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Yoshiko Yamaguchi
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 actr…
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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.
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2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Movie (archive footage)
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1989
さよなら李香蘭
TV show
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1959
John Gunther's High Road
Movie Self
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1958
The Unforgettable Night
Movie Ge Qiuxia
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1958
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
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1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Movie Angela, her teacher
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1957
The Lady of Mystery
Movie
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1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
Movie The White Lady
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1956
Navy Wife
Movie Akashi
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1955
House of Bamboo
Movie Mariko
- 1954
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1953
The Last Embrace
Movie Yukiko Nogami
- 1952
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1952
Shanghai Rose
Movie Li Lili
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1952
Sword for Hire
Movie Oryo
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1952
Foghorn
Movie Chiyo (Hana)
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1952
Japanese War Bride
Movie Tae Shimizu
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1950
Scandal
Movie Miyako Saijo
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1950
Onna no ryūkō
Movie
- 1950
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1950
Escape at Dawn
Movie Harumi
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1949
Return
Movie
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1949
Endless Passion
Movie Beautiful singer
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1949
Ningen moyo
Movie
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1949
Shooting Star
Movie 原口愛子
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1948
Jōnetsu no ningyo
Movie
- 1948
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1948
The Lucky Chair
Movie
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1944
Field Army Orchestra
Movie Ai Ran
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1944
Dear Soldier
Movie Singer
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1944
My Nightingale
Movie Mariko
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1943
Chorus of Prayer
Movie
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1943
Sayon's Bell
Movie Sayon
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1943
Eternity
Movie 凤姑
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1943
The Fighting Street
Movie
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1942
Winter Jasmine
Movie
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1942
The Yellow River
Movie
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1941
Suzhou Nights
Movie
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1941
You and I
Movie Manchurian girl
