Takashi Shimura
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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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Acting
Movie
Seven Samurai
as Kambei Shimada
1954
Movie
Rashomon
as Woodcutter
1950
Movie
Yojimbo
as Tokuemon, sake brewer
1961
Movie
Ikiru
as Kanji Watanabe
1952
Movie
High and Low
as Chief of Investigation Section
1963
Movie
Godzilla
as Kyohei Yamane
1954
Movie
Throne of Blood
as Noriyasu Odagura
1957
Movie
Kagemusha
as Taguchi Gyobu
1980
Movie
Sanjuro
as Kurofuji
1962
Movie
The Hidden Fortress
as General Izumi Nagakura
1958
Movie
Kwaidan
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Movie
Red Beard
as Tokubei Izumiya
1965
Movie
Stray Dog
as Det. Sato
1949
Movie
Godzilla Raids Again
as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
1955
Movie
Drunken Angel
as Sanada
1948
Movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Dr. Tsukamoto
1964
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
1960
Movie
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Dr. Yamane
1956
Movie
Mothra
as News Editor
1961
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
1943
Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Court official
1956
Movie
The Idiot
as Ono, Ayako's father
1951
Movie
I Live in Fear
as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
1955
Movie
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Kataoka
1952