Takashi Shimura
Japanese actor (1905-1982) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films, including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (1954).
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KagemushaFilm, 1980Taguchi Gyobu1978
Strait of RosesSeries1977
Fuyu no UndokaiSeries1976
Akai UnmeiSeries1974Medal with Purple RibbonAward1973
Zatoichi's ConspiracyFilm, Sakubei1972
愛と愛Series1970Women of Osaka CastleSeries1969
Heaven and EarthSeries, Nagao Fusakage1967
Three SistersSeries, Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
Japan's Longest DayFilm, 1967Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura1964
Akō RōshiSeries, Onodera Juunai
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterFilm, 1964Dr. Tsukamoto1962
ChûshinguraFilm, Hyobu Chishaka1960
The Bad Sleep WellFilm, Administrative Officer Moriyama1958
The Hidden FortressFilm, General Izumi Nagakura1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific OceanFilm, Dr. Yamane1955
Godzilla Raids AgainFilm, Kyohei Yamane-hakase1954
Sorcerer's OrbSeries1952
IkiruFilm, Kanji Watanabe1950
RashomonFilm, Woodcutter1948
Drunken AngelFilm, Sanada1944
The Most BeautifulFilm, Chief Goro Ishida1936
Osaka ElegyFilm, Inspector1905Born12 March 1905People around Takashi
Akira Kurosawa Directed Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Yojimbo
Toshiro Mifune Also in Yojimbo, Stray Dog and Drunken Angel
Ishirō Honda Directed Godzilla (1954)
Haruo Nakajima Also in Frankenstein Conquers the World (1967)
Hiroshi Inagaki Directed Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1967)
Chishū Ryū Also in Red Beard and The Bad Sleep Well
Yōji Yamada Directed Otoko wa Tsurai yo (1969)
Akira Ifukube Wrote Godzilla and The Quiet Duel- Shinobu Hashimoto Wrote Throne of Blood and Japan's Longest Day
Akihiko Hirata Also in Godzilla, Gorath and Samurai Assassin
Minoru Chiaki Also in Ikiru, Stray Dog and The Idiot
Tomoyuki Tanaka Produced Yojimbo, Godzilla and Kagemusha
Daisuke Katō Also in Seven Samurai and The Life of Oharu
Yoshio Tsuchiya Also in The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Susumu Fujita Also in High and Low (1963)
Kamatari Fujiwara Also in Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and Ikiru
Masao Shimizu Also in Drunken Angel and Sanjuro
Noriko Sengoku Also in Stray Dog, The Quiet Duel and Kwaidan
Hideo Oguni Wrote Ikiru, Throne of Blood and Sanjuro
Masaichi Nagata Produced Osaka Elegy and The Loyal 47 Ronin
Ryūzō Kikushima Produced High and Low, Red Beard and Sanjuro
Sachio Sakai Also in Drunken Angel and Godzilla- Shoichi Hirose Also in Seven Samurai and Godzilla Raids Again
Yoshifumi Tajima Also in Frankenstein Conquers the World (1967)
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Seven Samurai 1954
High and Low 1963
Ikiru 1952
Red Beard 1965
Yojimbo 1961
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 12
Media & music
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He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955).
