Takashi Shimura
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting
1958
asGeneral Izumi Nagakura
1950
asWoodcutter
1955
asKyohei Yamane-hakase
1954
asKyohei Yamane
1965
asHiroshima Army Hospital doctor
1952
asKanji Watanabe
1957
asNoriyasu Odagura
1965
asTokubei Izumiya
1953
as
1950
as
1950
as
1981
as
1949
asDet. Sato
1965
asHead Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1967
as
1955
asDomestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1956
asCourt official
1969
as
1962
asKurofuji
1960
asAdministrative Officer Moriyama
1980
asTaguchi Gyobu
1951
asOno, Ayako's father
1961
asTokuemon, sake brewer
1948
asSanada
1950
asAttorney Hiruta
1963
asChief of Investigation Section
1954
asKotaro Yamabe
1943
asHansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1945
asMurai's father, principle
1959
as
1952
asKataoka
1962
as
1957
asDr. Tanjiro Adachi
1946
asPolice Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1949
asDr. Konosuke Fujisaki
1936
asInspector
1951
asSotaro Munekata
1962
asHyobu Chishaka
1962
as
1962
as
1960
asGohei Hirayama
1964
asDr. Tsukamoto
1950
asDaizo Matsubara
1958
as
1947
as
1945
as
1957
as
1967
asInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
1944
asChief Goro Ishida
1961
asNews Editor
1939
as
1965
as
1956
asDr. Yamane
1963
asAdmiral
1968
asDr. Junan
1973
asSakubei
1956
as
1965
asNarihisa Ichijō
1963
as
1952
as
1957
asDr. Yamane
1947
asNojiri
1936
asTaranoshin Tsunomata
1962
as
1961
asHisamitsu Ando
1960
as
1968
asAshimura
1969
as
1955
as
1938
as
1959
asElder Kumaso
1970
asTakeda
1959
as
1949
asYuuzou Fujimoto
1938
as
1938
as
1940
as
1971
asHiroshi's father
1962
as
1947
asKenzô Ogura
1957
as
1978
asSen Rikyu
1963
asKing Raksha
1969
as1937
asGundayû Yao
1958
as
1957
as
1960
asHonzo Kadokawa
1943
asTakao Mutaguchi
1966
asDetective Egusa
1950
as
1958
as
1963
as1938
as
1968
as
1965
asMishima
1971
as
1954
asKomazo
1961
asHacchônawate Tokubei
1962
as
1957
as
1938
asJozaemon Sakaya
1937
as
1978
asHiroshi's Father
1977
asDr. Yamane
1962
asKensuke Sonoda
1969
asHyôichirô Suwa
1940
as
1973
as1945
as
1962
asVillage elder
1958
asSagamiya
1952
as
1960
asTosaku
1968
as
1953
asColonel A, staff officer of the army
1965
as1959
asMasagoro
1968
as1967
as
1954
as
1980
as
1944
as
1964
as
1950
as
1961
asKatagiri
1953
as
1959
asSaemon Toki
1939
asKyosai Shimura
1958
asKasai
1958
asYasaburô
1960
as
1957
asBanno
1958
asJûbei Ôtake
1949
as
1951
asRokutaro Kosaka
1968
as
1950
asSagawa
1971
as
1944
as
1944
as
1956
as
1952
asYoshimichi
1955
as"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
1951
as
1952
as
1958
as
1945
as
1953
asWatanabe (Nabesan)
1960
asChotaro Masue
1960
as
1963
as
1964
as
1956
asFuruya
1967
asSakamoto
1969
as
1976
as
1966
as1940
as
1965
asMilitary Command president
1965
as
1966
as
1954
as
1952
as
1969
asMagoichi's father
1961
as
1964
as
1975
asJNR President
1964
as
1968
asFortune Teller
1967
as
1968
as
1968
as
1946
asTheatre manager (uncredited)
1959
asRyoan
1974
as1941
asOil Seller
1968
asTaizo Matsui
1965
as
1966
as
2002
asSelf
1968
asKen's Father
1955
asNobuo's father
1951
asFujiki
1958
as
1961
as
1957
asOwner of the rice mill
1958
as
1966
as
1952
as
1959
as
1963
asKahei
1970
as
1961
as
1972
as
1969
as
1937
asTakusan
1950
as
1955
as
1951
as
1959
asDr. Yamane
1969
asObu Toramasa
1938
as
1956
asHanako's Father
1951
asWataru Horie
1960
asSadonokami Honda
1975
as
1961
as
1952
asOkabe
1957
as
1959
asKyusaku Inao
1956
asNagasawa
1980
asRyuuson
1956
as
1974
asPediatrician
1954
asKambei Shimada
1949
as
1950
as
1947
asGenshirō Kuramoto
1956
as1947
as
1946
as
1949
as
1958
as
1954
as
1955
as
1955
asInsepctor Kasai
1948
as
1961
asYahei
1965
as
1945
as
1944
asYasukichi Ito
1962
as
1974
asBukichi Oura
1950
as
1958
as
1951
as
1946
as1942
as
1941
asEnomoto
1946
as
1939
asTsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
1935
as
1949
as
1949
as
1958
as
1961
as
1958
asIjûin
1942
as
1971
asGondo
1961
as
1981
asHospital Director
1963
asDirector of Iinuma Clinic
1955
as
1940
as
1976
as
asChikuin
asMisawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
asNagao Fusakage
asOnodera Juunai
asMotoki
asas 
asProduction
Crew
Directing
