Takashi Shimura

​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.

Known For

Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Yojimbo
Ikiru
Godzilla
High and Low
Birth Location Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
Born 1905-03-12
Died 1982-02-11

Movies

Kagemusha as Taguchi Gyobu
1980
An Ocean to Cross as Ryuuson
1980
1980
Talk of the Town Tora-san as Hiroshi's Father
1978
Love and Faith as Sen Rikyu
1978
Godzilla as Dr. Yamane
1977
The Bullet Train as JNR President
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus as Pediatrician
1974
The Tattooed Hitman as Bukichi Oura
1974
1973
Tora-san's Love Call as Hiroshi's father
1971
The Militarists as Takeda
1970
The Magoichi Saga as Magoichi's father
1969
It's Tough Being a Man as Hyôichirô Suwa
1969
Samurai Banners as Obu Toramasa
1969
1968
The Bride from Hades as Fortune Teller
1968
Industrial Spy as Taizo Matsui
1968
The Sands of Kurobe as Ashimura
1968
Japan's Longest Day as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
1967
The Chivalrous Life as Sakamoto
1967
Kaerazeru hatoba as Detective Egusa
1966
1965
The Retreat from Kiska as Military Command president
1965
Sanshiro Sugata as Mishima
1965
Red Beard as Tokubei Izumiya
1965
Kwaidan as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Samurai Assassin as Narihisa Ichijō
1965
1964
1963
Samurai Pirate as King Raksha
1963
High and Low as Chief of Investigation Section
1963
Attack Squadron as Admiral
1963
47 Ronin as Hyobu Chishaka
1962
The Whale God as Village elder
1962
Gorath as Kensuke Sonoda
1962
Sanjuro as Kurofuji
1962
Different Sons as Hisamitsu Ando
1961
Restoration Fire as Yahei
1961
Mothra as News Editor
1961
The Gambler's Code as Hacchônawate Tokubei
1961
Yojimbo as Tokuemon, sake brewer
1961
1961
The Masterless 47 as Honzo Kadokawa
1960
The Bad Sleep Well as Administrative Officer Moriyama
1960
Man Against Man as Chotaro Masue
1960
1960
Afraid to Die as Gohei Hirayama
1960
Princess Sen in Edo as Sadonokami Honda
1960
1959
The Three Treasures as Elder Kumaso
1959
Stop the Old Fox as Ryoan
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds as Saemon Toki
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Doctor Yamane
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Kyusaku Inao
1959
The Hidden Fortress as General Izumi Nagakura
1958
Points and Lines as Kasai
1958
Seven from Edo as Sagamiya
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin as Jûbei Ôtake
1958
The Mysterians as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
1957
1957
Untamed Woman as Owner of the rice mill
1957
Throne of Blood as Noriyasu Odagura
1957
1956
1956
I Saw the Killer as Nagasawa
1956
Young Tree as Hanako's Father
1956
1956
I Live in Fear as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1955
Ticket to Hell as Insepctor Kasai
1955
Godzilla Raids Again as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
1955
Love Never Fails as Nobuo's father
1955
A Geisha on Horseback as Kotaro Yamabe
1954
Godzilla as Kyohei Yamane
1954
浅草の夜 as Komazo
1954
Seven Samurai as Kambei Shimada
1954
Eagle of the Pacific as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
1953
1952
Ikiru as Kanji Watanabe
1952
Beauty and the Thief as Yoshimichi
1952
1952
The Life of a Horse Trader as Rokutaro Kosaka
1951
The Bitch as Wataru Horie
1951
The Blue Pearl as Fujiki
1951
Stolen Love as Sotaro Munekata
1951
The Idiot as Ono, Ayako's father
1951
1951
Rashomon as Woodcutter
1950
Scandal as Attorney Hiruta
1950
Sanshiro of Ginza as Daizo Matsubara
1950
Street of Violence as Sagawa
1950
Stray Dog as Det. Sato
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground as Yuuzou Fujimoto
1949
The Quiet Duel as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
1949
Drunken Angel as Sanada
1948
Actress as Genshirō Kuramoto
1947
Spring Awakens as Kenzô Ogura
1947
Snow Trail as Nojiro
1947
No Regrets for Our Youth as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow as Theatre manager (uncredited)
1946
Ai to chikai as Murai's father, principle
1945
Sagohei the Three-footer as Yasukichi Ito
1944
The Most Beautiful as Chief Goro Ishida
1944
Navy as Takao Mutaguchi
1943
Sanshiro Sugata as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1943
Last Days of Edo as Enomoto
1941
Festival Across the Sea as Oil Seller
1941
Singing Lovebirds as Kyosai Shimura
1939
Devoted Servant Naosuke as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
1939
Akagaki Genzo as Jozaemon Sakaya
1938
Jiraiya as Gundayû Yao
1937
Akanishi Kakita as Taranoshin Tsunomata
1936
Osaka Elegy as Inspector
1936
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