The Lady of Mystery
1957