Takashi Shimura
Acting
Born 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 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
- 1981Fifth Movement
- 1981The Last Days of Planet Earth — Hospital Director
- A-Un
- 1980An Ocean to Cross — Ryuuson
- 1980Kagemusha — Taguchi Gyobu
- 1980The Revolt
- 1978Love and Faith — Sen Rikyu
- Strait of Roses
- 1978Talk of the Town Tora-san — 诹访兵一郎
- Fuyu no Undokai
- 1977Godzilla — Dr. Yamane
- Kashin — Chikuin
- Akai Unmei
- 1976Human Revolution II
- 1976Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
- The Roads Men Travel — Motoki
- 1975Hadashi no seishun
- 1975The Bullet Train — JNR President
- 1974Prophecies of Nostradamus — Pediatrician
- 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
- 1974The Tattooed Hitman — Bukichi Oura
- 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
- 1973Zatoichi's Conspiracy — Sakubei
- 1972A Yakuza Has His Way
- 愛と愛
- 1971Patience Has An End
- 1971The Earth is Born Again — Gondo
- 1971Tora-san's Love Call — 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments
- 1970House of Gamblers
- 1970The Militarists — Takeda
- Women of Osaka Castle
- 1969A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
- 1969Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
- Heaven and Earth — Nagao Fusakage
- 1969Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
- 1969Kanto Woman Infamy
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
- 1969Samurai Banners — Obu Toramasa
- 1969The Magoichi Saga — Magoichi's father
- 1969Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp — 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1968Human Torpedoes
- 1968Industrial Spy — Taizo Matsui
- 1968New Prison Walls of Abashiri
- 1968Slave Factory
- 1968The Bride from Hades — Fortune Teller
- 1968The Day the Sun Rose
- 1968The Drifting Avenger — Ken's Father
- 1968The Sands of Kurobe — Ashimura
- 1968The Woman Champion
- 1968Woman Gambler and the Nun
- 1968Zatoichi and the Fugitives — Dr. Junan
- 1967Japan's Longest Day — Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- 1967King of the Gang
- 1967The Chivalrous Life — Sakamoto
- Three Sisters — Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
- 1967Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
- 1967When the Cookie Crumbles
- 1966A Circus Girl
- 1966Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
- 1966Night in Bangkok
- 1966No Greater Love
- 1966The Harbor of No Return — Detective Egusa
- 1966The Protector
- 1965Code of Ruffians
- 1965Expelled from the Kanto Mob
- 1965Frankenstein Conquers the World — Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
- 1965Hoodlum Match
- 1965Kwaidan — Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- 1965Red Beard — Tokubei Izumiya
- 1965Samurai Assassin — Narihisa Ichijō
- 1965Sanshiro Sugata — Mishima
- 1965Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
- 1965The Retreat from Kiska — Military Command president
- 1965The Soundless Cry
- 1965Three Yakuza
- Akō Rōshi — Onodera Juunai
- 1964Blood and Diamonds
- 1964Brand of Evil — Tsukamoto
- 1964Fright Time
- 1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster — Dr. Tsukamoto
- 1964I Am a Medical Examiner
- 1964Life of Hishakaku 3
- 1964Thief on the Run
- 1964Vanquished Foes
- 1963Attack Squadron — Admiral
- 1963Dokuritsu bijin-tai — Director of Iinuma Clinic
- 1963Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge — Tobei
- 1963High and Low — Chief of Investigation Section
- 1963Maiko-han
- 1963Samurai Pirate — King Raksha
- 1963The Image of Mother — Kahei
- 1963The Revenge and the Death
- 1963The Sun is Calling You
- 1963Wakai yatsu
- 1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
- 1962Chûshingura — Hyobu Chishaka
- 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
- 1962Gorath — Kensuke Sonoda
