Actor

Takashi Shimura

Born 12 March 1905 · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan · Died 11 February 1982

​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.

Films and shows

  1. 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'42mSelf
  2. 1981Fifth Movement1h 55m
  3. 1981The Last Days of Planet Earth1h 27mHospital Director
  4. 1980The Revolt2h 30m
  5. 1978Love and Faith2h 34mSen Rikyu
  6. 1978Strait of Roses1 season
  7. 1978Talk of the Town Tora-san1h 44m诹访兵一郎
  8. 1977Godzilla1h 36mDr. Yamane
  9. 1977Fuyu no Undokai1 season
  10. 1977Kashin1 seasonChikuin
  11. 1976Akai Unmei1 season
  12. 1976Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi1h 24m
  13. 1975Hadashi no seishun1h 28m
  14. 1975The Bullet Train2h 32mJNR President
  15. 1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers1h 30m
  16. 1974The Tattooed Hitman1h 46mBukichi Oura
  17. 1974Prophecies of Nostradamus1h 54mPediatrician
  18. 1974The Family3h 31mYasuda - Makiko's Father
  19. 1973Zatoichi's Conspiracy1h 28mSakubei
  20. 1973Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari1h 29m
  21. 1972A Yakuza Has His Way1h 34m
  22. 1972愛と愛1 season
  23. 1971Patience Has An End1h 50m
  24. 1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments1h 29m
  25. 1971The Earth is Born Again1h 59mGondo
  26. 1971Tora-san's Love Call1h 54m诹访飚一郎(阿博的父亲)
  27. 1970House of Gamblers1h 56m
  28. 1970Women of Osaka Castle1 season
  29. 1969Heaven and Earth1 seasonNagao Fusakage
  30. 1969Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp1h 31mHyôichirô Suwa
  31. 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21h 49m
  32. 1969Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers1h 32m
  33. 1969A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless1h 32m
  34. 1969Kanto Woman Infamy1h 22m
  35. 1969Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo1h 30m
  36. 1969The Magoichi Saga1h 44mMagoichi's father
  37. 1968Zatoichi and the Fugitives1h 22mDr. Junan
  38. 1968The Sands of Kurobe3h 16mAshimura
  39. 1968The Woman Champion1h 29m
  40. 1968The Bride from Hades1h 29mFortune Teller
  41. 1968Woman Gambler and the Nun1h 23m
  42. 1968The Day the Sun Rose2h 48m
  43. 1968Slave Factory2h 23m
  44. 1968New Prison Walls of Abashiri1h 34m
  45. 1968The Drifting Avenger1h 47mKen's Father
  46. 1967Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways1h 31m
  47. 1967King of the Gang1h 30m
  48. 1967When the Cookie Crumbles1h 36m
  49. 1967Japan's Longest Day2h 37mInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
  50. 1967Three Sisters1 seasonMisawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
  51. 1967The Chivalrous Life1h 34mSakamoto
  52. 1966The Harbor of No Return1h 29mDetective Egusa
  53. 1966No Greater Love1h 37m
  54. 1966The Protector1h 44m
  55. 1966A Circus Girl1h 28m
  56. 1966Greatest Boss of the Showa Era1h 30m
  57. 1966Night in Bangkok1h 45m
  58. 1965Sanshiro Sugata2h 39mMishima
  59. 1965Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro1h 28m
  60. 1965Hoodlum Match1h 32m
  61. 1965Code of Ruffians1h 30m
  62. 1965Expelled from the Kanto Mob1h 30m
  63. 1965Three Yakuza2h
  64. 1965The Retreat from Kiska1h 45mMilitary Command president
  65. 1965Frankenstein Conquers the World1h 30mHiroshima Army Hospital doctor
  66. 1965Red Beard3h 5mTokubei Izumiya
  67. 1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster1h 33mDr. Tsukamoto
  68. 1964Brand of Evil2h 13mTsukamoto
