Takashi Shimura
1905-1982
Known for Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Rashomon.
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 (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.
Movie Credits
Ikiru (1952)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Stray Dog (1949)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Rashomon (1950)
The Quiet Duel (1949)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Godzilla (1954)
Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956)
The Idiot (1951)
Sanjuro (1962)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Yojimbo (1961)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
High and Low (1963)
Mothra (1961)
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Red Beard (1965)
The Bullet Train (1975)
Kwaidan (1965)
Samurai Assassin (1965)
