Takashi Shimura
Actor
- Born
- March 12, 1905 · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
- Died
- February 11, 1982 (age 76)
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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.
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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.
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Known for
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- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' as Self
- 1981Fifth Movement
- 1981The Last Days of Planet Earth as Hospital Director
- 1980Kagemusha as Taguchi Gyobu
- 1980An Ocean to Cross as Ryuuson
- 1980The Revolt
- 1978Talk of the Town Tora-san as 诹访兵一郎
- 1978Love and Faith as Sen Rikyu
- 1977Godzilla as Dr. Yamane
- 1976Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi