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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 198…
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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 from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as Self
Fifth Movement
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Hospital Director
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
An Ocean to Cross
as Ryuuson
The Revolt
Talk of the Town Tora-san
as 诹访兵一郎
Love and Faith
as Sen Rikyu
Godzilla
as Dr. Yamane
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
Human Revolution II
The Bullet Train
as JNR President
Hadashi no seishun
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
The Family
as Yasuda - Makiko's Father
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
as Sakubei
A Yakuza Has His Way
Tora-san's Love Call
as 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
Patience Has An End
The Earth is Born Again
as Gondo
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments
The Militarists
as Takeda
House of Gamblers
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
The Magoichi Saga
as Magoichi's father
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
as 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Kanto Woman Infamy
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Samurai Banners
as Obu Toramasa
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
No Poster
The Day the Sun Rose
Woman Gambler and the Nun
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as Dr. Junan
The Woman Champion
The Bride from Hades
as Fortune Teller
The Drifting Avenger
as Ken's Father
Industrial Spy
as Taizo Matsui
The Sands of Kurobe
as Ashimura
Slave Factory
Human Torpedoes
King of the Gang
Japan's Longest Day
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
When the Cookie Crumbles
The Chivalrous Life
as Sakamoto
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
No Greater Love
The Harbor of No Return
as Detective Egusa
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
The Protector
Night in Bangkok
A Circus Girl
Code of Ruffians
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
The Retreat from Kiska
as Military Command president
Sanshiro Sugata
as Mishima
Three Yakuza
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
Hoodlum Match
The Soundless Cry
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Samurai Assassin
as Narihisa Ichijō
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto
Thief on the Run
Blood and Diamonds
No Poster
I Am a Medical Examiner
Brand of Evil
as Tsukamoto
Life of Hishakaku 3
Fright Time
Vanquished Foes
The Image of Mother
as Kahei
Samurai Pirate
as King Raksha
The Sun is Calling You
The Revenge and the Death
Maiko-han
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Tobei
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
as Director of Iinuma Clinic
Wakai yatsu
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
Attack Squadron
as Admiral
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Chûshingura
as Hyobu Chishaka
Lion Festival of Echigo
The Whale God
as Village elder
Yoru no keisha
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Gorath
as Kensuke Sonoda
The Crimson Sky
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Long Way to Okinawa
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji
Oniisan to oneesan
Different Sons
as Hisamitsu Ando
Structure of Hate
Restoration Fire
as Yahei
Snow in the South Seas
Mothra
as News Editor
Challenge to Live
The Gambler's Code
as Hacchônawate Tokubei
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
The Masterless 47 – Part II
晴小袖
Daredevil in the Castle
as Katagiri
The Masterless 47
as Honzo Kadokawa
Master Fencer Sees the World
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Man Against Man
as Chotaro Masue
Life of a Country Doctor
The Lovelorn Geisha
The Storm of the Pacific
as Tosaku
Afraid to Die
as Gohei Hirayama
Princess Sen in Edo
as Sadonokami Honda
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Masagoro
Shōbushi to sono musume
The Three Treasures
as Elder Kumaso
The Aristocrat's Stairs
Stop the Old Fox
as Ryoan
The Silent Murder
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Saemon Toki
Various Flowers
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
as President Kakihara
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Dr. Yamane
Vagabond Employee: Outcry
as President Kakihara
A Whistle in My Heart
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kyusaku Inao
The Happy Family
Sazae-san's Marriage
as President Tomioka
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
Theater of Life
Points and Lines
as Kasai
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yasaburô
No Poster
The Sword Knows
The Black Hooded Man 5
The Traveling Ruffian
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Eight Views of Samurai
Fūraibō ichiban shōbu
