Takashi Shimura

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-12 (77 years old)

Deathday

1982-02-11

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 Ri...

Acting

1958

The Hidden Fortress

as General Izumi Nagakura

1950

Rashomon

as Woodcutter

1954

Godzilla

as Kyohei Yamane

1955

Godzilla Raids Again

as Kyohei Yamane-hakase

1965

Frankenstein Conquers the World

as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor

1957

Throne of Blood

as Noriyasu Odagura

1965

Red Beard

as Tokubei Izumiya

1952

Ikiru

as Kanji Watanabe

1949

Stray Dog

as Det. Sato

1965

Kwaidan

as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

1955

I Live in Fear

as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

1962

Sanjuro

as Kurofuji

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as Administrative Officer Moriyama

1951

The Idiot

as Ono, Ayako's father

1980

Kagemusha

as Taguchi Gyobu

1961

Yojimbo

as Tokuemon, sake brewer

1948

Drunken Angel

as Sanada

1950

Scandal

as Attorney Hiruta

1963

High and Low

as Chief of Investigation Section

1954

A Geisha on Horseback

as Kotaro Yamabe

1943

Sanshiro Sugata

as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

1945

To Love and Swear

as Murai's father, principle

1957

The Mysterians

as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

1949

The Quiet Duel

as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

1936

Osaka Elegy

as Inspector

1951

Stolen Love

as Sotaro Munekata

1962

Chûshingura

as Hyobu Chishaka

1960

Afraid to Die

as Gohei Hirayama

1950

Sanshiro of Ginza

as Daizo Matsubara

1967

Japan's Longest Day

as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

1944

The Most Beautiful

as Chief Goro Ishida

1961

Mothra

as News Editor

1963

Attack Squadron

as Admiral

1973

1965

Samurai Assassin

as Narihisa Ichijō

1947

Snow Trail

as Nojiri

1936

Akanishi Kakita

as Taranoshin Tsunomata

1961

Different Sons

as Hisamitsu Ando

1968

1959

The Three Treasures

as Elder Kumaso

1970

1949

A Bullet Hole Underground

as Yuuzou Fujimoto

1971

Tora-san's Love Call

as Hiroshi's father

1947

Spring Awakens

as Kenzô Ogura

1978

Love and Faith

as Sen Rikyu

1963

Samurai Pirate

as King Raksha

1937

Jiraiya

as Gundayû Yao

1960

The Masterless 47

as Honzo Kadokawa

1943

Navy

as Takao Mutaguchi

1966

The Harbor of No Return

as Detective Egusa

1965

Sanshiro Sugata

as Mishima

1954

1961

The Gambler's Code

as Hacchônawate Tokubei

1938

Akagaki Genzo

as Jozaemon Sakaya

1977

Godzilla

as Dr. Yamane

1978

Talk of the Town Tora-san

as Hiroshi's Father

1962

Gorath

as Kensuke Sonoda

1969

It's Tough Being a Man

as Hyôichirô Suwa

1962

The Whale God

as Village elder

1958

Seven from Edo

as Sagamiya

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific

as Colonel A, staff officer of the army

1959

Saga of the Vagabonds

as Saemon Toki

1939

Singing Lovebirds

as Kyosai Shimura

1958

1957

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Jûbei Ôtake

1951

The Life of a Horse Trader

as Rokutaro Kosaka

1950

1952

1953

The Last Embrace

as Watanabe (Nabesan)

1955

No Time for Tears

as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura

1956

1960

Man Against Man

as Chotaro Masue

1964

Brand of Evil

as Tsukamoto

1965

The Retreat from Kiska

as Military Command president

1967

1969

The Magoichi Saga

as Magoichi's father

1975

The Bullet Train

as JNR President

1968

The Bride from Hades

as Fortune Teller

1946

Those Who Make Tomorrow

as Theatre manager (uncredited)

1959

1941

1968

Industrial Spy

as Taizo Matsui

1968

The Drifting Avenger

as Ken's Father

1955

Love Never Fails

as Nobuo's father

1951

1957

Untamed Woman

as Owner of the rice mill

1969

Samurai Banners

as Obu Toramasa

1956

Young Tree

as Hanako's Father

1951

The Bitch

as Wataru Horie

1960

Princess Sen in Edo

as Sadonokami Honda

1959

1956

I Saw the Killer

as Nagasawa

1980

1974

1954

Seven Samurai

as Kambei Shimada

1947

Actress

as Genshirō Kuramoto

1955

Ticket to Hell

as Insepctor Kasai

1961

1944

Sagohei the Three-footer

as Yasukichi Ito

1974

The Tattooed Hitman

as Bukichi Oura

1951

1941

1939

Devoted Servant Naosuke

as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

1958

Mother

as Ijûin

1981

The Last Days of Planet Earth

as Hospital Director

1963

Dokuritsu bijin-tai

as Director of Iinuma Clinic

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