Takashi Shimura
Acting
ð 1905-03-12
âFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Takashi Shimura (å¿æ å¬, Shimura Takashi, March 12, 1905 â 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 IshirÅ 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 credits(268)
Kambei Shimada
1954
Chief of Investigation Section
1963
Tokuemon, sake brewer
1961
Woodcutter
1950
General Izumi Nagakura
1958
Kyohei Yamane
1954
Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
1967
Kanji Watanabe
1952
Taguchi Gyobu
1980
Noriyasu Odagura
1957
Kyohei Yamane-hakase
1955
Tokubei Izumiya
1965
Kurofuji
1962
Nagao Fusakage
1969
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
1967
Onodera Juunai
1964
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1943
1971
Chikuin
1977
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
1949
JNR President
1975
Ono, Ayako's father
1951
Chief Goro Ishida
1944
1969
Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Dr. Yamane
1956
Sanada
1948
1964
Kataoka
1952
Det. Sato
1949
News Editor
1961
Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
1965
Attorney Hiruta
1950
1973
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1946
1980
1958
1952
1952
Administrative Officer Moriyama
1960
Admiral
1963
President Kakihara
1959
Motoki
1976
President Kakihara
1959
Nojiri
1947
Director of Iinuma Clinic
1963
1963
Taizo Matsui
1968
Kensuke Sonoda
1962
Hyobu Chishaka
1962
Dr. Tsukamoto
1964
Ryuuson
1980
Tosaku
1960
Kahei
1963
Court official
1956
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
1957
1949
1970
1950
Self
2002
1980
Elder Kumaso
1959
1975
1958
1961
Bukichi Oura
1974
Mishima
1965
Theatre manager (uncredited)
1946
Hospital Director
1981
Saemon Toki
1959
1972
1951
1969
1951
Dr. Junan
1968
Pediatrician
1974
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1955
1961
1946
KenzÃŽ Ogura
1947
Village elder
1962
Dr. Yamane
1977
1968
1954
1957
1958
Military Command president
1965
HyÃŽichirÃŽ Suwa
1969
1935
1958
Yoshimichi
1952
Obu Toramasa
1969
King Raksha
1963
Sakubei
1973
1944
1965
1966
HacchÃŽnawate Tokubei
1961
1968
Katagiri
1961
1967
1966
1952
Ashimura
1968
Sotaro Munekata
1951
YasaburÃŽ
1958
Fortune Teller
1968
1969
Rokutaro Kosaka
1951
1944
1976
1961
1956
Watanabe (Nabesan)
1953
Hiroshi's father
1971
Narihisa IchijÅ
1965
1949
Wataru Horie
1951
Inspector
1936
1952
Taranoshin Tsunomata
1936
Enomoto
1941
1962
Daizo Matsubara
1950
1968
1964
Takusan
1937
1962
Ken's Father
1968
1946
1956
1963
1961
1953
1940
Colonel A, staff officer of the army
1953
Gondo
1971
1965
1950
1954
1960
1940
Takeda
1970
1962
Owner of the rice mill
1957
1959
Sakamoto
1967
Okabe
1952
Gohei Hirayama
1960
Sagamiya
1958
1949
Murai's father, principle
1945
1961
1981
Hiroshi's Father
1978
Masagoro
1959
Ijûin
1958
1952
1947
1967
Oil Seller
1941
1946
1948
Kasai
1958
1944
Hisamitsu Ando
1961
1972
1942
1962
1956
1940
1938
1963
Sagawa
1950
1965
1937
Ryoan
1959
Dr. Yamane
1959
1939
1976
1953
1974
Banno
1957
Kyosai Shimura
1939
1945
1950
1966
Jûbei Ãtake
1958
1960
Chotaro Masue
1960
1970
Kyusaku Inao
1959
Dr. Yamane
1957
1959
1965
1959
1938
1949
1957
1951
Fujiki
1951
1958
1947
1956
1940
1957
1969
1962
1957
Yahei
1961
1940
Sen Rikyu
1978
1958
1955
1957
1950
1968
1958
Honzo Kadokawa
1960
Magoichi's father
1969
Tsukamoto
1964
1955
Insepctor Kasai
1955
1938
1968
1962
1945
"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
1955
1969
Sadonokami Honda
1960
1971
1966
1958
Hanako's Father
1956
1965
Detective Egusa
1966
1967
1955
Kotaro Yamabe
1954
1961
1954
Takao Mutaguchi
1943
Gundayû Yao
1937
1964
1955
GenshirÅ Kuramoto
1947
1960
1968
Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
1939
1940
1938
1942
Nobuo's father
1955
1945
1950
Nagasawa
1956
Furuya
1956
Komazo
1954
1950
Yuuzou Fujimoto
1949
1949
1950
Yasukichi Ito
1944
1938
1945
1962
Jozaemon Sakaya
1938
1958