Takashi Shimura
ActingAlso Known As
Shoji Shimazaki, 島崎捷爾, تاکاشی شیمورا
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.
Movies
(272 total)
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Drunken Angel
as Sanada
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Mothra
as News Editor
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
TV Shows
(11 total)
The Roads Men Travel
as Motoki
Heaven and Earth
as Nagao Fusakage
Akō Rōshi
as Onodera Juunai
Three Sisters
as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
Kashin
as Chikuin
