Takashi Shimura
Cast

Takashi Shimura

1905 – 1982
Active years (films on this site)
1943–1967
Genres
DramaActionSci-FiThrillerAdventure
Schools and movements
Japanese Golden AgeEarly and Pioneering CinemaJapanese New WaveSurrealism and the Avant-Garde

Directors worked with

Akira Kurosawa19 filmsIshiro Honda8 filmsHiroshi Inagaki3 filmsTeinosuke Kinugasa1 filmKihachi Okamoto1 film

Biography

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films, including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (1954). He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955).

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Awards and honours

National / local

32 films on this site

  1. Sanshiro Sugata 1943 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  2. The Most Beautiful 1944 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 5.6 · Cast
  3. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail 1945 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  4. Aru yo no Tonosama 1946 · Teinosuke Kinugasa · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
  5. No Regrets for Our Youth 1946 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  6. Drunken Angel 1948 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
  7. Stray Dog 1949 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
  8. The Quiet Duel 1949 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  9. Rashomon 1950 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
  10. Scandal 1950 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  11. The Idiot 1951 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  12. Ikiru 1952 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.3 · Cast
  13. Godzilla 1954 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
  14. Seven Samurai 1954 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.6 · Cast
  15. Godzilla Raids Again 1955 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 5.7 · Cast
  16. I Live in Fear 1955 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  17. Godzilla: King of the Monsters! 1956 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
  18. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
  19. The Mysterians 1957 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
  20. Throne of Blood 1957 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  21. The Hidden Fortress 1958 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  22. The Three Treasures 1959 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
  23. The Bad Sleep Well 1960 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
  24. Mothra 1961 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
  25. Yojimbo 1961 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
  26. Chushingura 1962 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
  27. Gorath 1962 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 5.7 · Cast
  28. Sanjuro 1962 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  29. High and Low 1963 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.4 · Cast
  30. Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster 1964 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
  31. Frankenstein vs. Baragon 1965 · Ishiro Honda · IMDb 5.5 · Cast
  32. Japan's Longest Day 1967 · Kihachi Okamoto · IMDb 7.7 · Cast