Takashi Shimura

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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Known For

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress
Rashomon
Rashomon
Godzilla
Godzilla
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Raids Again
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
Ikiru
Ikiru
Escape Zone
Escape Zone
Spring Snow
Spring Snow

Filmography

2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as Self
1981 Fifth Movement
as
1981 The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Hospital Director
1980 Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
1980 A-Un
as
1980 An Ocean to Cross
as Ryuuson
1980 The Revolt
as
1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san
as Hiroshi's Father
1978 Love and Faith
as Sen Rikyu
1977 Kashin
as Chikuin
1977 Godzilla
as Dr. Yamane
1976 忍術・猿飛佐助
as
1976 Human Revolution II
as
1976 The Roads Men Travel
as Motoki
1975 The Bullet Train
as JNR President
1975 Hadashi no seishun
as
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
1974 The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
as
1974 The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
1973 Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
as