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.

Known For

Seven Samurai

The Roads Men Travel

Three Sisters

Akō Rōshi

High and Low

Ikiru

Rashomon

Kashin

All Movies (280)

• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'2002 · as Self
• Fifth Movement1981
• The Last Days of Planet Earth1981 · as Hospital Director
• Kagemusha1980 · as Taguchi Gyobu
• An Ocean to Cross1980 · as Ryuuson
• The Revolt1980
• Talk of the Town Tora-san1978 · as Hiroshi's Father
• Love and Faith1978 · as Sen Rikyu
• Godzilla1977 · as Dr. Yamane
• Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi1976
• Human Revolution II1976
• The Bullet Train1975 · as JNR President
• Hadashi no seishun1975
• Prophecies of Nostradamus1974 · as Pediatrician
• The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers1974
• The Tattooed Hitman1974 · as Bukichi Oura
• Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari1973
• Zatoichi's Conspiracy1973 · as Sakubei
• A Yakuza Has His Way1972
• Tora-san's Love Call1971 · as Hiroshi's father
• Patience Has An End1971
• The Earth is Born Again1971 · as Gondo
• Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments1971
• The Militarists1970 · as Takeda
• House of Gamblers1970
• Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers1969
• The Magoichi Saga1969 · as Magoichi's father
• Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp1969 · as Hyôichirô Suwa
• New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21969
• Kanto Woman Infamy1969
• Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo1969
• Samurai Banners1969 · as Obu Toramasa
• A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless1969
• New Prison Walls of Abashiri1968
• The Day the Sun Rose1968
• Woman Gambler and the Nun1968
• Zatoichi and the Fugitives1968 · as Dr. Junan
• The Woman Champion1968
• The Bride from Hades1968 · as Fortune Teller
• The Drifting Avenger1968 · as Ken's Father
• Industrial Spy1968 · as Taizo Matsui
• The Sands of Kurobe1968 · as Ashimura
• Slave Factory1968
• Human Torpedoes1968
• King of the Gang1967
• Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
• When the Cookie Crumbles1967
• The Chivalrous Life1967 · as Sakamoto
• Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways1967
• No Greater Love1966
• The Harbor of No Return1966 · as Detective Egusa
• Greatest Boss of the Showa Era1966
• The Protector1966
• Night in Bangkok1966
• A Circus Girl1966
• Code of Ruffians1965
• Expelled from the Kanto Mob1965
• Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro1965
• Frankenstein Conquers the World1965 · as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
• The Retreat from Kiska1965 · as Military Command president
• Sanshiro Sugata1965 · as Mishima
• Three Yakuza1965
• Red Beard1965 · as Tokubei Izumiya
• Hoodlum Match1965
• The Soundless Cry1965
• Kwaidan1965 · as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
• Samurai Assassin1965 · as Narihisa Ichijō
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1964 · as Dr. Tsukamoto
• Blood and Diamonds1964
• Brand of Evil1964 · as Tsukamoto
• Life of Hishakaku 31964
• Fright Time1964
• Vanquished Foes1964
• The Image of Mother1963 · as Kahei
• Samurai Pirate1963 · as King Raksha
• The Sun is Calling You1963
• The Revenge and the Death1963
• Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge1963 · as Tobei
• Dokuritsu bijin-tai1963 · as Director of Iinuma Clinic
• High and Low1963 · as Chief of Investigation Section
• Attack Squadron1963 · as Admiral
• Fūryū onsen bantō nikki1962
• Chûshingura1962 · as Hyobu Chishaka
• Lion Festival of Echigo1962
• The Whale God1962 · as Village elder
• Yoru no keisha1962
• あの空の果てに星はまたたく1962
• The Crimson Sky1962
• Gorath1962 · as Kensuke Sonoda
• Long Way to Okinawa1962
• Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II1962
• Sanjuro1962 · as Kurofuji
