Takashi Shimura

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Takashi Shimura

Acting March 12, 1905

Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

​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…

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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

8.5 1954 Movie
Rashomon

Rashomon

8.0 1950 Movie
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

8.1 1961 Movie
Ikiru

Ikiru

8.3 1952 Movie
High and Low

High and Low

8.4 1963 Movie
Godzilla

Godzilla

7.6 1954 Movie
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

7.9 1957 Movie
Kagemusha

Kagemusha

7.8 1980 Movie
Sanjuro

Sanjuro

7.9 1962 Movie
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

8.0 1958 Movie
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

7.7 1965 Movie
Red Beard

Red Beard

8.2 1965 Movie

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​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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

    Movie Self

  2. 1981
    Fifth Movement

    Movie

  3. 1981
    The Last Days of Planet Earth

    Movie Hospital Director

  4. 1980
    Kagemusha

    Movie Taguchi Gyobu

  5. 1980
    A-Un

    TV show

  6. 1980
    An Ocean to Cross

    Movie Ryuuson

  7. 1980
    The Revolt

    Movie

  8. 1978
    Talk of the Town Tora-san

    Movie 诹访兵一郎

  9. 1978
    Strait of Roses

    TV show

  10. 1978
    Love and Faith

    Movie Sen Rikyu

  11. 1977
    Fuyu no Undokai

    TV show

  12. 1977
    Kashin

    TV show Chikuin

  13. 1977
    Godzilla

    Movie Dr. Yamane

  14. 1976
    Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

    Movie

  15. 1976
    Human Revolution II

    Movie

  16. 1976
    Akai Unmei

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1976
    The Roads Men Travel

    TV show Motoki

  2. 1975
    The Bullet Train

    Movie JNR President

  3. 1975
    Hadashi no seishun

    Movie

  4. 1974
    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Movie Pediatrician

  5. 1974
    The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

    Movie

  6. 1974
    The Tattooed Hitman

    Movie Bukichi Oura

  7. 1973
    Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

    Movie

  8. 1973
    Zatoichi's Conspiracy

    Movie Sakubei

  9. 1972
    A Yakuza Has His Way

    Movie

  10. 1972
    愛と愛

    TV show

  11. 1971
    Tora-san's Love Call

    Movie 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）

  12. 1971
    Patience Has An End

    Movie

  13. 1971
    The Earth is Born Again

    Movie Gondo

  14. 1971
    Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments

    Movie

  15. 1970
    The Militarists

    Movie Takeda

  16. 1970
    House of Gamblers

    Movie

  17. 1970
    Women of Osaka Castle

    TV show

  18. 1969
    Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

    Movie

  19. 1969
    The Magoichi Saga

    Movie Magoichi's father

  20. 1969
    Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

    Movie 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）

  21. 1969
    New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

    Movie

  22. 1969
    Kanto Woman Infamy

    Movie

  23. 1969
    Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

    Movie

  24. 1969
    Samurai Banners

    Movie Obu Toramasa