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 Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again …
Known For
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Filmography
Acting (282)
Movies (271)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002as Self
Fifth Movement
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981as Hospital Director
Kagemusha
1980as Taguchi Gyobu
The Revolt
1980
An Ocean to Cross
1980as Ryuuson
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978as Hiroshi's Father
Love and Faith
1978as Sen Rikyu
Godzilla
1977as Dr. Yamane
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
The Bullet Train
1975as JNR President
Hadashi no seishun
1975
The Tattooed Hitman
1974as Bukichi Oura
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974as Pediatrician
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973as Sakubei
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
A Yakuza Has His Way
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
1971as Hiroshi's father
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971as Gondo
The Militarists
1970as Takeda
House of Gamblers
1970
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969as Hyôichirô Suwa
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Kanto Woman Infamy
1969
Samurai Banners
1969as Obu Toramasa
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
The Magoichi Saga
1969as Magoichi's father
The Bride from Hades
1968as Fortune Teller
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968as Dr. Junan
Human Torpedoes
1968
Woman Gambler and the Nun
1968
Dorei kōjō
1968
Industrial Spy
1968as Taizo Matsui
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
1968as Ashimura
The Woman Champion
1968
The Drifting Avenger
1968as Ken's Father
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
The Chivalrous Life
1967as Sakamoto
Japan's Longest Day
1967as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
1967
King of the Gang
1967
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
1966
A Circus Girl
1966
The Protector
1966
The Harbor of No Return
1966as Detective Egusa
Night in Bangkok
1966
No Greater Love
1966
Kwaidan
1965as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Red Beard
1965as Tokubei Izumiya
Code of Ruffians
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
1965as Military Command president
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Hoodlum Match
1965
The Soundless Cry
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
1965as Mishima
Samurai Assassin
1965as Narihisa Ichijō
Three Yakuza
1965
Vanquished Foes
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964as Dr. Tsukamoto
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Brand of Evil
1964as Tsukamoto
Blood and Diamonds
1964
Fright Time
1964
High and Low
1963as Chief of Investigation Section
Samurai Pirate
1963as King Raksha
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1963as Tobei
The Sun is Calling You
1963
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963as Director of Iinuma Clinic
The Image of Mother
1963as Kahei
The Revenge and the Death
1963
Attack Squadron
1963as Admiral
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Gorath
1962as Kensuke Sonoda
Sanjuro
1962as Kurofuji
The Whale God
1962as Village elder
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Chûshingura
1962as Hyobu Chishaka
The Crimson Sky
1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Yoru no keisha
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
Yojimbo
1961as Tokuemon, sake brewer
晴小袖
1961
Mothra
1961as News Editor
The Gambler's Code
1961as Hacchônawate Tokubei
Challenge to Live
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Oniisan to oneesan
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
1961as Katagiri
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Structure of Hate
1961
Restoration Fire
1961as Yahei
Different Sons
1961as Hisamitsu Ando
The Bad Sleep Well
1960as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Princess Sen in Edo
1960as Sadonokami Honda
Man Against Man
1960as Chotaro Masue
The Masterless 47
1960as Honzo Kadokawa
The Storm of the Pacific
1960as Tosaku
Afraid to Die
1960as Gohei Hirayama
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959as Saemon Toki
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959as Kyusaku Inao
Stop the Old Fox
1959as Ryoan
The Happy Family
1959
The Three Treasures
1959as Elder Kumaso
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959as Dr. Yamane
Vagabond Employee: Outcry
1959as President Kakihara
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959as President Kakihara
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
1959as Masagoro
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
The Hidden Fortress
1958as General Izumi Nagakura
The Sword Knows
1958
The Traveling Ruffian
1958
Seven from Edo
1958as Sagamiya
Theater of Life
1958
Shogun's Holiday
1958
The Black Hooded Man 5
1958
Points and Lines
1958as Kasai
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958as Yasaburô
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Mother
1958as Ijûin
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958as Jûbei Ôtake
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Fearless Opposition
1958
