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Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura’s screen credits include Kambei Shimada in Seven Samurai, Chief of Investigation Section in High and Low, and Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru.
Born March 12, 1905† February 11, 1982 Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan3 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'Self
- 1981Fifth MovementActor
- 1981The Last Days of Planet EarthHospital Director
- 1980KagemushaTaguchi Gyobu
- 1980An Ocean to CrossRyuuson
- 1980The RevoltActor
- 1978Talk of the Town Tora-san诹访兵一郎
- 1978Love and FaithSen Rikyu
- 1977GodzillaDr. Yamane
- 1976Ninjutsu: Sasuke SaruhiActor
- 1976Human Revolution IIActor
- 1975The Bullet TrainJNR President
- 1975Hadashi no seishunActor
- 1974Prophecies of NostradamusPediatrician
- 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza BrothersActor
- 1974The Tattooed HitmanBukichi Oura
- 1974The FamilyYasuda - Makiko's Father
- 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatariActor
- 1973Zatoichi's ConspiracySakubei
- 1972A Yakuza Has His WayActor
- 1971Tora-san's Love Call诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1971Patience Has An EndActor
- 1971The Earth is Born AgainGondo
- 1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the CommandmentsActor
- 1970The MilitaristsTakeda
- 1970House of GamblersActor
- Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiroActor
- 1969Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the KillersActor
- 1969The Magoichi SagaMagoichi's father
- 1969Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2Actor
- 1969Kanto Woman InfamyActor
- 1969Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi TattooActor
- 1969Samurai BannersObu Toramasa
- 1969A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the LawlessActor
- 1968New Prison Walls of AbashiriActor
- 1968The Day the Sun RoseActor
- 1968Woman Gambler and the NunActor
- 1968Zatoichi and the FugitivesDr. Junan
- 1968The Woman ChampionActor
- 1968The Bride from HadesFortune Teller
- 1968The Drifting AvengerKen's Father
- 1968Industrial SpyTaizo Matsui
- 1968The Sands of KurobeAshimura
- 1968Slave FactoryActor
- 1968Human TorpedoesActor
- 1967King of the GangActor
- 1967Japan's Longest DayInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- 1967When the Cookie CrumblesActor
- 1967The Chivalrous LifeSakamoto
- 1967Underworld series - Pardon My Violent WaysActor
- 1966No Greater LoveActor
- 1966The Harbor of No ReturnDetective Egusa
- 1966Greatest Boss of the Showa EraActor
- 1966The ProtectorActor
- 1966Night in BangkokActor
- 1966A Circus GirlActor
- 1965Code of RuffiansActor
- 1965Expelled from the Kanto MobActor
- 1965Snake Princess: Oshima and SentaroActor
- 1965Frankenstein Conquers the WorldHiroshima Army Hospital doctor
- 1965The Retreat from KiskaMilitary Command president
- 1965Sanshiro SugataMishima
- 1965Three YakuzaActor
- 1965Red BeardTokubei Izumiya
- 1965Hoodlum MatchActor
- 1965The Soundless CryActor
- 1965KwaidanHead Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- 1965Samurai AssassinNarihisa Ichijō
- 1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterDr. Tsukamoto
- 1964Thief on the RunActor
- 1964Blood and DiamondsActor
- 1964I Am a Medical ExaminerActor
- 1964Brand of EvilTsukamoto
- 1964Life of Hishakaku 3Actor
- 1964Fright TimeActor
- 1964Vanquished FoesActor
- 1963The Image of MotherKahei
- 1963Samurai PirateKing Raksha
- 1963The Sun is Calling YouActor
- 1963The Revenge and the DeathActor
- 1963Maiko-hanActor
- 1963Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's PledgeTobei
- 1963Dokuritsu bijin-taiDirector of Iinuma Clinic
- 1963Wakai yatsuActor
- 1963Attack SquadronAdmiral
- 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikkiActor
- 1962ChûshinguraHyobu Chishaka
- 1962Lion Festival of EchigoActor
- 1962The Whale GodVillage elder
- 1962Yoru no keishaActor
- 1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matatakuActor
- 1962GorathKensuke Sonoda
- 1962The Crimson SkyActor
- 1962Long Way to OkinawaActor
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part IIActor
- 1962SanjuroKurofuji
- 1961Oniisan to oneesanActor
- 1961Different SonsHisamitsu Ando
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