Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1905-03-12
- Day of Death1982-02-11 (76 years)
- Place of BirthIkuno, Hyogo, Japan
- Also Known AsShoji Shimazaki島崎捷爾تاکاشی شیمورا
Takashi Shimura
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
As: Hospital Director
- 1980
Kagemusha
As: Taguchi Gyobu
- 1980
An Ocean to Cross
As: Ryuuson
- 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
The Roads Men Travel
As: Motoki
1975The Bullet Train
As: JNR President
1974Prophecies of Nostradamus
As: Pediatrician
1974The Tattooed Hitman
As: Bukichi Oura
1973Zatoichi's Conspiracy
As: Sakubei
1971Tora-san's Love Call
As: Hiroshi's father
1971The Earth is Born Again
As: Gondo
1970The Militarists
As: Takeda
1969The Magoichi Saga
As: Magoichi's father
1969It's Tough Being a Man
As: Hyôichirô Suwa
1969Samurai Banners
As: Obu Toramasa
1969Heaven and Earth
As: Nagao Fusakage
1968Zatoichi and the Fugitives
As: Dr. Junan
1968The Bride from Hades
As: Fortune Teller
1968The Drifting Avenger
As: Ken's Father
1968Industrial Spy
As: Taizo Matsui
1968The Sands of Kurobe
As: Ashimura
1967Japan's Longest Day
As: Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
1967The Chivalrous Life
As: Sakamoto
1967Three Sisters
As: Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
1966The Harbor of No Return
As: Detective Egusa
1965Frankenstein Conquers the World
As: Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
1965The Retreat from Kiska
As: Military Command president
1965Sanshiro Sugata
As: Mishima
1965Red Beard
As: Tokubei Izumiya
1965Kwaidan
As: Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965Samurai Assassin
As: Narihisa Ichijō
1964Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
As: Dr. Tsukamoto
1964Akō Rōshi
As: Onodera Juunai
1963The Image of Mother
As: Kahei
1963Samurai Pirate
As: King Raksha
1963Dokuritsu bijin-tai
As: Director of Iinuma Clinic
1963High and Low
As: Chief of Investigation Section
1963Attack Squadron
As: Admiral
1962Chûshingura
As: Hyobu Chishaka
1962The Whale God
As: Village elder
1962Gorath
As: Kensuke Sonoda
1962Sanjuro
As: Kurofuji
1961Different Sons
As: Hisamitsu Ando
1961Restoration Fire
As: Yahei
1961Mothra
As: News Editor
1961The Gambler's Code
As: Hacchônawate Tokubei
- 1961
Yojimbo
As: Tokuemon, sake brewer
1961Daredevil in the Castle
As: Katagiri
1960The Masterless 47
As: Honzo Kadokawa
1960The Bad Sleep Well
As: Administrative Officer Moriyama
1960Man Against Man
As: Chotaro Masue
1960The Storm of the Pacific
As: Tosaku
1960Afraid to Die
As: Gohei Hirayama
1960Princess Sen in Edo
As: Sadonokami Honda
1959The Three Treasures
As: Elder Kumaso
1959Stop the Old Fox
As: Ryoan
1959Saga of the Vagabonds
As: Saemon Toki
1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster
As: Dr. Yamane
1959The Story of Iron Arm Inao
As: Kyusaku Inao
1958The Hidden Fortress
As: General Izumi Nagakura
1958Points and Lines
As: Kasai
1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
As: Yasaburô
1958Seven from Edo
As: Sagamiya
1958The Loyal 47 Ronin
As: Jûbei Ôtake
1958Mother
As: Ijûin
1957The Mysterians
As: Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
1957The Eleventh Hour
As: Banno
1957Untamed Woman
As: Owner of the rice mill
1957Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
As: Dr. Yamane
1957Throne of Blood
As: Noriyasu Odagura
1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
As: Dr. Yamane
1956The Underworld
As: Furuya
1956I Saw the Killer
As: Nagasawa
1956Young Tree
As: Hanako's Father
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
As: Court official
1955I Live in Fear
As: Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1955Ticket to Hell
As: Insepctor Kasai
1955No Time for Tears
As: "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
1955Godzilla Raids Again
As: Kyohei Yamane-hakase
1955Love Never Fails
As: Nobuo's father
1954A Geisha on Horseback
As: Kotaro Yamabe
- 1954
Godzilla
As: Kyohei Yamane
1954Asakusa at Night
As: Komazo
- 1954
Seven Samurai
As: Kambei Shimada
1953The Eagle of the Pacific
As: Colonel A, staff officer of the army
1953The Last Embrace
As: Watanabe (Nabesan)
1952The Man Who Came to Port
As: Okabe
- 1952
Ikiru
As: Kanji Watanabe
1952Beauty and the Thief
As: Yoshimichi
1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
As: Kataoka
1951The Life of a Horse Trader
As: Rokutaro Kosaka
1951The Bitch
As: Wataru Horie
1951The Blue Pearl
As: Fujiki
1951Stolen Love
As: Sotaro Munekata
1951The Idiot
As: Ono, Ayako's father
- 1950
Rashomon
As: Woodcutter
1950Scandal
As: Attorney Hiruta
1950Sanshiro of Ginza
As: Daizo Matsubara
1950Street of Violence
As: Sagawa
1949Stray Dog
As: Det. Sato
1949A Bullet Hole Underground
As: Yuuzou Fujimoto
1949The Quiet Duel
As: Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
1948Drunken Angel
As: Sanada
1947Actress
As: Genshirō Kuramoto
1947Spring Awakens
As: Kenzô Ogura
1947Snow Trail
As: Nojiri
1946No Regrets for Our Youth
As: Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1946Those Who Make Tomorrow
As: Theatre manager (uncredited)
1945To Love and Swear
As: Murai's father, principle
1944Sagohei the Three-footer
As: Yasukichi Ito
1944The Most Beautiful
As: Chief Goro Ishida
1943Navy
As: Takao Mutaguchi
1943Sanshiro Sugata
As: Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1941Last Days of Edo
As: Enomoto
1939Singing Lovebirds
As: Kyosai Shimura
1939Devoted Servant Naosuke
As: Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
1938Akagaki Genzo
As: Jozaemon Sakaya
1937Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
As: Takusan
1936Akanishi Kakita
As: Taranoshin Tsunomata
1936Osaka Elegy
As: Inspector