Cast

Takashi Shimura

1905 – 1982

Active years (films on this site)

1943–1963

Genres

DramaActionCrimeAdventureThriller

Schools and movements

Japanese Golden Age

Directors worked with

Akira Kurosawa12 filmsHiroshi Inagaki3 films

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

• Medal with Purple Ribbon 1974
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor

15 films on this site

1. Sanshiro Sugata 1943 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
2. Drunken Angel 1948 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
3. Stray Dog 1949 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
4. Rashomon 1950 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
5. Ikiru 1952 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.3 · Cast
6. Seven Samurai 1954 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.6 · Cast
7. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
8. Throne of Blood 1957 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
9. The Hidden Fortress 1958 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
10. The Three Treasures 1959 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
11. The Bad Sleep Well 1960 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
12. Yojimbo 1961 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
13. Chushingura 1962 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
14. Sanjuro 1962 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
15. High and Low 1963 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.4 · Cast