Takashi Shimura

Known for ActingBorn 1905-03-12Died 1982-02-11Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

The Woman Champion

The Revenge and the Death

The Masterless 47

Theater of Life

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain

君死に給うことなかれ

The End of the Night

The Last Embrace

Foghorn

The Man Who Came to Port

Stolen Love

Jiruba no Tetsu

Escape from Prison

Devil's Gold

These Foolish Times

Chikagai nijuyojikan

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Eleven High School Girls

Three Women of the North

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

An Ocean to Cross

A Yakuza Has His Way

Slave Factory

King of the Gang

Night in Bangkok

The Soundless Cry

The Sun is Calling You

Long Way to Okinawa

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

The Crimson Sky

Snow in the South Seas

Challenge to Live

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Master Fencer Sees the World

Princess Sen in Edo

Evening Calm

A Dangerous Hero

No Time for Tears

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

Beauty and the Thief

Oka wa hanazakari

Elegy

Crazy Uproar

Lady From Hell

A Woman's Life