Yamaguchi Shirley

Yamaguchi Yoshiko was a Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States.

Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Xianglan, 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.

She was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund.

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Name Yamaguchi Shirley

Nationality Japanese

Gender Female

Born February 12, 1920

Died September 7, 2014

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Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob. (Source: TMDB)

Six stories of returning home after the war.

Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by Chinese forces. Although he is able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her. ~~ Adapted from the novel Haruna by Yasu...

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A Japanese woman, mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant. (Source: IMDb)

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