
Takashi Shimura
Acting
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.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Self

Fifth Movement

The Last Days of Planet Earth
Hospital Director

Kagemusha
Taguchi Gyobu

An Ocean to Cross
Ryuuson

The Revolt

Talk of the Town Tora-san
Hiroshi's Father

Love and Faith
Sen Rikyu

Godzilla
Dr. Yamane

Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

Human Revolution II

The Bullet Train
JNR President

Hadashi no seishun

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Pediatrician

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

The Tattooed Hitman
Bukichi Oura

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Sakubei

A Yakuza Has His Way

Tora-san's Love Call
Hiroshi's father

Patience Has An End

The Earth is Born Again
Gondo

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

The Militarists
Takeda

House of Gamblers

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

The Magoichi Saga
Magoichi's father

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Hyôichirô Suwa

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Kanto Woman Infamy

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

Samurai Banners
Obu Toramasa

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

New Prison Walls of Abashiri
The Day the Sun Rose

Woman Gambler and the Nun

Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Dr. Junan

The Woman Champion

The Bride from Hades
Fortune Teller

The Drifting Avenger
Ken's Father

Industrial Spy
Taizo Matsui

The Sands of Kurobe
Ashimura

Dorei kōjō

Human Torpedoes

King of the Gang

Japan's Longest Day
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

When the Cookie Crumbles

The Chivalrous Life
Sakamoto

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

No Greater Love

The Harbor of No Return
Detective Egusa

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

The Protector

Night in Bangkok

A Circus Girl

Code of Ruffians

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

Frankenstein Conquers the World
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor

The Retreat from Kiska
Military Command president

Sanshiro Sugata
Mishima

Three Yakuza

Red Beard
Tokubei Izumiya

Hoodlum Match

The Soundless Cry

Kwaidan
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Samurai Assassin
Narihisa Ichijō

