# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masao-shimizu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:43:28.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masao-shimizu"
name: "Masao Shimizu"
slug: "masao-shimizu"
description: "Masao Shimizu  was a Japanese actor. His wife was actress Yumi Takano. His first starring role in the film was in Momoiro no Yuwaku in 1931. In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company. Shimizu often worked with Akira Kurosawa. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1931 and 1976."
tagline: "Japanese actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shimizu_Masao_and_Takano_Yumi.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-10-05"
deathDate: "1975-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.923798666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793674/"
    handle:    "nm0793674"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Shimizu"
    title: "Masao Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "ماساو شيميزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "ماساو شيميزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Shimizu"
    title: "Masao Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "ماسائو شیمیزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Shimizu"
    title: "Masao Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Shimizu"
    title: "Masao Shimizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E5%B0%86%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "清水将夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13579834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1739509"
    title: "Masao Shimizu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump