Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura Born March 12, 1905 Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan Occupation Actor First work Sanshiro Sugata (1943) Notable work Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954)

Takashi Shimura (志村 喬,   Shimura Takashi), born Shoji Shimazaki (島崎 捷爾,   Shimazaki Shōji), was a Japanese actor, best known for his appearances in twenty-one of Akira Kurosawa's thirty films, most significantly Ikiru and Seven Samurai. He also appeared in several Godzilla and kaiju movies produced by Toho. He was born on March 12, 1905 and died of Emphysema on February 11, 1982.

Selected Filmography

• Godzilla (1954) as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Dr. Kyohei Yamane
• The Mysterians (1957) as Dr. Kenjiro Adachi
• The Three Treasures (1959) as Elder Kumaso Brother
• Mothra (1961) as News Editor
• Gorath (1962) as Paleontologist Kensuke Sonoda
• Whale God (1962) as Village Elder
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Dr. Tsukamoto
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as Military Doctor
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Hospital Director
• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) as Dr. Tsukamoto (stock footage from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) as Dr. Kyohei Yamane (stock footage from Godzilla)

Gallery

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  Shimura as Dr. Yamane in Godzilla

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  Shimura as Dr. Yamane in Godzilla Raids Again

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  Shimura as Dr. Adachi in The Mysterians

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  Shimura as Kumaso in The Three Treasures

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  Shimura as the editor in Mothra

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  Shimura as Sonoda in Gorath

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  Shimura (right) as the village elder in Whale God

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  Shimura (left) as Dr. Tsukamoto in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

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  Shimura (right) as the military doctor in Frankenstein vs. Baragon

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  Shimura as the hospital director in Prophecies of Nostradamus

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