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)
An Ocean to Cross
as Ryuuson
(1980)
(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)
The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
(1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
(1974)
(1973)
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
as Sakubei
(1973)
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
Tora-san's Love Call
as Hiroshi's father
(1971)
The Earth is Born Again
as Gondo
(1971)
(1970)
The Militarists
as Takeda
(1970)
(1969)
Samurai Banners
as Obu Toramasa
(1969)
(1969)
It's Tough Being a Man
as Hyôichirô Suwa
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
The Magoichi Saga
as Magoichi's father
(1969)
(1968)
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as Dr. Junan
(1968)
The Sands of Kurobe
as Ashimura
(1968)
The Bride from Hades
as Fortune Teller
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
The Drifting Avenger
as Ken's Father
(1968)
Industrial Spy
as Taizo Matsui
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
(1967)
The Chivalrous Life
as Sakamoto
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
The Harbor of No Return
as Detective Egusa
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
(1965)
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
(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)
Brand of Evil
as Tsukamoto
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
(1963)
Samurai Pirate
as King Raksha
(1963)
Attack Squadron
as Admiral
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
The Image of Mother
as Kahei
(1963)
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
as Director of Iinuma Clinic
(1963)
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji
(1962)
Gorath
as Kensuke Sonoda
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Hyobu Chishaka
(1962)
(1962)
The Whale God
as Village elder
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
(1961)
Mothra
as News Editor
(1961)
Restoration Fire
as Yahei
(1961)
Daredevil in the Castle
as Katagiri
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Gambler's Code
as Hacchônawate Tokubei
(1961)
Different Sons
as Hisamitsu Ando
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
(1960)
Afraid to Die
as Gohei Hirayama
(1960)
The Storm of the Pacific
as Tosaku
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Honzo Kadokawa
(1960)
(1960)
Princess Sen in Edo
as Sadonokami Honda
(1960)
(1960)
Man Against Man
as Chotaro Masue
(1960)
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Elder Kumaso
(1959)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Dr. Yamane
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Ryoan
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kyusaku Inao
(1959)
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Saemon Toki
(1959)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Masagoro
(1958)
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Jûbei Ôtake
(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yasaburô
(1958)
Points and Lines
as Kasai
(1958)
(1958)
Seven from Edo
as Sagamiya
(1958)
(1958)
Mother
as Ijûin
(1958)
(1958)
(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)
(1957)
The Eleventh Hour
as Banno
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Yamane
(1957)
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Court official
(1956)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
The Underworld
as Furuya
(1956)
(1956)
Young Tree
as Hanako's Father
(1956)
I Saw the Killer
as Nagasawa
(1955)
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
(1955)
(1955)
Ticket to Hell
as Insepctor Kasai
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
No Time for Tears
as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
(1955)
Love Never Fails
as Nobuo's father
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
(1954)
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
(1954)
(1954)
Asakusa at Night
as Komazo
(1954)
(1954)
A Geisha on Horseback
as Kotaro Yamabe
(1954)
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
The Last Embrace
as Watanabe (Nabesan)
(1952)
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe
(1952)
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Kataoka
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
The Man Who Came to Port
as Okabe
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
as Yoshimichi
(1951)
The Idiot
as Ono, Ayako's father
(1951)
(1951)
The Blue Pearl
as Fujiki
(1951)
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Rokutaro Kosaka
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
Stolen Love
as Sotaro Munekata
(1951)
The Bitch
as Wataru Horie
(1950)
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
(1950)
Scandal
as Attorney Hiruta
(1950)
(1950)
Street of Violence
as Sagawa
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
Sanshiro of Ginza
as Daizo Matsubara
(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)
Spring Awakens
as Kenzô Ogura
(1947)
Snow Trail
as Nojiri
(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)
(1945)
(1945)
To Love and Swear
as Murai's father, principle
(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)
Last Days of Edo
as Enomoto
(1941)
Festival Across the Sea
as Oil Seller
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
Singing Lovebirds
as Kyosai Shimura
(1939)
Devoted Servant Naosuke
as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
(1939)
(1938)
(1938)
(1938)
Akagaki Genzo
as Jozaemon Sakaya
(1938)
(1938)
(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)