Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

1905-03-12 – 1982-02-11 (age 76) Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai

1954

as Kambei Shimada

Ikiru
Ikiru

1952

as Kanji Watanabe

High and Low
High and Low

1963

as Chief of Investigation Section

Rashomon
Rashomon

1950

as Woodcutter

Godzilla
Godzilla

1954

as Kyohei Yamane

Yojimbo
Yojimbo

1961

as Tokuemon, sake brewer

Kagemusha
Kagemusha

1980

as Taguchi Gyobu

Kwaidan
Kwaidan

1965

as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

as Noriyasu Odagura

Red Beard
Red Beard

1965

as Tokubei Izumiya

The Man Who Came to Port
The Last Embrace
The Last Embrace

1953

as Watanabe (Nabesan)

Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief

1952

as Yoshimichi

King of the Gang
The Magoichi Saga
The Magoichi Saga

1969

as Magoichi's father

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

as General Izumi Nagakura

Foghorn
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Festival Across the Sea

1941

as Oil Seller