Takashi Shimura
Acting
🎂 1905-03-12
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.
Cast credits(266)
Chikuin
1977
Nagao Fusakage
1969
Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
1967
1970
Onodera Juunai
1964
Kambei Shimada
1954
Woodcutter
1950
1972
Chief of Investigation Section
1963
Kyohei Yamane
1954
Kanji Watanabe
1952
Tokuemon, sake brewer
1961
General Izumi Nagakura
1958
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1946
Noriyasu Odagura
1957
Det. Sato
1949
Ono, Ayako's father
1951
Kataoka
1952
Attorney Hiruta
1950
Sanada
1948
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1943
Kurofuji
1962
Owner of the rice mill
1957
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
1949
Tokubei Izumiya
1965
JNR President
1975
Kyohei Yamane-hakase
1955
Taguchi Gyobu
1980
Dr. Tsukamoto
1964
Inspector
1936
News Editor
1961
Motoki
1976
Court official
1956
1980
Administrative Officer Moriyama
1960
Kensuke Sonoda
1962
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
1965
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
1957
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
1967
Dr. Yamane
1956
Hyobu Chishaka
1962
Gohei Hirayama
1960
Chief Goro Ishida
1944
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1955
Tosaku
1960
Obu Toramasa
1969
1971
1947
Elder Kumaso
1959
Admiral
1963
Fortune Teller
1968
Narihisa Ichijō
1965
Dr. Junan
1968
Sakubei
1973
Dr. Yamane
1977
1980
Banno
1957
Bukichi Oura
1974
Theatre manager (uncredited)
1946
Ashimura
1968
Nojiri
1947
Hyôichirô Suwa
1969
1968
Dr. Yamane
1959
King Raksha
1963
Mishima
1965
Takeda
1970
1959
Pediatrician
1974
Military Command president
1965
Village elder
1962
Kotaro Yamabe
1954
Sen Rikyu
1978
1966
Hiroshi's father
1971
1969
1970
1950
1951
Ken's Father
1968
1969
Hacchônawate Tokubei
1961
Hiroshi's Father
1978
1944
Jûbei Ôtake
1958
Ryoan
1959
1961
1952
Genshirō Kuramoto
1947
Ryuuson
1980
Takusan
1937
Kasai
1958
1938
1952
Sagamiya
1958
1965
1958
1951
1942
Fujiki
1951
1969
1963
1949
Chotaro Masue
1960
1951
Kahei
1963
1960
1947
Colonel A, staff officer of the army
1953
1965
Katagiri
1961
1945
Rokutaro Kosaka
1951
"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
1955
Yasaburô
1958
Gondo
1971
1964
1961
Taranoshin Tsunomata
1936
Yasukichi Ito
1944
1946
1961
1949
Sotaro Munekata
1951
1963
1952
1981
Kenzô Ogura
1947
Sakamoto
1967
1964
1975
1965
1968
1959
1965
1957
1956
Kyosai Shimura
1939
Tsukamoto
1964
1966
1948
1955
1969
1966
Taizo Matsui
1968
1957
Enomoto
1941
1956
Yahei
1961
Self
2002
1958
1954
1968
1935
1950
1950
1945
1974
1946
1964
1944
1958
1949
1958
Sadonokami Honda
1960
1962
Wataru Horie
1951
1954
1953
1960
1950
1958
Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
1939
Sagawa
1950
1965
1968
1955
1944
Daizo Matsubara
1950
1940
1958
Komazo
1954
1972
1961
1956
1967
1945
1938
1958
1967
1961
1976
Insepctor Kasai
1955
1962
1961
Director of Iinuma Clinic
1963
Murai's father, principle
1945
Detective Egusa
1966
1938
1967
1952
1963
Honzo Kadokawa
1960
Yuuzou Fujimoto
1949
1954
1968
1962
1939
1957
1953
Ijûin
1958
1940
1937
1962
1950
Okabe
1952
1962
Hisamitsu Ando
1961
1945
1949
1940
1958
1942
1962
1973
Saemon Toki
1959
Takao Mutaguchi
1943
1940
1950
Oil Seller
1941
1959
Dr. Yamane
1957
Furuya
1956
1940
1969
1968
Nobuo's father
1955
1956
Masagoro
1959
Jozaemon Sakaya
1938
1955
1952
1976
1958
1960
1962
1971
Watanabe (Nabesan)
1953
Hospital Director
1981
Magoichi's father
1969
1957
Yoshimichi
1952
1938
1949
Gundayû Yao
1937
1957
1946
Kyusaku Inao
1959
Nagasawa
1956
1966
1940
1950
Hanako's Father
1956
1955
1938