Takashi Shimura

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.

Cast

The Hidden Fortress

General Izumi Nagakura

Godzilla Raids Again

Kyohei Yamane-hakase

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor

Tokubei Izumiya

Throne of Blood

Noriyasu Odagura

Jiruba no Tetsu

Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Kanto Woman Infamy

The Bad Sleep Well

Administrative Officer Moriyama

Ono, Ayako's father

Tokuemon, sake brewer

Attorney Hiruta

Chief of Investigation Section

A Geisha on Horseback

Sanshiro Sugata

Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

To Love and Swear

Murai's father, principle

Sazae-san's Marriage

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Long Way to Okinawa

Dr. Tanjiro Adachi

No Regrets for Our Youth

Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Sotaro Munekata

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

The Crimson Sky

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Sanshiro of Ginza

Daizo Matsubara

Eight Views of Samurai

These Foolish Times

The Lord Takes a Bride

Japan's Longest Day

Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

The Most Beautiful

Chief Goro Ishida

Shunjû ittôryû

The Soundless Cry

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Attack Squadron

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Tokyo Crime Map

Samurai Assassin

Narihisa Ichijō

The Sun is Calling You

Vendetta of a Samurai

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Taranoshin Tsunomata

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

Master Fencer Sees the World

The Sands of Kurobe

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary

The Three Treasures

The Militarists

A Whistle in My Heart

A Bullet Hole Underground

Yuuzou Fujimoto

Taiko's Rising in the World

Tora-san's Love Call

Hiroshi's father

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Shogun's Holiday

The Masterless 47

A Dangerous Hero

Takao Mutaguchi

The Harbor of No Return

Detective Egusa

Escape from Prison

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

The Traveling Ruffian

Sanshiro Sugata

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

Asakusa at Night

The Gambler's Code

Hacchônawate Tokubei

Hadaka no Machi

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

Jozaemon Sakaya

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Hiroshi's Father

It's Tough Being a Man

Hyôichirô Suwa

Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari

Wakare mo tanoshi

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

The Storm of the Pacific

The Day the Sun Rose

The Eagle of the Pacific

Colonel A, staff officer of the army

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

Human Torpedoes

When the Cookie Crumbles

Mother's First Love

The Way of Drama

Life of Hishakaku 3

The Angry Street

Daredevil in the Castle

The End of the Night

Saga of the Vagabonds

Singing Lovebirds

Points and Lines

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Eleventh Hour

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Elephant Who Waited

The Life of a Horse Trader

Rokutaro Kosaka

New Prison Walls of Abashiri

Street of Violence

Patience Has An End

Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron

Nichijô no tatakai

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Three Women of the North

The Bride In Uguisu Castle

Beauty and the Thief

No Time for Tears

"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura

Man Against Man

Beyond Love and Hate

The Last Embrace

Watanabe (Nabesan)

Life of a Country Doctor

The Revenge and the Death

The Retreat from Kiska

Military Command president

Zoku Shimizu Minato

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Human Revolution II

No Greater Love

Last of the Wild Ones

The Chivalrous Life

The Magoichi Saga

Magoichi's father

Snow in the South Seas

Blood and Diamonds

Vanquished Foes

The Bullet Train

The Bride from Hades

King of the Gang

The Woman Champion

Woman Gambler and the Nun

Those Who Make Tomorrow

Theatre manager (uncredited)

Stop the Old Fox

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

Festival Across the Sea

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

The Drifting Avenger

Love Never Fails

Man of Thirteen Eyes

Structure of Hate

Owner of the rice mill

The Sword Knows

The Skin of the South

The Happy Family

The Image of Mother

House of Gamblers

Challenge to Live

A Yakuza Has His Way

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

Red Peony of Night

To Love and Forgive

The Den of Beasts

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Samurai Banners

Hanako's Father

Princess Sen in Edo

Sadonokami Honda

Hadashi no seishun

The Masterless 47 – Part II

The Man Who Came to Port

Good Luck to These Two

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

I Saw the Killer

An Ocean to Cross

Virtue in Spades

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Genshirō Kuramoto

Chikagai nijuyojikan

Eleven High School Girls

Theater of Life

君死に給うことなかれ

No Response from Car 33

Insepctor Kasai

Restoration Fire

Code of Ruffians

Otome no iru kichi

Sagohei the Three-footer

Lion Festival of Echigo

The Tattooed Hitman

The Black Hooded Man 5

Lord for a Night

Mother and Child Grass

Last Days of Edo

An Enemy of the People

Devoted Servant Naosuke

Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

Fearless Opposition

Oniisan to oneesan

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō

The Earth is Born Again

The Last Days of Planet Earth

Hospital Director

Dokuritsu bijin-tai

Director of Iinuma Clinic

むっつり右門捕物帖鬼面屋敷

Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū

Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon

Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio

Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version

President Kakihara

Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version

President Kakihara

Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku

A Town with a Mountain and River

Sataro Hayakawa

Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains Part 2

New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain

Ensaburō Hiraoka

Night in Bangkok

娘の人生案内