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.
House of Bamboo
(Mariko)
Scandal
(Miyako Saijo)
Endless Passion
(Beautiful singer)
Japanese War Bride
(Tae Shimizu)
John Gunther's High Road
(Self)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
((archive footage))
Sayon's Bell
(Sayon)
The Legend of the White Serpent
(The White Lady)
Winter Jasmine
Eternity
(凤姑)
君と僕
(Manchurian girl)
Chin Ping Mei
Dear Soldier
(Singer)
China Night
A Holiday in Tokyo
The Monkey King
(Oriental Woman)
Song of the White Orchid
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
(Angela, her teacher)
The Lady of Mystery
冤魂復仇
Fuun Senryobune
Navy Wife
(Akashi)
Oath on the Burning Sands
Suzhou Nights
Foghorn
(Chiyo (Hana))
The Last Embrace
(Yukiko Nogami)
Sword for Hire
(Oryo)
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Toyuki
(Liqin, the Typist)
Escape at Dawn
(Harumi)
Shanghai Rose
(Li Lili)
Ningen moyo
My Nightingale
(Mariko)
First Love Questions and Answers
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
さよなら李香蘭