Takashi Shimura
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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
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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Born
Mar 12, 1905
Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan
Died
Feb 11, 1982
Known For
Acting
Movies
300 acting
0 crew
Popularity
2.5
Known For
Seven Samurai
1954
as Kambei Shimada
Ikiru
1952
as Kanji Watanabe
High and Low
1963
as Chief of Investigation Section
Red Beard
1965
as Tokubei Izumiya
Kagemusha
1980
as Taguchi Gyobu
Godzilla
1954
as Kyohei Yamane
Kwaidan
1965
as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Drunken Angel
1948
as Sanada
Rashomon
1950
as Woodcutter
Throne of Blood
1957
as Noriyasu Odagura
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