Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura as Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru

Takashi Shimura (志村喬, Shimura Takashi) is a Japanese actor who appeared in over 400 films between 1935 and 1981. He died of emphysema on February 11, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan.

Profile

• Name: Takashi Shimura (志村喬, Shimura Takashi)
• Birth date: March 12, 1905
• Date of death: February 11, 1982
• Birthplace: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

Awards

• 1950 Mainichi Film Concours
  • Best Actor for Stray Dog (won)
• 1956 BAFTA Awards
  • Best Foreign Actor for Seven Samurai (nominated)
• 1959 Jussi Awards
  • Diploma of Merit - Foreign Actor for Seven Samurai (won)
• 1960 BAFTA Awards
  • Best Foreign Actor for Ikiru (nominated)

Partial Filmography

• [1943] Sanshirō Sugata ... Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
• [1948] Drunken Angel ... Doctor Sanada
• [1949] Stray Dog ... Detective Sato
• [1951] Mesu inu (牝犬) ... Horie
• [1952] Ikiru ... Kanji Watanabe
• [1952] The Life of Oharu ... old man
• [1954] Seven Samurai ... Kambei Shimada
• [1954-11-03] Godzilla
• [1955-04-24] Godzilla Raids Again
• [1955-07-27] Musume no jinsei annai
• [1957] The Mysterians ... Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
• [1956-03-04] Map of Murder
• [1957-04-02] The Lord Takes a Bride
• [1958-04-30] Ōedo shichininshū
• [1958-05-19] Fūraibō ichiban shōbu
• [1960] Afraid to Die ... Gohei Hirayama
• [1960-04-26] I Bombed Pearl Harbor
• [1961] Yojimbo ... Tokuemon, sake brewer
• [1961-07-30] Mothra
• [1961-12-08] Oniisan to oneesan
• [1962-07-15] Killer Whale
• [1964] Kwaidan ... Head priest, Hoichi the Earless
• [1964] Ghidora the Three-Headed Monster ... Dr. Tsukamoto
• [1965] Frankenstein Conquers the World ... Axis Scientist
• [1966-02-25] Shōwa saidai no kaoyaku
• [1967] The Chivalrous Life ... Kinosuke Sakamoto
• [1967-08-03] Japan's Longest Day
• [1968] Zatoichi 18: Zatoichi and the Fugitives ... Dr. Junan
• [1969-02-01] Modern Yakuza: Law of the Shameless
• [1969-09-13] The Magoichi Saga
• [1973] Zatoichi 25: Zatoichi's Conspiracy
• [1978-06-03] Ogin-sama (お吟さま) Love and Faith ... Sen Rikyu

External Links

• Takashi Shimura at the Internet Movie Database
• Takashi Shimura at the Japanese Movie Database
• Takashi Shimura at Wikipedia
• Takashi Shimura at Japanese Wikipedia