Takashi Shimura

Actor

Birth Date: March 12, 1905

Death Date: February 11, 1982

Birth Place: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

Awards

Serene leading man of Japanese film who made his screen debut in the early 1940s. Shimura is most widely known as the ringleader in the classic "Seven Samurai" (1954) and appeared in several other films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including "Rashomon" (1950) and "Throne of Blood" (1957).

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

Dôran

Actor

Kosuke Miyagi

Movie

1980

Love and Fate

Actor

Sen Rikyu

Movie

1978

忍術猿飛佐助

Actor

Movie

1976

続人間革命

Actor

Movie

1976

Last Days of Planet Earth

Actor

Pediatrician

Movie

1975

Bullet Train

Actor

JNR President

Movie

1975

華麗なる一族

Actor

Movie

1974

襤褸の旗

Actor

Movie

1974

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Actor

Sakubei

Movie

1973

Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Runin-Masaki no Ketto

Actor

Movie

1969

Showa Zankyo-den: Karajishi Jingi

Actor

Movie

1969

祇園祭

Actor

Movie

1968

牡丹燈籠

Actor

Movie

1968

黒部の太陽

Actor

Ashimura

Movie

1968

The Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives

Actor

Dr. Junan

Movie

1968

Industrial Spy

Actor

Movie

1968

日本のいちばん長い日

Actor

Movie

1967

あばずれ

Actor

Tatsugoro Noguchi

Movie

1966

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Actor

Axis Scientist

Movie

1966

Noren ichidai: jôkyô

Actor

Movie

1966

Snake Princess: Oshima Sentaro

Actor

Juzo Ichikawa

Movie

1965

姿三四郎

Actor

Movie

1965

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterStream

Samurai Assassin

Actor

Narihisa Ichijô

Movie

1965

Code of Ruffians

Actor

Genkichi Jinnai

Movie

1965

High and Low

Actor

Director

Movie

1963

忠臣蔵花の巻雪の巻

Actor

Movie

1962

紅の空

Actor

Movie

1962

鯨神

Actor

Kujira Myoushu

Movie

1962

Gorath

Actor

Kensuke Sonoda

Movie

1962

Sanjuro

Actor

Kurofuji

Movie

1962

大坂城物語

Actor

Movie

1961

続サラリーマン忠臣蔵

Actor

Movie

1961

二人の息子

Actor

Movie

1961

Mothra

Actor

News Editor

Movie

1961

YojimboStream

I Bombed Pearl Harbor

Actor

Tosaku

Movie

1961

男対男

Actor

Movie

1960

サラリーマン忠臣蔵

Actor

Movie

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

Actor

Administrative Officer Moriyama

Movie

1960

Afraid to Die

Actor

Gohei Hirayama

Movie

1960

かげろう絵図

Actor

Movie

1959

日本誕生

Actor

Movie

1959

戦国群盗伝

Actor

Movie

1959

The Mysterians

Actor

Kenjiro Adachi

Movie

1959

Beran Me-e Geisha

Actor

Movie

1959

Ten to Sen

Actor

Movie

1958

快傑黒頭巾

Actor

Movie

1958

東京の休日

Actor

Movie

1958

日蓮と蒙古大襲来

Actor

Movie

1958

多羅尾伴内十三の魔王

Actor

Movie

1958

江戸っ子祭

Actor

Movie

1958

The Hidden Fortress

Actor

The Old General, Izumi Nagakura

Movie

1958

The Lord Takes a Bride

Actor

Movie

1957

あらくれ

Actor

Movie

1957

どたんば

Actor

Movie

1957

Throne of Blood

Actor

Noriyasu Odagura

Movie

1957

Samurai III

Actor

Movie

1956

ならず者

Actor

Movie

1956

新・平家物語義仲をめぐる三人の女

Actor

Movie

1956

暗黒街

Actor

Movie

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Stream

男ありて

Actor

Movie

1955

I Live in Fear

Actor

Harada

Movie

1955

抱擁

Actor

Movie

1953

太平洋の鷲

Actor

Movie

1953

戦国無頼

Actor

Movie

1952

港へ来た男

Actor

Movie

1952

霧笛

Actor

Movie

1952

Ikiru

Actor

Kanji Watanabe (Chief of Citizen's Section)

