Takashi Shimura
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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Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002
as Self
Fifth Movement
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
as Hospital Director
Kagemusha
1980
as Taguchi Gyobu
An Ocean to Cross
1980
as Ryuuson
The Revolt
1980
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
as Hiroshi's Father
Love and Faith
1978
as Sen Rikyu
Godzilla
1977
as Dr. Yamane
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
The Bullet Train
1975
as JNR President
Hadashi no seishun
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Pediatrician
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Bukichi Oura
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
as Sakubei
A Yakuza Has His Way
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
as Hiroshi's father
Patience Has An End
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971
as Gondo
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
The Militarists
1970
as Takeda