  69. 1964Thief on the Run1h 36m
  70. 1964Blood and Diamonds1h 37m
  71. 1964Life of Hishakaku 31h 44m
  72. 1964Fright Time1h 28m
  73. 1964Vanquished Foes1h 25m
  74. 1964I Am a Medical Examiner1h 33m
  75. 1964Akō Rōshi1 seasonOnodera Juunai
  76. 1963Attack Squadron1h 41mAdmiral
  77. 1963Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge1h 23mTobei
  78. 1963The Image of Mother1h 33mKahei
  79. 1963Wakai yatsu1h 31m
  80. 1963Maiko-han1h 38m
  81. 1963The Revenge and the Death1h 26m
  82. 1963The Sun is Calling You1h 25m
  83. 1963High and Low2h 22mChief of Investigation Section
  84. 1963Dokuritsu bijin-tai1h 30mDirector of Iinuma Clinic
  85. 1963Samurai Pirate1h 36mKing Raksha
  86. 1962Chûshingura3h 27mHyobu Chishaka
  87. 1962The Whale God1h 40mVillage elder
  88. 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II1h 30m
  89. 1962The Crimson Sky1h 31m
  90. 1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku1h 34m
  91. 1962Yoru no keisha1h 36m
  92. 1962Long Way to Okinawa1h 33m
  93. 1962Sanjuro1h 36mKurofuji
  94. 1962Lion Festival of Echigo1h 29m
  95. 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki1h 30m
  96. 1962Gorath1h 28mKensuke Sonoda
  97. 1961Restoration Fire1h 26mYahei
  98. 1961The Gambler's Code1h 27mHacchônawate Tokubei
  99. 1961Snow in the South Seas1h 42m
  100. 1961Structure of Hate1h 36m
  101. 1961Challenge to Live1h 38m
  102. 1961Harekosode1h 24m
  103. 1961Oniisan to oneesan1h 24m
  104. 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II1h 50m
  105. 1961Yojimbo1h 50mTokuemon, sake brewer
  106. 1961Mothra1h 41mNews Editor
  107. 1961Different Sons1h 35mHisamitsu Ando
  108. 1961Daredevil in the Castle1h 35mKatagiri
  109. 1960Afraid to Die1h 36mGohei Hirayama
  110. 1960Princess Sen in Edo1h 37mSadonokami Honda
  111. 1960Master Fencer Sees the World1h 35m
  112. 1960San kyōdai no kettō1h 23m
  113. 1960Life of a Country Doctor1h 56m
  114. 1960The Lovelorn Geisha1h 51m
  115. 1960The Bad Sleep Well2h 30mAdministrative Officer Moriyama
  116. 1960The Storm of the Pacific1h 58mTosaku
  117. 1960Man Against Man1h 30mChotaro Masue
  118. 1960The Masterless 471h 40mHonzo Kadokawa
  119. 1959The Three Treasures3h 2mElder Kumaso
  120. 1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster1h 18mDr. Yamane
  121. 1959Saga of the Vagabonds1h 55mSaemon Toki
  122. 1959The Prickly Mouthed Geisha1h 26mMasagoro
  123. 1959The Happy Family1h 27m
  124. 1959Shōbushi to sono musume1h 50m
  125. 1959The Silent Murder1h 23m
  126. 1959The Aristocrat's Stairs1h 55m
  127. 1959Various Flowers1h 29m
  128. 1959A Whistle in My Heart2h 6m
  129. 1959Vagabond Employee: Outcry1h 23mPresident Kakihara
  130. 1959Vagabond Employee: Revenge1h 26mPresident Kakihara
  131. 1959Stop the Old Fox1h 58mRyoan
  132. 1959Sazae-san's Marriage1h 30mPresident Tomioka
  133. 1958Points and Lines1h 25mKasai
  134. 1958The Traveling Ruffian1h 32m
  135. 1958Fūraibō ichiban shōbu1h 17m
  136. 1958Man of Thirteen Eyes1h 33m
  137. 1958Eight Views of Samurai1h 35m
  138. 1958Theater of Life1h 51m
  139. 1958The Black Hooded Man 51h 27m
  140. 1958Fearless Opposition1h 21m
  141. 1958The Hidden Fortress2h 19mGeneral Izumi Nagakura
  142. 1958The Sword Knows1h 44m
  143. 1958The Bride In Uguisu Castle1h 27m
  144. 1958Shogun's Holiday1h 32m
  145. 1958Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono1h 17m
  146. 1958The Loyal 47 Ronin2h 44mJûbei Ôtake
  147. 1958Seven from Edo1h 32mSagamiya
