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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...
Known for
Seven SamuraiMovie • 1954
High and LowMovie • 1963
IkiruMovie • 1952
Red BeardMovie • 1965
GodzillaMovie • 1954
KashinSeries • 1977
KagemushaMovie • 1980
Akō RōshiSeries • 1964
RashomonMovie • 1950
YojimboMovie • 1961
Throne of BloodMovie • 1957
The Hidden FortressMovie • 1958
KwaidanMovie • 1965
Godzilla Raids AgainMovie • 1955
Drunken AngelMovie • 1948
Stray DogMovie • 1949
SanjuroMovie • 1962
Frankenstein Conquers the WorldMovie • 1965
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Movie • 1956
The Bad Sleep WellMovie • 1960
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterMovie • 1964
MothraMovie • 1961
The IdiotMovie • 1951
ChûshinguraMovie • 1962