Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12 Mar, 1905 (120 years old)

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 (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
HD
88 min 1973

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Action
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
HD
92 min 1969

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

Crime
Chûshingura
HD
207 min 1962

Chûshingura

History
The Three Treasures
HD
182 min 1959

The Three Treasures

Fantasy
Throne of Blood
HD
108 min 1957

Throne of Blood

Drama
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
HD
81 min 1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Science Fiction

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