Yoko Shimada

Pants Yōko (陽子 島田 Pants Yōko?, born 17 may 1953, Kumamoto) is a japanese actress. She is best known to western audiences for her portrayal of "the mari" in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun. She was the only female member of Japanese actors shown speaking English the massive shōgun's of cas, for which she relied upon on a dialogue coach, as she was not fluent in the language at the time. Her English improved during your lovely great production, however, allowing her to work in a few English language films during the 1980 and in 1990. In 1981, she won the golden globe for best performance by an actress in a tv-Series-drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emma for her work on Shōgun premi.