Word: shimada
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Disney conceived his California Disneyland, he strongly felt that before visitors got to Tomorrowland, Fantasyland and Frontier land, they should first pass through Main Street, which he described as "everyone's home town, the heartland of America." And so they will at Urayasu. Says Tokyo Psychologist Kazuo Shimada: "At this point, the Japanese are brimming with curiosity about America and the Americans...
...last week, for so long the also-ran in the networks' ratings race. NBC hit paydirt with the five-night, twelve-hour, $25 million production of James Clavell's bestselling novel Shōgun, set in 17th century Japan and starring Richard Chamberlain and Yoko Shimada. Despite long doses of uncaptioned Japanese dialogue, Shōgun's mix of arch politics, discreet sex and graphic beheadings started big on Monday night with 70 million watching, and was still going strong at week's end as newspapers alertly provided daily plot summaries. The total audience: some...
...adapting this swashbuckler, Writer-Producer Eric Bercovici has largely ignored Clavell's panorama of Japanese political intrigue to concentrate on the low-key love story involving the pilot Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain) and his interpreter, the Lady Todo Mariko (Yoko Shimada). It is just as well. Chamberlain possesses a star quality peculiar to television actors. Dr. Kildare has matured into a placid handsomeness. He is alert, restful, kind. He listens closely and makes love tenderly. Shimada has a grave, delicate beauty that dignifies the languorous pace of her affair with Blackthorne. Theirs is a passive passion, a love rooted...