Shima Iwashita

Shima Shinoda better known as Shima Iwashita born January 3 1941 in Tokyo Japan is a Japanese actress She was married to film director Shinoda Masahiro She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for Ballad of Orin In junior high school she aspired to become a psychiatrist but gave up on that dream when she was 1617 years old and suffered from childhood rheumatism and was hospitalized for a long time To divert her energy she appeared in the 1958 NHK drama Bus Street Back This was the beginning of her acting career She made her film debut two years later in 1960 In 1999 she launched her brand Kimono Shima with kimono manufacturer Kyoto Marubeni and made her debut as a kimono designer In 2004 she was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal In 2012 she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Rosette