Fearless Opposition
Seven from Edo
as Sagamiya
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Jûbei Ôtake
Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono
Mother
as Ijûin
Shogun's Holiday
Man of Thirteen Eyes
The Mysterians
as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
The Eleventh Hour
as Banno
The Blue Mountains Part 2
as Jinzō Iguchi
Yuki no wataridori
The Blue Mountains
as Jinzō Iguchi
Duel at Noon
A Dangerous Hero
as Chief Investigator Onozuka
Hadaka no Machi
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
Untamed Woman
as Owner of the rice mill
The 36 Passengers
The Lord Takes a Bride
No Poster
Evening Calm
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Yamane
Good Luck to These Two
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Sataro Hayakawa
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura
Eacape of Fear
as Daisuke Sakuma
Scoundrel
Virtue in Spades
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
Tokyo Crime Map
The Underworld
as Furuya
I Saw the Killer
as Nagasawa
Young Tree
as Hanako's Father
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Court official
I Live in Fear
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
To Love and Forgive
Ticket to Hell
as Insepctor Kasai
A Daughter's Life Guide
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
as Ensaburō Hiraoka
No Response from Car 33
No Time for Tears
as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Love Never Fails
as Nobuo's father
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Haru no uzumaki
A Geisha on Horseback
as Kotaro Yamabe
New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
Forever Be Mine
New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears
Mother's First Love
No Poster
Love Express
Asakusa at Night
as Komazo
Last of the Wild Ones
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
The End of the Night
Escape Zone
The Last Embrace
as Watanabe (Nabesan)
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
The Man Who Came to Port
as Okabe
Oka wa hanazakari
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe
Beauty and the Thief
as Yoshimichi
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
Sword for Hire
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Kataoka
Foghorn
The Skin of the South
as President
Vendetta of a Samurai
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Rokutaro Kosaka
The Bitch
as Wataru Horie
The Blue Pearl
as Fujiki
Stolen Love
as Sotaro Munekata
The Den of Beasts
The Idiot
as Ono, Ayako's father
Elegy
Beyond Love and Hate
Cordon at Midnight
Red Peony of Night
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
Jiruba no Tetsu
Crazy Uproar
The Angry Street
Scandal
as Attorney Hiruta
Sanshiro of Ginza
as Daizo Matsubara
Town of Violence
as Sagawa
Spring Snow
as Kozo Yoshikawa
Devil's Gold
Escape from Prison
The Elephant Who Waited
No Poster
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Hida no abarenbō
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Yuuzou Fujimoto
Three Mothers
The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Lady From Hell
A Woman's Life
Goblin Courier
Platform at Night
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
as Seibei Kido
Drunken Angel
as Sanada
A Second Life
Actress
as Genshirō Kuramoto
Spring Awakens
as Kenzô Ogura
These Foolish Times
Snow Trail
as Nojiri
No Poster
Chikagai nijuyojikan
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Eleven High School Girls
Lord for a Night
Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Theatre manager (uncredited)
An Enemy of the People
Hinoki Butai
No Poster
Even Parting is Enjoyable
Three Women of the North
To Love and Swear
as Murai's father, principle
Otome no iru kichi
Tokkan ekichô
Nichijô no tatakai
Sagohei the Three-footer
as Yasukichi Ito
The Way of Drama
The Most Beautiful
as Chief Goro Ishida
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Navy
as Takao Mutaguchi
The Sculpture of Master Choji
as Gamatoku
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
No Poster
Mother and Child Grass
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Last Days of Edo
as Enomoto
No Poster
Festival Across the Sea
as Oil Seller
Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū
Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
No Poster
Phantom Castle
No Poster
Zoku Shimizu Minato
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
No Poster
Oda Nobunaga
Singing Lovebirds
as Kyosai Shimura
Devoted Servant Naosuke
as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
Shunjû ittôryû
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
Akagaki Genzo
as Jozaemon Sakaya
Taiko's Rising in the World
Chushingura
Kurama Tengu
No Poster
The Skull Coin
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
as Takusan
No Poster
Jiraiya
as Gundayû Yao
Echo of Love
The Letter
as Taranoshin Tsunomata
Osaka Elegy
as Inspector
No Poster
Chuji for Sale
No Poster