Takashi Shimura

Acting

Mar 12, 1905 – Feb 11, 1982 · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Seven Samurai1954
as ⁨Kambei Shimada⁩
Rashomon1950
as ⁨Woodcutter⁩
Yojimbo1961
as ⁨Tokuemon, sake brewer⁩
Ikiru1952
as ⁨Kanji Watanabe⁩
High and Low1963
as ⁨Chief of Investigation Section⁩
Godzilla1954
as ⁨Kyohei Yamane⁩
Throne of Blood1957
as ⁨Noriyasu Odagura⁩
as ⁨Taguchi Gyobu⁩
as ⁨Kurofuji⁩
as ⁨General Izumi Nagakura⁩
as ⁨Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")⁩
as ⁨Tokubei Izumiya⁩
as ⁨Det. Sato⁩
as ⁨Kyohei Yamane-hakase⁩
as ⁨Sanada⁩
as ⁨Dr. Tsukamoto⁩
as ⁨Administrative Officer Moriyama⁩
as ⁨Dr. Yamane⁩
as ⁨News Editor⁩
as ⁨Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father⁩
as ⁨Court official⁩
as ⁨Ono, Ayako's father⁩
as ⁨Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada⁩
as ⁨Kataoka⁩
as ⁨Attorney Hiruta⁩
as ⁨Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo⁩
as ⁨Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki⁩
as ⁨Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor⁩
as ⁨JNR President⁩
as ⁨Inspector⁩
as ⁨Dr. Tanjiro Adachi⁩
as ⁨Narihisa Ichijō⁩
as ⁨Chief Goro Ishida⁩
as ⁨Dr. Yamane⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Seven Samurai1954
as ⁨Kambei Shimada⁩
Rashomon1950
as ⁨Woodcutter⁩
Yojimbo1961
as ⁨Tokuemon, sake brewer⁩
Ikiru1952
as ⁨Kanji Watanabe⁩
High and Low1963
as ⁨Chief of Investigation Section⁩
Godzilla1954
as ⁨Kyohei Yamane⁩
Throne of Blood1957
as ⁨Noriyasu Odagura⁩
as ⁨Taguchi Gyobu⁩
as ⁨Kurofuji⁩
as ⁨General Izumi Nagakura⁩
as ⁨Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")⁩
as ⁨Tokubei Izumiya⁩
as ⁨Det. Sato⁩
as ⁨Kyohei Yamane-hakase⁩
as ⁨Sanada⁩
as ⁨Dr. Tsukamoto⁩
as ⁨Administrative Officer Moriyama⁩
as ⁨Dr. Yamane⁩
as ⁨News Editor⁩
as ⁨Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father⁩
as ⁨Court official⁩
as ⁨Ono, Ayako's father⁩
as ⁨Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada⁩
as ⁨Kataoka⁩
as ⁨Attorney Hiruta⁩
as ⁨Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo⁩
as ⁨Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki⁩
as ⁨Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor⁩
as ⁨JNR President⁩
as ⁨Inspector⁩
as ⁨Dr. Tanjiro Adachi⁩
as ⁨Narihisa Ichijō⁩
as ⁨Chief Goro Ishida⁩
as ⁨Dr. Yamane⁩