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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-12 (120 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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Known For

Acting

2002

1981

The Last Days of Planet Earth as Hospital Director

1980

Kagemusha as Taguchi Gyobu

1978

Love and Faith as Sen Rikyu
Talk of the Town Tora-san as Hiroshi's Father

1977

Godzilla as Dr. Yamane
Kashin as Chikuin

1976

1975

The Bullet Train as JNR President

1974

The Tattooed Hitman as Bukichi Oura

1973

1972

1971

Tora-san's Love Call as Hiroshi's father

1970

The Militarists as Takeda

1969

It's Tough Being a Man as Hyôichirô Suwa
The Magoichi Saga as Magoichi's father
Samurai Banners as Obu Toramasa
Heaven and Earth as Nagao Fusakage

1968

The Bride from Hades as Fortune Teller
Industrial Spy as Taizo Matsui
The Drifting Avenger as Ken's Father

1967

Japan's Longest Day as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Three Sisters as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]

1966

The Harbor of No Return as Detective Egusa

1965

Frankenstein Conquers the World as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Red Beard as Tokubei Izumiya
Kwaidan as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Samurai Assassin as Narihisa Ichijō
Sanshiro Sugata as Mishima
The Retreat from Kiska as Military Command president

1964

Akō Rōshi as Onodera Juunai

1963

High and Low as Chief of Investigation Section
Attack Squadron as Admiral
Samurai Pirate as King Raksha
Dokuritsu bijin-tai as Director of Iinuma Clinic

1962

Sanjuro as Kurofuji
Chûshingura as Hyobu Chishaka
Gorath as Kensuke Sonoda
The Whale God as Village elder

1961

Yojimbo as Tokuemon, sake brewer
Mothra as News Editor
Different Sons as Hisamitsu Ando
The Gambler's Code as Hacchônawate Tokubei

1960

The Bad Sleep Well as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Afraid to Die as Gohei Hirayama
The Masterless 47 as Honzo Kadokawa
Man Against Man as Chotaro Masue
Princess Sen in Edo as Sadonokami Honda

1959

The Three Treasures as Elder Kumaso
Saga of the Vagabonds as Saemon Toki

1958

The Hidden Fortress as General Izumi Nagakura
Seven from Edo as Sagamiya
The Loyal 47 Ronin as Jûbei Ôtake
Mother as Ijûin

1957

Throne of Blood as Noriyasu Odagura
The Mysterians as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Untamed Woman as Owner of the rice mill

1956

The Underworld as Furuya
Young Tree as Hanako's Father
I Saw the Killer as Nagasawa

1955

Godzilla Raids Again as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
I Live in Fear as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
No Time for Tears as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Love Never Fails as Nobuo's father
Ticket to Hell as Insepctor Kasai

1954

Godzilla as Kyohei Yamane
A Geisha on Horseback as Kotaro Yamabe
Seven Samurai as Kambei Shimada

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
The Last Embrace as Watanabe (Nabesan)

1952

Ikiru as Kanji Watanabe
Beauty and the Thief as Yoshimichi

1951

The Idiot as Ono, Ayako's father
Stolen Love as Sotaro Munekata
The Life of a Horse Trader as Rokutaro Kosaka
The Blue Pearl as Fujiki
The Bitch as Wataru Horie

1950

Rashomon as Woodcutter
Scandal as Attorney Hiruta
Sanshiro of Ginza as Daizo Matsubara

1949

Stray Dog as Det. Sato
The Quiet Duel as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
A Bullet Hole Underground as Yuuzou Fujimoto

1948

Drunken Angel as Sanada

1947

Snow Trail as Nojiri
Spring Awakens as Kenzô Ogura
Actress as Genshirō Kuramoto

1946

No Regrets for Our Youth as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Those Who Make Tomorrow as Theatre manager (uncredited)

1945

To Love and Swear as Murai's father, principle

1944

The Most Beautiful as Chief Goro Ishida
Sagohei the Three-footer as Yasukichi Ito

1943

Sanshiro Sugata as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Navy as Takao Mutaguchi

1942

1941

Last Days of Edo as Enomoto

1940

1939

Singing Lovebirds as Kyosai Shimura
Devoted Servant Naosuke as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

1938

Akagaki Genzo as Jozaemon Sakaya

1937

Jiraiya as Gundayû Yao

1936

Osaka Elegy as Inspector
Akanishi Kakita as Taranoshin Tsunomata

1935