Actor

Takashi Shimura

Acting

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Acting credits

268

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.7

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Movies: 257Series: 11

TMDB ID: 7453

IMDb ID: nm0793766

Known for: Acting

Born: March 12, 1905

Died: February 11, 1982

Age: 76

Place of birth: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 2002

Years active: 67

Average TMDB rating: 7.24

Wikidata: Q40070

Also known as

Shoji Shimazaki • 島崎捷爾 • تاکاشی شیمورا

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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.