Takashi Shimura
Acting
Born: 1905-03-12 in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
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.
Known For
Seven Samurai
Kambei Shimada
High and Low
Chief of Investigation Section
Rashomon
Woodcutter
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe
Yojimbo
Tokuemon, sake brewer
Godzilla
Kyohei Yamane
Sanjuro
Kurofuji
Akō Rōshi
Onodera Juunai
Throne of Blood
Noriyasu Odagura
Kagemusha
Taguchi Gyobu
Red Beard
Tokubei Izumiya
Kwaidan
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Bullet Train
JNR President
An Ocean to Cross
Ryuuson
A Circus Girl
The Hidden Fortress
General Izumi Nagakura
Fifth Movement
Three Sisters
Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
A Geisha on Horseback
Kotaro Yamabe
Heaven and Earth
Nagao Fusakage
The Harbor of No Return
Detective Egusa
Kashin
Chikuin
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Yamane
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Akai Unmei
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Pediatrician
Gorath
Kensuke Sonoda
Godzilla Raids Again
Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Drunken Angel
Sanada
Strait of Roses
Women of Osaka Castle
New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple
Points and Lines
Kasai
Fuyu no Undokai
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Dr. Tsukamoto
Mothra
News Editor
Haru no uzumaki
Jiruba no Tetsu
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Court official
