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Takashi Shimura
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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.
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As actor
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Fifth Movement
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Kagemusha
The Revolt
An Ocean to Cross
Love and Faith
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Godzilla
Human Revolution II
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
The Bullet Train
Hadashi no seishun
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
Prophecies of Nostradamus
The Tattooed Hitman
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
A Yakuza Has His Way
Tora-san's Love Call
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
Patience Has An End
The Earth is Born Again
The Militarists
House of Gamblers
Kanto Woman Infamy
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2