Takashi Shimura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-12
Day of Death
1982-02-11 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
Takashi Shimura
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.
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Acting
(2002)
(1981)
(1981)
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Hospital Director
(1980)
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
(1980)
(1980)
An Ocean to Cross
as Ryuuson
(1978)
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Hiroshi's Father
(1978)
Love and Faith
as Sen Rikyu
(1977)
Godzilla
as Dr. Yamane
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
The Bullet Train
as JNR President
(1975)
(1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
(1974)
The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
(1974)
(1973)
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
as Sakubei
(1973)
(1972)
(1971)
Tora-san's Love Call
as Hiroshi's father
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
The Earth is Born Again
as Gondo
(1970)
The Militarists
as Takeda
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
It's Tough Being a Man
as Hyôichirô Suwa
(1969)
Samurai Banners
as Obu Toramasa
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
The Magoichi Saga
as Magoichi's father
(1968)
The Sands of Kurobe
as Ashimura
(1968)
(1968)
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as Dr. Junan
(1968)
Industrial Spy
as Taizo Matsui
(1968)
The Drifting Avenger
as Ken's Father
(1968)
(1968)
The Bride from Hades
as Fortune Teller
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
The Chivalrous Life
as Sakamoto
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
The Harbor of No Return
as Detective Egusa
(1965)
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
(1965)
Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Narihisa Ichijō
(1965)
The Retreat from Kiska
as Military Command president
(1965)
Sanshiro Sugata
as Mishima
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Brand of Evil
as Tsukamoto
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
(1963)
Samurai Pirate
as King Raksha
(1963)
Attack Squadron
as Admiral
(1963)
The Image of Mother
as Kahei
(1963)
(1963)
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
as Director of Iinuma Clinic
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji
(1962)
Gorath
as Kensuke Sonoda
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Hyobu Chishaka
(1962)
The Whale God
as Village elder
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
(1961)
Mothra
as News Editor
(1961)
Daredevil in the Castle
as Katagiri
(1961)
Different Sons
as Hisamitsu Ando
(1961)
(1961)
Restoration Fire
as Yahei
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Gambler's Code
as Hacchônawate Tokubei
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
(1960)
The Storm of the Pacific
as Tosaku
(1960)
Afraid to Die
as Gohei Hirayama
(1960)
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Honzo Kadokawa
(1960)
(1960)
Man Against Man
as Chotaro Masue
(1960)
Princess Sen in Edo
as Sadonokami Honda
(1960)
(1959)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Dr. Yamane
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Elder Kumaso
(1959)
(1959)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Masagoro
(1959)
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kyusaku Inao
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Ryoan
(1959)
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Saemon Toki
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Jûbei Ôtake
(1958)
Points and Lines
as Kasai
(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yasaburô
(1958)
Mother
as Ijûin
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Seven from Edo
as Sagamiya
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura
(1957)
The Mysterians
as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
(1957)
Untamed Woman
as Owner of the rice mill
(1957)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Yamane
(1957)
(1957)
The Eleventh Hour
as Banno
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Court official
(1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
(1956)
(1956)
The Underworld
as Furuya
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
I Saw the Killer
as Nagasawa
(1956)
Young Tree
as Hanako's Father
(1956)
(1955)
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
(1955)
No Time for Tears
as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
(1955)
Ticket to Hell
as Insepctor Kasai
(1955)
(1955)
Love Never Fails
as Nobuo's father
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
(1954)
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
(1954)
(1954)
A Geisha on Horseback
as Kotaro Yamabe
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
Asakusa at Night
as Komazo
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
(1953)
The Last Embrace
as Watanabe (Nabesan)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe
(1952)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Kataoka
(1952)
The Man Who Came to Port
as Okabe
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
as Yoshimichi
(1952)
(1951)
The Idiot
as Ono, Ayako's father
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
The Blue Pearl
as Fujiki
(1951)
Stolen Love
as Sotaro Munekata
(1951)
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Rokutaro Kosaka
(1951)
The Bitch
as Wataru Horie
(1951)
(1950)
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
(1950)
Scandal
as Attorney Hiruta
(1950)
Street of Violence
as Sagawa
(1950)
(1950)
Sanshiro of Ginza
as Daizo Matsubara
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato
(1949)
The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Yuuzou Fujimoto
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
Drunken Angel
as Sanada
(1948)
(1947)
Snow Trail
as Nojiri
(1947)
Spring Awakens
as Kenzô Ogura
(1947)
(1947)
Actress
as Genshirō Kuramoto
(1947)
(1946)
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
(1946)
Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Theatre manager (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
(1946)
(1945)
To Love and Swear
as Murai's father, principle
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
The Most Beautiful
as Chief Goro Ishida
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
(1944)
Sagohei the Three-footer
as Yasukichi Ito
(1943)
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
(1943)
Navy
as Takao Mutaguchi
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
Festival Across the Sea
as Oil Seller
(1941)
Last Days of Edo
as Enomoto
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
Singing Lovebirds
as Kyosai Shimura
(1939)
Devoted Servant Naosuke
as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
(1939)
(1938)
(1938)
(1938)
(1938)
(1938)
Akagaki Genzo
as Jozaemon Sakaya
(1938)
(1937)
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
as Takusan
(1937)
(1937)
Jiraiya
as Gundayû Yao
(1936)
Osaka Elegy
as Inspector
(1936)
Akanishi Kakita
as Taranoshin Tsunomata
(1935)