Takashi Shimura

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Nationality: Japanese
Birthdate: 03/12/1905
Birthplace: Hyogo, Japan
Death Date: 01/18/1982

biography

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

Godzilla
Dr Yamane
2004
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe--Chief
2003
High and Low
Director
1963
Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru
Moriyama--Administrative Officer
1960
The Hidden Fortress
General Izumi Nagakura
1958
Throne of Blood
Noriyasu Odagura
1957
Seven Samurai
Kambei--Leader of the Samurai
1954
Rashomon
Woodcutter
1951
Drunken Angel
Sanada--the Doctor
1948
Shinkansen Daibakuha
President of JNR
Hakuchi
Ono
Yunagi
Actor
Yojimbo
Tokuemon--Sake Merchant
Oginsaga
Sen Rikyu

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