- 1962Lion Festival of Echigo
- 1962Long Way to Okinawa
- 1962Sanjuro — Kurofuji
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
- 1962The Crimson Sky
- 1962The Whale God — Village elder
- 1962Yoru no keisha
- 1961Challenge to Live
- 1961Daredevil in the Castle — Katagiri
- 1961Different Sons — Hisamitsu Ando
- 1961Mothra — News Editor
- 1961Oniisan to oneesan
- 1961Restoration Fire — Yahei
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961Structure of Hate
- 1961The Gambler's Code — Hacchônawate Tokubei
- 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
- 1961Yojimbo — Tokuemon, sake brewer
- 1961晴小袖
- 1960Afraid to Die — Gohei Hirayama
- 1960Life of a Country Doctor
- 1960Man Against Man — Chotaro Masue
- 1960Master Fencer Sees the World
- 1960Princess Sen in Edo — Sadonokami Honda
- 1960The Bad Sleep Well — Administrative Officer Moriyama
- 1960The Lovelorn Geisha
- 1960The Masterless 47 — Honzo Kadokawa
- 1960The Storm of the Pacific — Tosaku
- 1959A Whistle in My Heart
- 1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster — Dr. Yamane
- 1959Saga of the Vagabonds — Saemon Toki
- 1959Sazae-san's Marriage — President Tomioka
- 1959Stop the Old Fox — Ryoan
- 1959The Aristocrat's Stairs
- 1959The Happy Family
- 1959The Prickly Mouthed Geisha — Masagoro
- 1959The Silent Murder
- 1959The Story of Iron Arm Inao — Kyusaku Inao
- 1959The Three Treasures — Elder Kumaso
- 1959Vagabond Employee: Outcry — President Kakihara
- 1959Vagabond Employee: Revenge — President Kakihara
- 1959Various Flowers
- 1958Eight Views of Samurai
- 1958Fearless Opposition
- 1958Man of Thirteen Eyes
- 1958Mother — Ijûin
- 1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion — Yasaburô
- 1958Points and Lines — Kasai
- 1958Seven from Edo — Sagamiya
- 1958Shogun's Holiday
- 1958The Black Hooded Man 5
- 1958The Bride In Uguisu Castle
- 1958The Hidden Fortress — General Izumi Nagakura
- 1958The Loyal 47 Ronin — Jûbei Ôtake
- 1958The Sword Knows
- 1958The Traveling Ruffian
- 1958Theater of Life
- 1957A Dangerous Hero — Chief Investigator Onozuka
- 1957A Town with a Mountain and River — Sataro Hayakawa
- 1957Duel at Noon
- 1957Evening Calm
- 1957Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
- 1957Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean — Dr. Yamane
- 1957Good Luck to These Two
- 1957Hadaka no Machi
- 1957The 36 Passengers
- 1957The Blue Mountains — Jinzō Iguchi
- 1957The Blue Mountains Part 2 — Jinzō Iguchi
- 1957The Eleventh Hour — Banno
- 1957The Lord Takes a Bride
- 1957The Mysterians — Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
- 1957Throne of Blood — Noriyasu Odagura
- 1957Untamed Woman — Owner of the rice mill
- 1957Yuki no wataridori
- 1956Eacape of Fear — Daisuke Sakuma
- 1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters! — Dr. Yamane
- 1956I Saw the Killer — Nagasawa
- 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island — Court official
- 1956Scoundrel
- 1956The Underworld — Furuya
- 1956Three Women Around Yoshinaka
- 1956Tokyo Crime Map
- 1956Virtue in Spades
- 1956Young Tree — Hanako's Father
- 1955A Daughter's Life Guide
- 1955Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
- 1955Godzilla Raids Again — Kyohei Yamane-hakase
- 1955I Live in Fear — Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
- 1955Love Never Fails — Nobuo's father
- 1955Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion
- 1955New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain — Ensaburō Hiraoka
- 1955No Response from Car 33
- 1955No Time for Tears — "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
- 1955The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
- 1955Ticket to Hell — Insepctor Kasai
- 1955To Love and Forgive
- 1954A Geisha on Horseback — Kotaro Yamabe
- 1954Asakusa at Night — Komazo
- 1954Forever Be Mine
- 1954Godzilla — Kyohei Yamane
