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Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Actor · Born 1905-03-12 · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, Shimura Takashi, March 12, 1905 – February 11, 1982) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (1954).[3] He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955). For his contributions to the arts, the Japanese government decorated Shimura with the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1974 and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette in 1980. Shimura died on February 11, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan, from emphysema at the age of 76. His effects were presented to the Film Centre of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Seven Samurai (1954) — Kambei Shimada
  2. Rashomon (1950) — Woodcutter
  3. Yojimbo (1961) — Tokuemon, sake brewer
  4. Ikiru (1952) — Kanji Watanabe
  5. High and Low (1963) — Chief of Investigation Section
  6. Godzilla (1954) — Kyohei Yamane
  7. Throne of Blood (1957) — Noriyasu Odagura
  8. Kagemusha (1980) — Taguchi Gyobu
  9. Sanjuro (1962) — Kurofuji
  10. The Hidden Fortress (1958) — General Izumi Nagakura
  11. Kwaidan (1965) — Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
  12. Red Beard (1965) — Tokubei Izumiya
  13. Stray Dog (1949) — Det. Sato
  14. Godzilla Raids Again (1955) — Kyohei Yamane-hakase
  15. Drunken Angel (1948) — Sanada
  16. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Dr. Tsukamoto
  17. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Administrative Officer Moriyama
  18. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) — Dr. Yamane
  19. Mothra (1961) — News Editor
  20. Sanshiro Sugata (1943) — Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
  21. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — Court official
  22. The Idiot (1951) — Ono, Ayako's father
  23. I Live in Fear (1955) — Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
  24. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) — Kataoka
  25. Scandal (1950) — Attorney Hiruta
  26. The Quiet Duel (1949) — Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
  27. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) — Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
  28. Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) — Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
  29. The Bullet Train (1975) — JNR President
  30. Osaka Elegy (1936) — Inspector
  31. Samurai Assassin (1965) — Narihisa Ichijō
  32. The Mysterians (1957) — Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
  33. The Most Beautiful (1944) — Chief Goro Ishida
  34. Godzilla (1977) — Dr. Yamane
  35. Chûshingura (1962) — Hyobu Chishaka
  36. Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) — Dr. Junan
  37. Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) — Dr. Yamane
  38. Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) — Sakubei
  39. Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
  40. Samurai Banners (1969) — Obu Toramasa