Takashi Shimura
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Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor, best known for his appearances in twenty-one of Akira Kurosawa's thirty films, most significantly in 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. Tanjiro 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
Shimura as Dr. Yamane in Godzilla
Shimura as Dr. Yamane in Godzilla Raids Again
Shimura as Dr. Adachi in The Mysterians
Shimura as Kumaso in The Three Treasures
Shimura as the editor in Mothra
Shimura as Sonoda in Gorath
Shimura (left) as Dr. Tsukamoto in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Shimura (right) as the military doctor in Frankenstein vs. Baragon
Shimura as the hospital director in Prophecies of Nostradamus
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