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Takashi Shimura

Name in Native Language: "志村喬" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 03/12/1905 († 76, 02/11/1982) | Ikuno, Hyogo (Japan)
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). 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Crime

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A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for ...

Stray Dog

Certification unknown

1949 | 3.7/5 | 2h 2min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Ikiru

Certification unknown

1952 | 4.2/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Seven Samurai

NR

1954 | 4.3/5 | 3h 27min
Action, Drama
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Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashba ...

Rashomon

NR

1950 | 4.1/5 | 1h 28min
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Takashi Shimura

Medal With Purple Ribbon Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Takashi Shimura as Actor(213)

1981 Fifth Movement
as Ryuuson1980 An Ocean to Cross
as Taguchi Gyobu1980 Kagemusha
1980 The Revolt
as Sen Rikyu1978 Love and Faith
as Hiroshi's Father1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Dr. Yamane1977 Godzilla
1976 Human Revolution II
1975 Hadashi no seishun
as JNR President1975 The Bullet Train
as Pediatrician1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974 The Tattooed Hitman
as Sakubei1973 Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1972 A Yakuza Has His Way
as Hiroshi's father1971 Tora-san's Love Call
1971 Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971 Patience Has An End
1970 House of Gamblers
as Hyôichirô Suwa1969 It's Tough Being a Man
1969 Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969 A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless
1969 Kanto Woman Infamy
as Magoichi's father1969 The Magoichi Saga
as Obu Toramasa1969 Samurai Banners
1969 New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1968 The Drifting Avenger
1968 Human Torpedoes
1968 The Woman Champion
as Taizo Matsui1968 Industrial Spy
as Dr. Junan1968 Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968 Woman Gambler and the Nun
as Ashimura1968 The Sands of Kurobe
1968 The Day the Sun Rose
1968 New Prison Walls of Abashiri
as Fortune Teller1968 The Bride from Hades
1967 When the Cookie Crumbles
as Sakamoto1967 The Chivalrous Life
1967 Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
1967 King of the Gang
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura1967 Japan's Longest Day
1966 A Circus Girl
1966 The Protector
as Detective Egusa1966 Kaerazeru hatoba
1966 No Greater Love
1966 Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
1965 Three Yakuza
as Mishima1965 Sanshiro Sugata
as Axis Scientist1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965 The Soundless Cry
as Tokubei Izumiya1965 Red Beard
1965 Code of Ruffians
as Narihisa Ichijō1965 Samurai Assassin
1965 Hoodlum Match
as Military Command president1965 The Retreat from Kiska
1965 Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
as Dr. Tsukamoto1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Head priest (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")1964 Kwaidan
1964 Blood and Diamonds
1964 Brand of Evil
1963 Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Kahei1963 The Image of Mother
as Admiral1963 Attack Squadron
1963 The Sun is Calling You
1963 The Revenge and the Death
as Chief of Investigation Section1963 High and Low
as King Raksha1963 Lost World Of Sinbad
as Kurofuji1962 Sanjuro
as Hyobu Chishaka1962 47 Ronin
as Kensuke Sonoda1962 Gorath
as Village elder1962 The Whale God
1962 Lion Festival of Echigo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer1961 Yojimbo
1961 The Masterless 47 – Part II
as Katagiri1961 Daredevil in the Castle
as News Editor1961 Mothra
1961 Structure of Hate
1961 Challenge to Live
as Hacchônawate Tokubei1961 The Gambler's Code
as Yahei1961 Restoration Fire
1961 Snow in the South Seas
as Administrative Officer Moriyama1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Honzo Kadokawa1960 The Masterless 47
as Chotaro Masue1960 Man Against Man
1960 Life of a Country Doctor
as Sadonokami Honda1960 Princess Sen in Edo
1960 Master Fencer Sees the World
as Gohei Hirayama1960 Afraid to Die
1960 The Lovelorn Geisha
as Tosaku1960 Storm Over the Pacific
1959 A Whistle in My Heart
as Ryoan1959 Stop the Old Fox
as Kyusaku Inao1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Masagoro1959 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Doctor Yamane1959 Gigantis: The Fire Monster
as Elder Kumaso1959 The Three Treasures
as Saemon Toki1959 Saga of the Vagabonds
1958 The Lord Takes a Bride
as Kasai1958 Points and Lines
as Yasaburô1958 Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Sagamiya1958 Seven from Edo
as Izumi Nagakura1958 The Hidden Fortress
1958 The Sword Knows
