Takashi Shimura
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Rashomon
as Woodcutter 1950
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer 1961
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe 1952
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane 1954
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section 1963
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura 1957
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu 1980
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji 1962
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura 1958
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless") 1965
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya 1965
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato 1949
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase 1955
Drunken Angel
as Sanada 1948
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto 1964
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane 1956