• Oniisan to oneesan1961
• Different Sons1961 · as Hisamitsu Ando
• Structure of Hate1961
• Restoration Fire1961 · as Yahei
• Snow in the South Seas1961
• Mothra1961 · as News Editor
• Challenge to Live1961
• The Gambler's Code1961 · as Hacchônawate Tokubei
• Yojimbo1961 · as Tokuemon, sake brewer
• The Masterless 47 – Part II1961
• 晴小袖1961
• Daredevil in the Castle1961 · as Katagiri
• The Masterless 471960 · as Honzo Kadokawa
• Master Fencer Sees the World1960
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Administrative Officer Moriyama
• Man Against Man1960 · as Chotaro Masue
• Life of a Country Doctor1960
• The Lovelorn Geisha1960
• The Storm of the Pacific1960 · as Tosaku
• Afraid to Die1960 · as Gohei Hirayama
• Princess Sen in Edo1960 · as Sadonokami Honda
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha1959 · as Masagoro
• The Three Treasures1959 · as Elder Kumaso
• Stop the Old Fox1959 · as Ryoan
• The Silent Murder1959
• Saga of the Vagabonds1959 · as Saemon Toki
• Vagabond Employee: Revenge1959 · as President Kakihara
• Gigantis, the Fire Monster1959 · as Dr. Yamane
• Vagabond Employee: Outcry1959 · as President Kakihara
• A Whistle in My Heart1959
• The Story of Iron Arm Inao1959 · as Kyusaku Inao
• The Happy Family1959
• Sazae-san's Marriage1959
• The Hidden Fortress1958 · as General Izumi Nagakura
• Theater of Life1958
• Points and Lines1958 · as Kasai
• Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion1958 · as Yasaburô
• The Sword Knows1958
• The Black Hooded Man 51958
• The Traveling Ruffian1958
• The Bride In Uguisu Castle1958
• Eight Views of Samurai1958
• Fearless Opposition1958
• Seven from Edo1958 · as Sagamiya
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Jûbei Ôtake
• Mother1958 · as Ijûin
• Shogun's Holiday1958
• Man of Thirteen Eyes1958
• The Mysterians1957 · as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
• The Eleventh Hour1957 · as Banno
• The Blue Mountains Part 21957 · as Jinzō Iguchi
• The Blue Mountains1957 · as Jinzō Iguchi
• A Dangerous Hero1957
• Hadaka no Machi1957
• Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion1957
• Untamed Woman1957 · as Owner of the rice mill
• The 36 Passengers1957
• The Lord Takes a Bride1957
• Evening Calm1957
• Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean1957 · as Dr. Yamane
• Good Luck to These Two1957
• A Town with a Mountain and River1957 · as Sataro Hayakawa
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Noriyasu Odagura
• Eacape of Fear1956 · as Daisuke Sakuma
• Scoundrel1956
• Virtue in Spades1956
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters!1956 · as Dr. Yamane
• Tokyo Crime Map1956
• The Underworld1956 · as Furuya
• I Saw the Killer1956 · as Nagasawa
• Young Tree1956 · as Hanako's Father
• Three Women Around Yoshinaka1956
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as Court official
• I Live in Fear1955 · as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
• To Love and Forgive1955
• Ticket to Hell1955 · as Insepctor Kasai
• A Daughter's Life Guide1955
• むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷1955
• New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain1955 · as Ensaburō Hiraoka
• No Response from Car 331955
• No Time for Tears1955 · as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
• Godzilla Raids Again1955 · as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
• Love Never Fails1955 · as Nobuo's father
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf1955
• A Geisha on Horseback1954 · as Kotaro Yamabe
• Godzilla1954 · as Kyohei Yamane
• Forever Be Mine1954
• New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears1954
• Mother's First Love1954
• Love Express1954
• Asakusa at Night1954 · as Komazo
• Last of the Wild Ones1954
• Seven Samurai1954 · as Kambei Shimada
• The Eagle of the Pacific1953 · as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