1958 The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958 The Traveling Ruffian
1958 The Black Hooded Man 5
as Jûbei Ôtake1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 Eight Views of Samurai
1958 Jinsei Gekijo
1957 Evening Calm
as Owner of the rice mill1957 Untamed Woman
as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi1957 The Mysterians
1957 Good Luck to These Two
as Banno1957 The Eleventh Hour
as Noriyasu Odagura1957 Throne of Blood
1956 Scoundrel
1956 Tokyo Crime Map
1956 Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Nagasawa1956 I Saw the Killer
as Hanako's Father1956 Young Tree
as Court official1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 The Underworld
as Dr. Yamane1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Nobuo's father1955 Love Never Fails
as Insepctor Kasai1955 Ticket to Hell
1955 No Response from Car 33
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada1955 I Live in Fear
1955 Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase1955 Godzilla Raids Again
1955 No Time for Tears
1955 To Love and Forgive
as Kyohei Yamane1954 Godzilla
1954 君死に給うことなかれ
1954 Last of the Wild Ones
as Kotaro Yamabe1954 A Geisha on Horseback
as Kambei Shimada1954 Seven Samurai
1953 The Last Embrace
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army1953 Eagle of the Pacific
as Okabe1952 The Man Who Came to Port
1952 Foghorn
1952 Sword for Hire
1952 Vendetta for a Samurai
1952 The Skin of the South
as Kataoka1952 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Kanji Watanabe1952 Ikiru
as Yoshimichi1952 Beauty and the Thief
as Ono, Ayako's father1951 The Idiot
as Rokutaro Kosaka1951 The Life of a Horse Trader
as Lighthouse Man1951 The Blue Pearl
as Sotaro Munekata1951 Stolen Love
1951 Beyond Love and Hate
as Wataru Horie1951 The Bitch
1951 Kemono no yado
1951 Elegy
1950 Escape from Prison
as Attorney Hiruta1950 Scandal
1950 Jiruba no Tetsu
1950 Spring Snow
1950 Devil's Gold
as Woodcutter1950 Rashomon
1950 The Angry Street
as Sagawa1950 Street of Violence
as Daizo Matsubara1950 Sanshiro of Ginza
1950 Crazy Uproar
1950 Red Peony of Night
1949 Lady From Hell
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki1949 The Quiet Duel
as Det. Sato1949 Stray Dog
1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949 Onna no issho
1949 Goblin Courier
as Sanada1948 Drunken Angel
1948 A Second Life
as Genshirō Kuramoto1947 Actress
as Kenzô Ogura1947 Spring Awakens
as Nojiro1947 Snow Trail
1947 These Foolish Times
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan
1946 Eleven High School Girls
as Theatre manager (uncredited)1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo1946 No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 Lord for a Night
1946 An Enemy of the People
as Murai's father, principle1945 Ai to chikai
1945 Tokkan ekichô
1945 Otome no iru kichi
1945 Three Women of the North
as Yasukichi Ito1944 Sagohei the Three-footer
1944 The Way of Drama
as Chief Goro Ishida1944 The Most Beautiful
1944 Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944 Nichijô no tatakai
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father1943 Sanshiro Sugata
1942 Mother and Child Grass
as Enomoto1941 Last Days of Edo
as Oil Seller1941 Festival Across the Sea
1940 Phantom Castle
1940 Oda Nobunaga
1940 Zoku Shimizu Minato
as Kyosai Shimura1939 Singing Lovebirds
as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro1939 Devoted Servant Naosuke
1938 The Skull Coin
1938 Kurama Tengu
1938 Taiko's Rising in the World
1938 Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
1938 Chushingura
as Gundayû Yao1937 Jiraiya
as Takusan1937 Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
as Taranoshin Tsunomata1936 Capricious Young Man
as Inspector1936 Osaka Elegy
1935 Chuji for Sale

TV Shows/Series with Takashi Shimura as Actor(4)

as Chikuin1977 Kashin
as Nagao Fusakage1969 Heaven and Earth
as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]1967 Three Sisters
as Onodera Juunai1964 Akō Rōshi

Full Name: Takashi Shimura
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Sunday, 03/12 1905 (March) in Ikuno, Hyogo (Japan)
Died: Thursday, 02/11 1982 (February) in Tokyo (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Japanese (JA, native language)
Educated at: Kansai University
Other names for Takashi Shimura (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"志村喬"
"Shoji Shimazaki"
"島崎捷爾"
"Такаси Симура"
"志村乔"
"島崎 捷爾"
"しむら たかし" (Kana/Japanese)
Takashi Shimura frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (77x, Crew)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (54x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (52x, Actor)
Sachio Sakai (27x, Actor)
Susumu Fujita (26x, Actor)
Akihiko Hirata (25x, Actor)
Ishirō Honda (24x, Crew)
Eiji Tsuburaya (24x, Crew)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (23x, Actor)
Ryōsuke Kagawa (23x, Actor)
Kokuten Kōdō (22x, Actor)
Masakane Yonekura (2x, Actor)
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