Actor
Takashi Shimura
Born March 12, 1905 in Ikuno, Hyogo, JapanDied February 11, 1982293 films
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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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293 films as actor- TBAMiyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro
- 1981Fifth Movement
- 1981The Last Days of Planet EarthHospital Director
- 1980KagemushaTaguchi Gyobu
- 1980An Ocean to CrossRyuuson
- 1980The Revolt
- 1978Talk of the Town Tora-san诹访兵一郎
- 1978Love and FaithSen Rikyu
- 1977GodzillaDr. Yamane
- 1976Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
- 1976Human Revolution II
- 1975The Bullet TrainJNR President
- 1975Hadashi no seishun
- 1974Prophecies of NostradamusPediatrician
- 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
- 1974The Tattooed HitmanBukichi Oura
- 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
- 1973Zatoichi's ConspiracySakubei
- 1972A Yakuza Has His Way
- 1971Tora-san's Love Call诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1971Patience Has An End
- 1971The Earth is Born AgainGondo
- 1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments
- 1970The MilitaristsTakeda
- 1970House of Gamblers
- 1969Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
- 1969The Magoichi SagaMagoichi's father
- 1969Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
- 1969Kanto Woman Infamy
- 1969Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
- 1969Samurai BannersObu Toramasa
- 1969A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
- 1968New Prison Walls of Abashiri
- 1968The Day the Sun Rose
- 1968Woman Gambler and the Nun
- 1968Zatoichi and the FugitivesDr. Junan
- 1968The Woman Champion
- 1968The Bride from HadesFortune Teller
- 1968The Drifting AvengerKen's Father
- 1968Industrial SpyTaizo Matsui
- 1968The Sands of KurobeAshimura
- 1968Slave Factory
- 1968Human Torpedoes
- 1967King of the Gang
- 1967Japan's Longest DayInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- 1967When the Cookie Crumbles
- 1967The Chivalrous LifeSakamoto
- 1967Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
- 1966No Greater Love
- 1966The Harbor of No ReturnDetective Egusa
- 1966Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
- 1966The Protector
- 1966Night in Bangkok
- 1966A Circus Girl
- 1965Code of Ruffians
- 1965Expelled from the Kanto Mob
- 1965Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
- 1965Frankenstein Conquers the WorldHiroshima Army Hospital doctor
- 1965The Retreat from KiskaMilitary Command president
- 1965Sanshiro SugataMishima
- 1965Three Yakuza
- 1965Red BeardTokubei Izumiya
- 1965Hoodlum Match
- 1965The Soundless Cry
- 1965KwaidanHead Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- 1965Samurai AssassinNarihisa Ichijō
- 1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterDr. Tsukamoto
- 1964Thief on the Run
- 1964Blood and Diamonds
- 1964I Am a Medical Examiner
- 1964Brand of EvilTsukamoto
- 1964Life of Hishakaku 3
- 1964Fright Time
- 1964Vanquished Foes
- 1963The Image of MotherKahei
- 1963Samurai PirateKing Raksha
- 1963The Sun is Calling You
- 1963The Revenge and the Death
- 1963Maiko-han
- 1963Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's PledgeTobei
- 1963Dokuritsu bijin-taiDirector of Iinuma Clinic
- 1963Wakai yatsu
- 1963High and LowChief of Investigation Section
- 1963Attack SquadronAdmiral
- 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
- 1962ChûshinguraHyobu Chishaka
- 1962Lion Festival of Echigo
- 1962The Whale GodVillage elder
- 1962Yoru no keisha
- 1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
- 1962The Crimson Sky
- 1962GorathKensuke Sonoda
- 1962Long Way to Okinawa
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
- 1962SanjuroKurofuji
- 1961Oniisan to oneesan
- 1961Different SonsHisamitsu Ando
- 1961Structure of Hate
- 1961Restoration FireYahei
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961MothraNews Editor
- 1961Challenge to Live
- 1961The Gambler's CodeHacchônawate Tokubei
- 1961YojimboTokuemon, sake brewer
- 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
- 1961晴小袖
- 1961Daredevil in the CastleKatagiri
- 1960The Masterless 47Honzo Kadokawa
- 1960Master Fencer Sees the World
- 1960The Bad Sleep WellAdministrative Officer Moriyama
- 1960Man Against ManChotaro Masue
- 1960Life of a Country Doctor
- 1960The Lovelorn Geisha
- 1960The Storm of the PacificTosaku
- 1960Afraid to DieGohei Hirayama
- 1960Princess Sen in EdoSadonokami Honda
- 1959The Prickly Mouthed GeishaMasagoro
- 1959The Three TreasuresElder Kumaso
- 1959The Aristocrat's Stairs