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Yoshiko Ōtaka (Japanese: 大鷹 淑子 Ōtaka Yoshiko, maiden name: Yoshiko Yamaguchi (山口 淑子), Chinese name: 李香蘭 (Traditional), 李香兰 (Simplified), Pinyin: Lǐ Xīanglán, English name: Shirley Yamaguchi) is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars. Her music career lasted between 1938 and 1958, after which she became a TV Ōtaka was born February 12, 1920 in Fushun, Manchuria (Manchukuo), which at the time was (partly) occupied by the Japanese. Yoshiko made her debut as an actress and singer in the 1938 film Honeymoon Express 蜜月快車, by Manchuria Film Production. She was billed as Li Xianglan (Chinese: 李香蘭; pinyin: Lǐ Xīanglán), pronounced Ri Kōran in Japanese. The adoption of a Chinese stage name was prompted by the Film company's economic and political motives—a Manchurian girl who had command over both the Japanese and Chinese languages was sought after. From this she rose to be a star and Japan-Manchuria Goodwill Ambassadress (日満親善大使). Though in her subsequent films she was almost exclusively billed as Li Xianglan, she indeed appeared in a few as "Yamaguchi Yoshiko". Many of her films bore some degree of promotion of the Japanese national policy (in particular pertaining to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere ideology) and can be termed "National Policy Films" (国策映画). The 1940 film Chinese Nights (支那の夜) also known as Shanghai Nights (上海の夜), by Manchu

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