  148. 1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion2h 25mYasaburô
  149. 1957The Eleventh Hour1h 49mBanno
  150. 1957Throne of Blood1h 48mNoriyasu Odagura
  151. 1957Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean1h 32mDr. Yamane
  152. 1957A Dangerous Hero1h 34mChief Investigator Onozuka
  153. 1957The Lord Takes a Bride1h 25m
  154. 1957Good Luck to These Two1h 37m
  155. 1957Hadaka no Machi
  156. 1957Untamed Woman2h 1mOwner of the rice mill
  157. 1957The Mysterians1h 29mDr. Tanjiro Adachi
  158. 1957The 36 Passengers1h 36m
  159. 1957Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion1h 40m
  160. 1957Evening Calm1h 54m
  161. 1957Duel at Noon1h 41m
  162. 1957Yuki no wataridori1h 25m
  163. 1957The Blue Mountains Part 21h 23mJinzō Iguchi
  164. 1957The Blue Mountains1h 23mJinzō Iguchi
  165. 1957A Town with a Mountain and River1h 47mSataro Hayakawa
  166. 1956I Saw the Killer1h 34mNagasawa
  167. 1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters!1h 21mDr. Yamane
  168. 1956Three Women Around Yoshinaka2h 1m
  169. 1956Virtue in Spades1h 36m
  170. 1956Tokyo Crime Map1h 26m
  171. 1956Young Tree1h 30mHanako's Father
  172. 1956Scoundrel1h 35m
  173. 1956The Underworld1h 39mFuruya
  174. 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1h 45mCourt official
  175. 1956Eacape of Fear1h 37mDaisuke Sakuma
  176. 1955No Time for Tears1h 49m"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
  177. 1955I Live in Fear1h 43mDomestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
  178. 1955New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain1h 36mEnsaburō Hiraoka
  179. 1955Godzilla Raids Again1h 22mKyohei Yamane-hakase
  180. 1955Love Never Fails1h 43mNobuo's father
  181. 1955The Tears of Geisha Konatsu1h 45m
  182. 1955No Response from Car 331h 32m
  183. 1955Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf1h 41m
  184. 1955Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion1h 25m
  185. 1955A Daughter's Life Guide1h 34m
  186. 1955To Love and Forgive1h 34m
  187. 1955Ticket to Hell1h 29mInsepctor Kasai
  188. 1954Seven Samurai3h 27mKambei Shimada
  189. 1954Godzilla1h 36mKyohei Yamane
  190. 1954A Geisha on Horseback1h 44mKotaro Yamabe
  191. 1954Haru no uzumaki1h 31m
  192. 1954New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple1h 17m
  193. 1954Forever Be Mine1h 39m
  194. 1954Mother's First Love1h 43m
  195. 1954Sorcerer’s Orb1 season
  196. 1954Love Express1h 12m
  197. 1954New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears1h 19m
  198. 1954Last of the Wild Ones1h 43m
  199. 1954Asakusa at Night1h 28mKomazo
  200. 1953The Last Embrace1h 27mWatanabe (Nabesan)
  201. 1953Escape Zone1h 31m
  202. 1953The End of the Night1h 34m
  203. 1953The Eagle of the Pacific1h 59mColonel A, staff officer of the army
  204. 1952Ikiru2h 23mKanji Watanabe
  205. 1952The Man Who Came to Port1h 28mOkabe
  206. 1952The Skin of the South1h 34mPresident
  207. 1952Beauty and the Thief1h 20mYoshimichi
  208. 1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail59mKataoka
  209. 1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds1h 33m
  210. 1952Vendetta of a Samurai1h 22m
  211. 1952Sword for Hire2h 15m
  212. 1952Foghorn1h 39m
  213. 1952Oka wa hanazakari
  214. 1951The Bitch1h 40mWataru Horie
  215. 1951The Life of a Horse Trader1h 53mRokutaro Kosaka
  216. 1951Stolen Love1h 42mSotaro Munekata
  217. 1951The Blue Pearl1h 37mFujiki
  218. 1951The Idiot2h 46mOno, Ayako's father
