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Takashi Shimura

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1905-03-12

Deathday: 1982-02-11 (76 years old)

Biography

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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). 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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Filmography

all 259

Movies 252

TV Shows 7

Director 2

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Takashi Shimura

Biography

Filmography

all 259

Movies 252

TV Shows 7

Director 2

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' (2002)

Fifth Movement (1981)

Kagemusha (1980)

A-Un (1980)

An Ocean to Cross (1980)

The Revolt (1980)

Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)

Love and Faith (1978)

Kashin (1977)

Godzilla (1977)

Human Revolution II (1976)

Against The Grain (1976)

The Bullet Train (1975)

Hadashi no seishun (1975)

Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)

The Tattooed Hitman (1974)

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari (1973)

Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)

A Yakuza Has His Way (1972)

Tora-san's Love Call (1971)

Patience Has An End (1971)

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments (1971)

The Militarists (1970)

House of Gamblers (1970)

Women of Osaka Castle (1970)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town (1969)

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969)

The Magoichi Saga (1969)

It's Tough Being a Man (1969)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 (1969)

Kanto Woman Infamy (1969)

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969)

Samurai Banners (1969)

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless (1969)

Heaven and Earth (1969)

New Prison Walls of Abashiri (1968)

The Day the Sun Rose (1968)

Woman Gambler and the Nun (1968)

Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968)

The Woman Champion (1968)

The Bride from Hades (1968)

The Drifting Avenger (1968)

Industrial Spy (1968)

The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

Dorei kōjō (1968)

Human Torpedoes (1968)

King of the Gang (1967)

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

When the Cookie Crumbles (1967)

The Chivalrous Life (1967)

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways (1967)

Three Sisters (1967)

No Greater Love (1966)

The Harbor of No Return (1966)

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era (1966)

The Protector (1966)

A Circus Girl (1966)

Code of Ruffians (1965)

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro (1965)

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

The Retreat from Kiska (1965)

Sanshiro Sugata (1965)

Three Yakuza (1965)

Red Beard (1965)

Hoodlum Match (1965)

The Soundless Cry (1965)

Kwaidan (1965)

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Blood and Diamonds (1964)

Brand of Evil (1964)

Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)