志村喬
Acting1905Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
Biography
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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 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.
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Known For
Acting History
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Hospital Director
1980
1978
1977
1975
The Bullet Train
as JNR President
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Pediatrician
The Tattooed Hitman
as Bukichi Oura
1971
Tora-san's Love Call
as Hiroshi's father
The Earth is Born Again
as Gondo
1969
The Magoichi Saga
as Magoichi's father
Samurai Banners
as Obu Toramasa
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
as Hyôichirô Suwa
Heaven and Earth
TVas Nagao Fusakage• 52 eps
1968
Industrial Spy
as Taizo Matsui
The Bride from Hades
as Fortune Teller
The Drifting Avenger
as Ken's Father
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
as Dr. Junan
The Sands of Kurobe
as Ashimura
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
The Chivalrous Life
as Sakamoto
Three Sisters
TVas Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]• 52 eps
1965
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
Frankenstein Conquers the World
as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Sanshiro Sugata
as Mishima
The Retreat from Kiska
as Military Command president
Samurai Assassin
as Narihisa Ichijō
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1964
Brand of Evil
as Tsukamoto
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto
Akō Rōshi
TVas Onodera Juunai• 52 eps
1963
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
as Director of Iinuma Clinic
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
Attack Squadron
as Admiral
Samurai Pirate
as King Raksha
The Image of Mother
as Kahei
1962
1961
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
The Gambler's Code
as Hacchônawate Tokubei
Different Sons
as Hisamitsu Ando
Daredevil in the Castle
as Katagiri
Mothra
as News Editor
Restoration Fire
as Yahei
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
as Sadonokami Honda
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Afraid to Die
as Gohei Hirayama
Man Against Man
as Chotaro Masue
The Masterless 47
as Honzo Kadokawa
The Storm of the Pacific
as Tosaku
1959
Stop the Old Fox
as Ryoan
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kyusaku Inao
The Three Treasures
as Elder Kumaso
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Masagoro
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
as Dr. Yamane
Vagabond Employee: Revenge Version
as President Kakihara
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Saemon Toki
Vagabond Employee: Outcry Version
as President Kakihara
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Jûbei Ôtake
Mother
as Ijûin
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yasaburô
Seven from Edo
as Sagamiya
Points and Lines
as Kasai
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
1957
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura
Untamed Woman
as Owner of the rice mill
The Mysterians
as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
as Dr. Yamane
The Eleventh Hour
as Banno
A Town with a Mountain and River
as Sataro Hayakawa
The Blue Mountains
as Jinzō Iguchi
The Blue Mountains Part 2
as Jinzō Iguchi
1956
The Underworld
as Furuya
I Saw the Killer
as Nagasawa
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
Young Tree
as Hanako's Father
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Court official
Eacape of Fear
as Daisuke Sakuma
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
I Live in Fear
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
No Time for Tears
as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Love Never Fails
as Nobuo's father
Ticket to Hell
as Insepctor Kasai
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
as Ensaburō Hiraoka
1954
Asakusa at Night
as Komazo
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
A Geisha on Horseback
as Kotaro Yamabe
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
The Last Embrace
as Watanabe (Nabesan)
1951
The Idiot
as Ono, Ayako's father
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Rokutaro Kosaka
Stolen Love
as Sotaro Munekata
The Blue Pearl
as Fujiki
The Bitch
as Wataru Horie
1950
Street of Violence
as Sagawa
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
Scandal
as Attorney Hiruta
Sanshiro of Ginza
as Daizo Matsubara
Spring Snow
as Kozo Yoshikawa
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Yuuzou Fujimoto
The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato
1948
Drunken Angel
as Sanada
1947
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Theatre manager (uncredited)
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
1945
To Love and Swear
as Murai's father, principle
1944
The Most Beautiful
as Chief Goro Ishida
Sagohei the Three-footer
as Yasukichi Ito
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Navy
as Takao Mutaguchi
1941
Festival Across the Sea
as Oil Seller
Last Days of Edo
as Enomoto
1939
Devoted Servant Naosuke
as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
Singing Lovebirds
as Kyosai Shimura
1937
1936
Osaka Elegy
as Inspector
The Letter
as Taranoshin Tsunomata
1935