Movie

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

Actor

Movie

1952

悲歌

Actor

Movie

1951

獣の宿

Actor

Movie

1951

愛と憎しみの彼方へ

Actor

Movie

1951

The Idiot

Actor

Ono

Movie

1951

てんやわんや

Actor

Movie

1950

라쇼몽

Actor

Movie

1950

RashomonStream

Scandal

Actor

Attorney Hiruta

Movie

1950

The Quiet Duel

Actor

Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Movie

1949

地獄の貴婦人

Actor

Movie

1949

Stray Dog

Actor

Sato

Movie

1949

Drunken Angel

Actor

Doctor Sanada

Movie

1948

L'ange ivre

Actor

Movie

1948

銀嶺の果て

Actor

Movie

1947

四つの恋の物語

Actor

Movie

1947

或る夜の殿様

Actor

Movie

1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

Actor

Police Commissioner "Poison Strawberry" Dokuichigo

Movie

1946

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Actor

Kataoka

Movie

1945

加藤隼戦闘隊

Actor

Movie

1944

The Most Beautiful

Actor

Chief Goro Ishida

Movie

1944

Sanshiro Sugata

Actor

Hansuke Murai

Movie

1943

Singing Lovebirds

Actor

Kyosai Shimura

Movie

1939

Chikemuri Takadanobaba

Actor

Takusan

Movie

1937

Capricious Young Man

Actor

Taranoshin Tsunomata

Movie

1936

Photos

STRAY DOG, (aka NORA INU), Toshiro Mifune, Keiko Awaji, Takashi Shimura, 1949

STRAY DOG, (aka NORA INU), from left: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, 1949

STRAY DOG, (aka NORA INU), Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, 1949

I LIVE IN FEAR, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, 1955

DRUNKEN ANGEL, (aka YOIDORE TENSHI), Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, 1948

Takashi Shimura

Actor

Birth Date: March 12, 1905

Death Date: February 11, 1982

Birth Place: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

Awards

Credits

Dôran

Love and Fate

忍術 猿飛佐助

続人間革命

Last Days of Planet Earth

Bullet Train

華麗なる一族

襤褸の旗

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Runin-Masaki no Ketto

Showa Zankyo-den: Karajishi Jingi

祇園祭

牡丹燈籠

黒部の太陽

The Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives

Industrial Spy

日本のいちばん長い日

あばずれ

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Noren ichidai: jôkyô

Snake Princess: Oshima Sentaro

姿三四郎

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterStream

Samurai Assassin

Code of Ruffians

High and Low

忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻

紅の空

鯨神

Gorath

Sanjuro

大坂城物語

続サラリーマン忠臣蔵

二人の息子

Mothra

YojimboStream

I Bombed Pearl Harbor

男対男

サラリーマン忠臣蔵

The Bad Sleep Well

Afraid to Die

かげろう絵図

日本誕生

戦国群盗伝

The Mysterians

Beran Me-e Geisha

Ten to Sen

快傑黒頭巾

東京の休日

日蓮と蒙古大襲来

多羅尾伴内 十三の魔王

江戸っ子祭

The Hidden Fortress

The Lord Takes a Bride

あらくれ

どたんば

Throne of Blood

Samurai III

ならず者

新・平家物語 義仲をめぐる三人の女

暗黒街

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Stream

男ありて

I Live in Fear

Godzilla Raids AgainStream

Seven SamuraiStream

GodzillaStream

抱擁

太平洋の鷲

戦国無頼

港へ来た男

霧笛

Ikiru

忍術猿飛佐助

忠臣蔵花の巻雪の巻

多羅尾伴内十三の魔王

新・平家物語義仲をめぐる三人の女