Takashi Shimura
AKA: Shoji Shimazaki
Birthday: 1905-03-12
Died: 1982-02-11
Birthplace: 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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Filmography
Character: General Izumi Nagakura
Character: Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Character: Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Character: Kanji Watanabe
Character: Noriyasu Odagura
Character: Tokubei Izumiya
Character: Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Character: Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Character: Court official
Character: Administrative Officer Moriyama
Character: Ono, Ayako's father
Character: Tokuemon, sake brewer
Character: Attorney Hiruta
Character: Chief of Investigation Section
Character: Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Character: Murai's father, principle
Character: Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Character: Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Character: Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Character: Sotaro Munekata
Character: Hyobu Chishaka
Character: Gohei Hirayama
Character: Daizo Matsubara
Character: Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Character: Chief Goro Ishida
Character: Narihisa Ichijō
Character: Taranoshin Tsunomata
Character: Hisamitsu Ando
Character: Yuuzou Fujimoto
Character: Hiroshi's father
Character: Honzo Kadokawa
Character: Takao Mutaguchi
Character: Detective Egusa
Character: Hacchônawate Tokubei
Character: Jozaemon Sakaya
Character: Hiroshi's Father
Character: Kensuke Sonoda
Character: Hyôichirô Suwa
Character: Colonel A, staff officer of the army
Character: Kyosai Shimura
Character: Rokutaro Kosaka
Character: "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Character: Watanabe (Nabesan)
Character: Military Command president
Character: Magoichi's father
Character: Fortune Teller
Character: Theatre manager (uncredited)
Character: Nobuo's father
Character: Owner of the rice mill
Character: Hanako's Father
Character: Sadonokami Honda
Character: Kambei Shimada
Character: Genshirō Kuramoto
Character: Insepctor Kasai
Character: Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro