Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

March 11, 1905 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

Takashi Shimura

Biography

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 with Purple Ribbon in 1974 and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette in 1980. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of The Lawless

Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

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