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Dr. Tsukamoto

Blood and Diamonds

Brand of Evil
Tsukamoto

Life of Hishakaku 3

Fright Time

Vanquished Foes

The Image of Mother
Kahei

Samurai Pirate
King Raksha

The Sun is Calling You

The Revenge and the Death

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Tobei

Dokuritsu bijin-tai
Director of Iinuma Clinic

High and Low
Chief of Investigation Section

Attack Squadron
Admiral

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

Chûshingura
Hyobu Chishaka

Lion Festival of Echigo

The Whale God
Village elder

Yoru no keisha

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

Gorath
Kensuke Sonoda

The Crimson Sky

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Long Way to Okinawa

Sanjuro
Kurofuji

Oniisan to oneesan

Structure of Hate

Different Sons
Hisamitsu Ando

Restoration Fire
Yahei

Snow in the South Seas

Mothra
News Editor

Challenge to Live

The Gambler's Code
Hacchônawate Tokubei

Yojimbo
Tokuemon, sake brewer

The Masterless 47 – Part II

晴小袖

Daredevil in the Castle
Katagiri

The Masterless 47
Honzo Kadokawa

Master Fencer Sees the World

The Bad Sleep Well
Administrative Officer Moriyama

Life of a Country Doctor

Man Against Man
Chotaro Masue

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Storm of the Pacific
Tosaku

Afraid to Die
Gohei Hirayama

Princess Sen in Edo
Sadonokami Honda

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Masagoro

The Three Treasures
Elder Kumaso

Stop the Old Fox
Ryoan

Saga of the Vagabonds
Saemon Toki

Vagabond Employee: Revenge
President Kakihara

Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Dr. Yamane

Vagabond Employee: Outcry
President Kakihara

A Whistle in My Heart

The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kyusaku Inao

The Happy Family

Sazae-san's Marriage

The Hidden Fortress
General Izumi Nagakura

Theater of Life

Points and Lines
Kasai

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yasaburô
The Sword Knows

The Black Hooded Man 5

The Traveling Ruffian

The Bride In Uguisu Castle

Eight Views of Samurai

Fearless Opposition

Seven from Edo
Sagamiya

The Loyal 47 Ronin
Jûbei Ôtake

Mother
Ijûin

Shogun's Holiday

Man of Thirteen Eyes

The Mysterians
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

The Eleventh Hour
Banno

The Blue Mountains Part 2
Jinzō Iguchi

The Blue Mountains
Jinzō Iguchi

A Dangerous Hero

Hadaka no Machi

Untamed Woman
Owner of the rice mill

The 36 Passengers

The Lord Takes a Bride
Evening Calm

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Dr. Yamane

Good Luck to These Two

A Town with a Mountain and River
Sataro Hayakawa

Throne of Blood
Noriyasu Odagura

Eacape of Fear
Daisuke Sakuma

Scoundrel

Virtue in Spades

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Dr. Yamane

Tokyo Crime Map

The Underworld
Furuya

I Saw the Killer
Nagasawa

Young Tree
Hanako's Father

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Court official

I Live in Fear
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

To Love and Forgive

Ticket to Hell
Insepctor Kasai

A Daughter's Life Guide

むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
Ensaburō Hiraoka

No Response from Car 33

No Time for Tears
"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura

Godzilla Raids Again
Kyohei Yamane-hakase

Love Never Fails
Nobuo's father

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

A Geisha on Horseback
Kotaro Yamabe

Godzilla
Kyohei Yamane

君死に給うことなかれ

Mother's First Love

Asakusa at Night
Komazo

Last of the Wild Ones

Seven Samurai
Kambei Shimada

The Eagle of the Pacific
Colonel A, staff officer of the army

The End of the Night

Escape Zone

The Last Embrace
Watanabe (Nabesan)

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

The Man Who Came to Port
Okabe

Oka wa hanazakari

Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe

Beauty and the Thief
Yoshimichi

Sword for Hire

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Kataoka

Foghorn

The Skin of the South

Vendetta of a Samurai

The Life of a Horse Trader
Rokutaro Kosaka

The Bitch
Wataru Horie

The Blue Pearl
Fujiki

The Den of Beasts

Stolen Love
Sotaro Munekata

The Idiot
Ono, Ayako's father

Elegy

Beyond Love and Hate

Red Peony of Night

Rashomon
Woodcutter

Jiruba no Tetsu

Crazy Uproar

The Angry Street

Scandal
Attorney Hiruta

Sanshiro of Ginza
Daizo Matsubara

Street of Violence
Sagawa

Spring Snow
Kozo Yoshikawa

Devil's Gold

Escape from Prison

The Elephant Who Waited

Stray Dog
Det. Sato

Ishimatsu of the Forest

A Bullet Hole Underground
Yuuzou Fujimoto

The Quiet Duel
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Lady From Hell

A Woman's Life

Goblin Courier

Drunken Angel
Sanada

A Second Life

Actress
Genshirō Kuramoto

Spring Awakens
Kenzô Ogura

These Foolish Times

Snow Trail
Nojiri
Chikagai nijuyojikan

No Regrets for Our Youth
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

Eleven High School Girls

Lord for a Night

Those Who Make Tomorrow
Theatre manager (uncredited)

An Enemy of the People

Hinoki Butai
Wakare mo tanoshi

Three Women of the North

To Love and Swear
Murai's father, principle

Otome no iru kichi

Tokkan ekichô

Nichijô no tatakai

Sagohei the Three-footer
Yasukichi Ito

The Way of Drama

The Most Beautiful
Chief Goro Ishida

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

Navy
Takao Mutaguchi

Sanshiro Sugata
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Mother and Child Grass

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

Last Days of Edo
Enomoto
Festival Across the Sea
Oil Seller

Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū

Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
Phantom Castle
Zoku Shimizu Minato

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
Oda Nobunaga

Singing Lovebirds
Kyosai Shimura

Devoted Servant Naosuke
Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

Shunjû ittôryû

Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary

Akagaki Genzo
Jozaemon Sakaya

Taiko's Rising in the World

Chushingura

Kurama Tengu
The Skull Coin

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
Takusan
Jiraiya
Gundayû Yao

Echo of Love

The Letter
Taranoshin Tsunomata

Osaka Elegy
Inspector
Chuji for Sale







