Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 12, 1905
Died
Feb 11, 1982
Place of Birth
Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
Credits
299 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Self
Fifth Movement
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Hospital Director
Kagemusha
Taguchi Gyobu
A-Un
An Ocean to Cross
Ryuuson
The Revolt
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Hiroshi's Father
Strait of Roses
Love and Faith
Sen Rikyu
Fuyu no Undokai
Kashin
Chikuin
Godzilla
Dr. Yamane
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
Human Revolution II
Akai Unmei
The Roads Men Travel
Motoki
The Bullet Train
JNR President
Hadashi no seishun
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Pediatrician
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
The Tattooed Hitman
Bukichi Oura
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Sakubei
A Yakuza Has His Way
愛と愛
Tora-san's Love Call
Hiroshi's father
Patience Has An End
The Earth is Born Again
Gondo
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
The Militarists
Takeda
House of Gamblers
Women of Osaka Castle
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
The Magoichi Saga
Magoichi's father
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Hyôichirô Suwa
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Kanto Woman Infamy
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Samurai Banners
Obu Toramasa
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
Heaven and Earth
Nagao Fusakage
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
The Day the Sun Rose
Woman Gambler and the Nun
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Dr. Junan
The Woman Champion
The Bride from Hades
Fortune Teller
The Drifting Avenger
Ken's Father
Industrial Spy
Taizo Matsui