• The End of the Night1953
• Escape Zone1953
• The Last Embrace1953 · as Watanabe (Nabesan)
• One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds1952
• The Man Who Came to Port1952 · as Okabe
• Oka wa hanazakari1952
• Ikiru1952 · as Kanji Watanabe
• Beauty and the Thief1952 · as Yoshimichi
• Toki no teizo: Sōshūban1952
• Sword for Hire1952
• The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952 · as Kataoka
• Foghorn1952
• The Skin of the South1952 · as President
• Vendetta of a Samurai1952
• The Life of a Horse Trader1951 · as Rokutaro Kosaka
• The Bitch1951 · as Wataru Horie
• The Blue Pearl1951 · as Fujiki
• Stolen Love1951 · as Sotaro Munekata
• The Den of Beasts1951
• The Idiot1951 · as Ono, Ayako's father
• Elegy1951
• Beyond Love and Hate1951
• Red Peony of Night1950
• Rashomon1950 · as Woodcutter
• Jiruba no Tetsu1950
• Crazy Uproar1950
• The Angry Street1950
• Scandal1950 · as Attorney Hiruta
• Sanshiro of Ginza1950 · as Daizo Matsubara
• Spring Snow1950 · as Kozo Yoshikawa
• Town of Violence1950 · as Sagawa
• Devil's Gold1950
• Escape from Prison1950
• The Elephant Who Waited1949
• Stray Dog1949 · as Det. Sato
• Ishimatsu of the Forest1949
• A Bullet Hole Underground1949 · as Yuuzou Fujimoto
• The Quiet Duel1949 · as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
• Lady From Hell1949
• A Woman's Life1949
• Goblin Courier1949
• My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain1948 · as Seibei Kido
• Drunken Angel1948 · as Sanada
• A Second Life1948
• Actress1947 · as Genshirō Kuramoto
• Spring Awakens1947 · as Kenzô Ogura
• These Foolish Times1947
• Snow Trail1947 · as Nojiri
• Chikagai nijuyojikan1947
• No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
• Eleven High School Girls1946
• Lord for a Night1946
• Those Who Make Tomorrow1946 · as Theatre manager (uncredited)
• An Enemy of the People1946
• Hinoki Butai1946
• Even Parting is Enjoyable1945
• Three Women of the North1945
• To Love and Swear1945 · as Murai's father, principle
• Otome no iru kichi1945
• Tokkan ekichô1945
• Nichijô no tatakai1944
• Sagohei the Three-footer1944 · as Yasukichi Ito
• The Way of Drama1944
• The Most Beautiful1944 · as Chief Goro Ishida
• Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron1944
• Navy1943 · as Takao Mutaguchi
• The Sculpture of Master Choji1943 · as Gamatoku
• Sanshiro Sugata1943 · as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
• Mother and Child Grass1942
• Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō1942
• Last Days of Edo1941 · as Enomoto
• Festival Across the Sea1941 · as Oil Seller
• Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū1940
• Phantom Castle1940
• Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio1940
• Zoku Shimizu Minato1940
• Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon1940
• Oda Nobunaga1940
• Singing Lovebirds1939 · as Kyosai Shimura
• Devoted Servant Naosuke1939 · as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
• Shunjû ittôryû1939
• Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary1938
• Akagaki Genzo1938 · as Jozaemon Sakaya
• Taiko's Rising in the World1938
• Chushingura1938
• Kurama Tengu1938
• The Skull Coin1938
• Jiraiya1937 · as Gundayû Yao
• Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba1937 · as Takusan
• Echo of Love1937
• The Letter1936 · as Taranoshin Tsunomata
• Osaka Elegy1936 · as Inspector
• Chuji for Sale1935
• Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro—

All TV Shows (12)

• A-Un1980
• Strait of Roses1978
• Fuyu no Undokai1977
• Kashin1977 · as Chikuin
• Akai Unmei1976
• The Roads Men Travel1976 · as Motoki
• 愛と愛1972
• Women of Osaka Castle1970
• Heaven and Earth1969 · as Nagao Fusakage
• Three Sisters1967 · as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
• Akō Rōshi1964 · as Onodera Juunai
• Sorcerer’s Orb1954