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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (42)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as Self
2002
Fifth Movement
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Hospital Director
1981
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
1980
An Ocean to Cross
as Ryuuson
1980
The Revolt
1980
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Hiroshi's Father
1978
Love and Faith
as Sen Rikyu
1978
Godzilla
as Dr. Yamane
1977
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
The Bullet Train
as JNR President
1975
Hadashi no seishun
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
1974
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
as Sakubei
1973
A Yakuza Has His Way
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
as Hiroshi's father
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
The Earth is Born Again
as Gondo
1971
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
The Militarists
as Takeda
1970
House of Gamblers
1970
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969
The Magoichi Saga
as Magoichi's father
1969
It's Tough Being a Man
as Hyôichirô Suwa
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
as Obu Toramasa
1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Woman Gambler and the Nun
1968
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as Dr. Junan
1968
The Woman Champion
1968
The Bride from Hades
as Fortune Teller
1968
The Drifting Avenger
as Ken's Father
1968
Industrial Spy
as Taizo Matsui
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
as Ashimura
1968
