
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.
39
Films
2
TV Shows
Known For
41 Credits
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948

The Legend of the White Serpent
as The White Lady
1956

Scandal
as Miyako Saijo
1950

Escape at Dawn
as Harumi
1950

Sword for Hire
as Oryo
1952

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952

さよなら李香蘭
1989

Holiday in Tokyo
1958

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
2019

Shanghai Rose
as Li Lili
1952

House of Bamboo
as Mariko
1955

The Last Embrace
as Yukiko Nogami
1953