  219. 1951Beyond Love and Hate1h 47m
  220. 1951The Den of Beasts1h 26m
  221. 1951Elegy1h 50m
  222. 1951Cordon at Midnight1h 10m
  223. 1950Sanshiro of Ginza1h 22mDaizo Matsubara
  224. 1950Spring Snow1h 27mKozo Yoshikawa
  225. 1950Rashomon1h 28mWoodcutter
  226. 1950Red Peony of Night1h 45m
  227. 1950Devil's Gold1h 51m
  228. 1950The Angry Street1h 45m
  229. 1950Escape from Prison1h 43m
  230. 1950Scandal1h 44mAttorney Hiruta
  231. 1950Jiruba no Tetsu1h 29m
  232. 1950Crazy Uproar1h 36m
  233. 1950Town of Violence1h 51mSagawa
  234. 1949Stray Dog2h 2mDet. Sato
  235. 1949The Quiet Duel1h 35mDr. Konosuke Fujisaki
  236. 1949A Bullet Hole Underground1h 25mYuuzou Fujimoto
  237. 1949A Woman's Life1h 41m
  238. 1949Lady From Hell1h 12m
  239. 1949Goblin Courier1h 20m
  240. 1949The Elephant Who Waited1h 21m
  241. 1949Ishimatsu of the Forest1h 37m
  242. 1949Three Mothers1h 24m
  243. 1949Hida no abarenbō1h 19m
  244. 1949Onna goroshi abura jigoku1h 25m
  245. 1948Drunken Angel1h 38mSanada
  246. 1948My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain1h 41mSeibei Kido
  247. 1948A Second Life1h 30m
  248. 1948Platform at Night1h 24m
  249. 1947Snow Trail1h 29mNojiri
  250. 1947Spring Awakens1h 29mKenzô Ogura
  251. 1947Chikagai nijuyojikan1h 26m
  252. 1947These Foolish Times2h 46m
  253. 1947Actress1h 56mGenshirō Kuramoto
  254. 1946Lord for a Night1h 52m
  255. 1946Eleven High School Girls1h 20m
  256. 1946An Enemy of the People1h 23m
  257. 1946Hinoki Butai1h 22m
  258. 1946No Regrets for Our Youth1h 51mPolice Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
  259. 1946Those Who Make Tomorrow1h 22mTheatre manager (uncredited)
  260. 1945To Love and Swear1h 17mMurai's father, principle
  261. 1945Three Women of the North1h 12m
  262. 1945Tokkan ekichô1h 10m
  263. 1945Otome no iru kichi52m
  264. 1945Even Parting is Enjoyable1h 5m
  265. 1944The Most Beautiful1h 25mChief Goro Ishida
  266. 1944Sagohei the Three-footer1h 14mYasukichi Ito
  267. 1944Nichijô no tatakai1h 12m
  268. 1944The Way of Drama1h 22m
  269. 1944Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron1h 50m
  270. 1943Sanshiro Sugata1h 37mHansuke Murai, Sayo's father
  271. 1943The Sculpture of Master Choji1h 24mGamatoku
  272. 1942Mother and Child Grass2h 10m
  273. 1942Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō1h 26m
  274. 1941Last Days of Edo1h 12mEnomoto
  275. 1941Festival Across the Sea1h 32mOil Seller
  276. 1940Zoku Shimizu Minato1h 29m
  277. 1940Phantom Castle
  278. 1940Oda Nobunaga1h 34m
  279. 1940Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon1h 48m
  280. 1940Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio39m
  281. 1940Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū37m
  282. 1939Singing Lovebirds1h 9mKyosai Shimura
  283. 1939Devoted Servant Naosuke1h 15mTsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
  284. 1939Shunjû ittôryû1h 24m
  285. 1938Akagaki Genzo1h 15mJozaemon Sakaya
  286. 1938Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary1h 35m
  287. 1938Taiko's Rising in the World1h 37m
  288. 1938The Skull Coin1h 34m
  289. 1938Kurama Tengu52m
  290. 1938Chushingura2h 51m
  291. 1937Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba57mTakusan
  292. 1937Jiraiya56mGundayû Yao
  293. 1937Echo of Love1h 43m
  294. 1936Osaka Elegy1h 11mInspector
  295. 1936The Letter1h 17mTaranoshin Tsunomata
  296. 1935Chuji for Sale1h 46m
  297. Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro1h 8m