Actor

Takashi Shimura

1935–present1905–1982DramaActionCrimeHistory

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

273 acting credits

as Kambei Shimada

Seven Samurai

as Kambei Shimada

1954

Seven Samurai

as Woodcutter

Rashomon

as Woodcutter

1950

Rashomon

Filmography

2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'Self 1981Fifth Movement7.0 1981The Last Days of Planet EarthHospital Director 1980KagemushaTaguchi Gyobu7.8 1980The Revolt7.0 1980An Ocean to CrossRyuuson9.0 1978Love and Faith

About

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.

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