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Takashi Shimura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1905-03-12

Day of Death

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 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 (277)

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

2002
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Fifth Movement

1981
⭐ 0 Role: Hospital Director

The Last Days of Planet Earth

1981
⭐ 7.8 Role: Taguchi Gyobu

Kagemusha

1980
⭐ 9.0 Role: Ryuuson

An Ocean to Cross

1980
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The Revolt

1980
⭐ 8.0 Role: Hiroshi's Father

Talk of the Town Tora-san

1978
⭐ 6.4 Role: Sen Rikyu

Love and Faith

1978
⭐ 6.8 Role: Dr. Yamane

Godzilla

1977
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

1976
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Human Revolution II

1976
⭐ 6.8 Role: JNR President

The Bullet Train

1975
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Hadashi no seishun

1975
⭐ 5.9 Role: Pediatrician

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974
⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974