Where to watch Takashi Shimura in the UK
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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 …
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- Seven Samurai (1954) as Kambei Shimada
- High and Low (1963) as Chief of Investigation Section
- Ikiru (1952) as Kanji Watanabe
- Rashomon (1950) as Woodcutter
- Godzilla (1954) as Kyohei Yamane
- Akō Rōshi (1964) as Onodera Juunai
- Yojimbo (1961) as Tokuemon, sake brewer
- Three Sisters (1967) as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
- Red Beard (1965) as Tokubei Izumiya
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as General Izumi Nagakura
- Kashin (1977) as Chikuin
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Noriyasu Odagura
- Kagemusha (1980) as Taguchi Gyobu
- Heaven and Earth (1969) as Nagao Fusakage
- Kwaidan (1965) as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
- The Roads Men Travel (1976) as Motoki
- Women of Osaka Castle (1970) Cast
- Sanjuro (1962) as Kurofuji
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) as Dr. Yamane
- Stray Dog (1949) as Det. Sato
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) as Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Administrative Officer Moriyama
- The Bullet Train (1975) as JNR President
- Mothra (1961) as News Editor
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Dr. Tsukamoto
- Chûshingura (1962) as Hyobu Chishaka
- Drunken Angel (1948) as Sanada
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Court official
- The Idiot (1951) as Ono, Ayako's father
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- Akai Unmei (1976) Cast
- Gorath (1962) as Kensuke Sonoda
- Samurai Assassin (1965) as Narihisa Ichijō
- The Quiet Duel (1949) as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
- Greatest Boss of the Showa Era (1966) Cast
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) as Dr. Yamane
- Osaka Elegy (1936) as Inspector
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) as Kataoka
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Most-watched Takashi Shimura films currently: Seven Samurai (1954), High and Low (1963), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Godzilla (1954).
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Selected TV credits: Akō Rōshi (1964), Three Sisters (1967), Kashin (1977), Heaven and Earth (1969), The Roads Men Travel (1976).
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