Masami Shimojō

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-08-26 (89 years old)

Deathday

2004-07-25

Place of Birth

Busan, South Korea

Masami Shimojō

Biography

Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films. Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936. He made his film debut in 1940, but continued on stage well after World War II, primarily as a member of Gekidan Mingei. He was most known, however, for playing the uncle of Torajiro Kuruma in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting

1960

Jungle Block

as Azusa's lawyer

1996

Kids Return

as Yakuza Chairman

1959

Break Down that Wall

as Aioi Station detective A

1976

1977

1967

Lost Love

as Michiyuki Takasuga

1989

1978

Stage-Struck Tora-san

as Kuruma Tatsuzō

1990

Tsugumi

as Doctor

1993

Many Happy Returns

as Original 'Kyoso'

1958

Skinny and Fatty

as Mr. Oyama

1950

1966

Youth A Go Go!

as Gozo Masuda

1964

Whirlpool of Flesh

as Shozo Kageyama

1958

1955

The Heart

as Employment agent

2001

Rokushukan Private Moment

as Kokichi Tawara

1982

1974

Moscow, My Love

as Nogava, Yuriko's uncle

1970

It's a Man's Way of Life

as Chief Prosecutor Hattori

1959

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