Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

  • Birthday: 1905-03-12
  • Deathday: 1982-02-11
  • Place of birth: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
  • Also know as: 志村喬

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.

Filmography

Ikiru

1952

As Kanji Watanabe

Drunken Angel

1948

As Sanada

The Most Beautiful

1944

As Chief Goro Ishida

The Eleventh Hour

1957

As Banno

Foghorn

1952

As

The Bitch

1951

As Wataru Horie

Stray Dog

1949

As Det. Sato

I Live in Fear

1955

As Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

47 Ronin

1962

As Hyobu Chishaka

Snow Trail

1947

As Nojiro

The Three Treasures

1959

As Elder Kumaso

Love and Faith

1978

As Sen Rikyu

Seven Samurai

1954

As Kambei Shimada

Escape Zone

1953

As

Sanshiro of Ginza

1950

As Daizo Matsubara

Oda Nobunaga

1940

As

Kaerazeru hatoba

1966

As Detective Egusa

Rashomon

1950

As Woodcutter

Throne of Blood

1957

As Noriyasu Odagura

The Quiet Duel

1949

As Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Attack Squadron

1963

As Admiral

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

1973

As Sakubei

The Gambler's Code

1961

As Hacchônawate Tokubei

Three Yakuza

1965

As

Singing Lovebirds

1939

As Kyosai Shimura

The Life of a Horse Trader

1951

As Rokutaro Kosaka

I Saw the Killer

1956

As Nagasawa

Restoration Fire

1961

As Yahei

Crazy Uproar

1950

As

Last Days of Edo

1941

As Enomoto

Ai to chikai

1945

As Murai's father, principle

A Bullet Hole Underground

1949

As Yuuzou Fujimoto

Godzilla

1954

As Kyohei Yamane

Godzilla Raids Again

1955

As Kyohei Yamane-hakase

The Sands of Kurobe

1968

As Ashimura

Evening Calm

1957

As

Jiraiya

1937

As Gundayû Yao

Godzilla

1977

As Dr. Yamane

Spring Awakens

1947

As Kenzô Ogura

Seven from Edo

1958

As Sagamiya

Beauty and the Thief

1952

As Yoshimichi

The Blue Pearl

1951

As Fujiki

Chushingura

1938

As

Scoundrel

1956

As

Sagohei the Three-footer

1944

As Yasukichi Ito

Elegy

1951

As

Stolen Love

1951

As Sotaro Munekata

Akagaki Genzo

1938

As Jozaemon Sakaya

The Idiot

1951

As Ono, Ayako's father

Sanshiro Sugata

1943

As Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Afraid to Die

1960

As Gohei Hirayama

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

1968

As Dr. Junan

Sanshiro Sugata

1965

As Mishima

It's Tough Being a Man

1969

As Hyôichirô Suwa

The Whale God

1962

As Village elder

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959

As Saemon Toki

Points and Lines

1958

As Kasai

Love Never Fails

1955

As Nobuo's father

The Image of Mother

1963

As Kahei

Princess Sen in Edo

1960

As Sadonokami Honda

Devoted Servant Naosuke

1939

As Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

Spring Snow

1950

As

A Geisha on Horseback

1954

As Kotaro Yamabe

Kurama Tengu

1938

As

The Hidden Fortress

1958

As General Izumi Nagakura

Sanjuro

1962

As Kurofuji

Scandal

1950

As Attorney Hiruta

The Mysterians

1957

As Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

The Revolt

1980

As

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

As Jûbei Ôtake

The Bride from Hades

1968

As Fortune Teller

Untamed Woman

1957

As Owner of the rice mill

Devil's Gold

1950

As

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

As Court official

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

As Administrative Officer Moriyama

Yojimbo

1961

As Tokuemon, sake brewer

Japan's Longest Day

1967

As Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Eagle of the Pacific

1953

As Colonel A, staff officer of the army

The Magoichi Saga

1969

As Magoichi's father

Stop the Old Fox

1959

As Ryoan

Young Tree

1956

As Hanako's Father

Ticket to Hell

1955

As Insepctor Kasai

The Tattooed Hitman

1974

As Bukichi Oura

Dorei kōjō

1968

As

Asakusa no yoru

1954

As Komazo

Frankenstein Conquers the World

1965

As Axis Scientist

High and Low

1963

As Chief of Investigation Section

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

As Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

Mothra

1961

As News Editor

The Retreat from Kiska

1965

As Military Command president

Festival Across the Sea

1941

As Oil Seller

Different Sons

1961

As Hisamitsu Ando

Echo of Love

1937

As

Daredevil in the Castle

1961

As Katagiri

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

As Pediatrician

Osaka Elegy

1936

As Inspector

Gorath

1962

As Kensuke Sonoda

Man Against Man

1960

As Chotaro Masue

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

As Doctor Yamane

The Chivalrous Life

1967

As Sakamoto

Red Beard

1965

As Tokubei Izumiya

Samurai Pirate

1963

As King Raksha

Those Who Make Tomorrow

1946

As Theatre manager (uncredited)

Actress

1947

As Genshirō Kuramoto

The Masterless 47

1960

As Honzo Kadokawa

Akanishi Kakita

1936

As Taranoshin Tsunomata

Street of Violence

1950

As Sagawa

The Bullet Train

1975

As JNR President

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

1959

As Kyusaku Inao

Kwaidan

1965

As Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Tora-san's Love Call

1971

As Hiroshi's father

An Ocean to Cross

1980

As Ryuuson

Talk of the Town Tora-san

1978

As Hiroshi's Father

Industrial Spy

1968

As Taizo Matsui

Navy

1943

As Takao Mutaguchi

Samurai Assassin

1965

As Narihisa Ichijō

Samurai Banners

1969

As Obu Toramasa

Kagemusha

1980

As Taguchi Gyobu

The Militarists

1970

As Takeda

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