Throne of Blood
1957as Noriyasu Odagura
The 36 Passengers
1957
The Mysterians
1957as Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
The Eleventh Hour
1957as Banno
Untamed Woman
1957as Owner of the rice mill
Good Luck to These Two
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
The Lord Takes a Bride
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957as Dr. Yamane
A Dangerous Hero
1957
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957as Sataro Hayakawa
Evening Calm
1957
The Blue Mountains
1957as Jinzō Iguchi
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957as Jinzō Iguchi
Tokyo Crime Map
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956as Dr. Yamane
Virtue in Spades
1956
The Underworld
1956as Furuya
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956as Court official
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
Scoundrel
1956
Young Tree
1956as Hanako's Father
Eacape of Fear
1956as Daisuke Sakuma
I Saw the Killer
1956as Nagasawa
I Live in Fear
1955as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
No Response from Car 33
1955
むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
1955as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Love Never Fails
1955as Nobuo's father
No Time for Tears
1955as "Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
Ticket to Hell
1955as Insepctor Kasai
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
1955as Ensaburō Hiraoka
To Love and Forgive
1955
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955
Seven Samurai
1954as Kambei Shimada
Godzilla
1954as Kyohei Yamane
A Geisha on Horseback
1954as Kotaro Yamabe
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Asakusa at Night
1954as Komazo
Mother's First Love
1954
君死に給うことなかれ
1954
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
Escape Zone
1953
The Last Embrace
1953as Watanabe (Nabesan)
The End of the Night
1953
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952as Kataoka
Ikiru
1952as Kanji Watanabe
Beauty and the Thief
1952as Yoshimichi
The Skin of the South
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
The Man Who Came to Port
1952as Okabe
Foghorn
1952
Sword for Hire
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
The Idiot
1951as Ono, Ayako's father
Stolen Love
1951as Sotaro Munekata
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951as Rokutaro Kosaka
The Bitch
1951as Wataru Horie
The Blue Pearl
1951as Fujiki
The Den of Beasts
1951
Elegy
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
Scandal
1950as Attorney Hiruta
Rashomon
1950as Woodcutter
Crazy Uproar
1950
Devil's Gold
1950
Sanshiro of Ginza
1950as Daizo Matsubara
Street of Violence
1950as Sagawa
Spring Snow
1950
Escape from Prison
1950
The Angry Street
1950
Red Peony of Night
1950
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950
Stray Dog
1949as Det. Sato
A Woman's Life
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949as Yuuzou Fujimoto
The Quiet Duel
1949as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
The Elephant Who Waited
1949
Goblin Courier
1949
Lady From Hell
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
A Second Life
1948
Drunken Angel
1948as Sanada
These Foolish Times
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
Snow Trail
1947as Nojiri
Actress
1947as Genshirō Kuramoto
Spring Awakens
1947as Kenzô Ogura
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946as Theatre manager (uncredited)
Eleven High School Girls
1946
An Enemy of the People
1946
Lord for a Night
1946
Hinoki Butai
1946
To Love and Swear
1945as Murai's father, principle
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Three Women of the North
1945
Tokkan ekichô
1945 Wakare mo tanoshi
1945
The Most Beautiful
1944as Chief Goro Ishida
The Way of Drama
1944
Nichijô no tatakai
1944
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944as Yasukichi Ito
Sanshiro Sugata
1943as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Navy
1943as Takao Mutaguchi
Mother and Child Grass
1942
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
1942
Last Days of Edo
1941as Enomoto
Festival Across the Sea
1941as Oil Seller
Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
1940 Oda Nobunaga
1940
Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū
1940 Phantom Castle
1940
Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
1940
Singing Lovebirds
1939as Kyosai Shimura
Shunjû ittôryû
1939
Devoted Servant Naosuke
1939as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
Chushingura
1938
Akagaki Genzo
1938as Jozaemon Sakaya
The Skull Coin
1938
Kurama Tengu
1938
Taiko's Rising in the World
1938
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
1938
Echo of Love
1937 Jiraiya
1937as Gundayû Yao
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
1937as Takusan
The Letter
1936as Taranoshin Tsunomata
Osaka Elegy
1936as Inspector
Chuji for Sale
1935 Miyamoto Musashi: Dai-san-bu - Kenshin ichiro
Television (11)
A-Un
1980
Strait of Roses
1978
Kashin
1977as Chikuin
Fuyu no Undokai
1977
The Roads Men Travel
1976as Motoki
Akai Unmei
1976
愛と愛
1972 Women of Osaka Castle
1970
Heaven and Earth
1969as Nagao Fusakage
Three Sisters
1967as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
Akō Rōshi
1964as Onodera Juunai
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