- 1954Haru no uzumaki
- 1954Last of the Wild Ones
- 1954Love Express
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple
- 1954New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears
- 1954Seven Samurai — Kambei Shimada
- Sorcerer’s Orb
- 1953Escape Zone
- 1953The Eagle of the Pacific — Colonel A, staff officer of the army
- 1953The End of the Night
- 1953The Last Embrace — Watanabe (Nabesan)
- 1952Beauty and the Thief — Yoshimichi
- 1952Foghorn
- 1952Ikiru — Kanji Watanabe
- 1952Oka wa hanazakari
- 1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
- 1952Sword for Hire
- 1952The Man Who Came to Port — Okabe
- 1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail — Kataoka
- 1952The Skin of the South — President
- 1952Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
- 1952Vendetta of a Samurai
- 1951Beyond Love and Hate
- 1951Cordon at Midnight
- 1951Elegy
- 1951Stolen Love — Sotaro Munekata
- 1951The Bitch — Wataru Horie
- 1951The Blue Pearl — Fujiki
- 1951The Den of Beasts
- 1951The Idiot — Ono, Ayako's father
- 1951The Life of a Horse Trader — Rokutaro Kosaka
- 1950Crazy Uproar
- 1950Devil's Gold
- 1950Escape from Prison
- 1950Jiruba no Tetsu
- 1950Rashomon — Woodcutter
- 1950Red Peony of Night
- 1950Sanshiro of Ginza — Daizo Matsubara
- 1950Scandal — Attorney Hiruta
- 1950Spring Snow — Kozo Yoshikawa
- 1950The Angry Street
- 1950Town of Violence — Sagawa
- 1949A Bullet Hole Underground — Yuuzou Fujimoto
- 1949A Woman's Life
- 1949Goblin Courier
- 1949Hida no abarenbō
- 1949Ishimatsu of the Forest
- 1949Lady From Hell
- 1949Onna goroshi abura jigoku
- 1949Stray Dog — Det. Sato
- 1949The Elephant Who Waited
- 1949The Quiet Duel — Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
- 1949Three Mothers
- 1948A Second Life
- 1948Drunken Angel — Sanada
- 1948My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain — Seibei Kido
- 1948Platform at Night
- 1947Actress — Genshirō Kuramoto
- 1947Chikagai nijuyojikan
- 1947Snow Trail — Nojiri
- 1947Spring Awakens — Kenzô Ogura
- 1947These Foolish Times
- 1946An Enemy of the People
- 1946Eleven High School Girls
- 1946Hinoki Butai
- 1946Lord for a Night
- 1946No Regrets for Our Youth — Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
- 1946Those Who Make Tomorrow — Theatre manager (uncredited)
- 1945Even Parting is Enjoyable
- 1945Otome no iru kichi
- 1945Three Women of the North
- 1945To Love and Swear — Murai's father, principle
- 1945Tokkan ekichô
- 1944Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
- 1944Nichijô no tatakai
- 1944Sagohei the Three-footer — Yasukichi Ito
- 1944The Most Beautiful — Chief Goro Ishida
- 1944The Way of Drama
- 1943Navy — Takao Mutaguchi
- 1943Sanshiro Sugata — Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- 1943The Sculpture of Master Choji — Gamatoku
- 1942Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
- 1942Mother and Child Grass
- 1941Festival Across the Sea — Oil Seller
- 1941Last Days of Edo — Enomoto
- 1940Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
- 1940Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū
- 1940Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
- 1940Oda Nobunaga
- 1940Phantom Castle
- 1940Zoku Shimizu Minato
- 1939Devoted Servant Naosuke — Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
- 1939Shunjû ittôryû
- 1939Singing Lovebirds — Kyosai Shimura
- 1938Akagaki Genzo — Jozaemon Sakaya
- 1938Chushingura
- 1938Kurama Tengu
- 1938Taiko's Rising in the World
- 1938The Skull Coin
- 1938Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
- 1937Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba — Takusan
- 1937Echo of Love
- 1937Jiraiya — Gundayû Yao
- 1936Osaka Elegy — Inspector
- 1936The Letter — Taranoshin Tsunomata
- 1935Chuji for Sale
- Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' — Self