Highest rated as cast or director
Takashi Shimura's 11 titles from the 1950s have a median Balasaur Score of 80, led by Seven Samurai (91) and Ikiru (88), against 75 for those from the 1960s.
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.
Acted in 294
1980s
- 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Hospital Director
- 1980
A-Un
TV
1970s
- 1978
Strait of Roses
TV
Love and Faith
Sen Rikyu
- 1977
Fuyu no Undokai
TV
- 1976
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
Movie
Human Revolution II
Movie
Akai Unmei
TV
- 1975
Hadashi no seishun
Movie
- 1974
The Tattooed Hitman
Bukichi Oura
The Family
Yasuda - Makiko's Father
- 1973
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
Movie
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Sakubei
- 1972
A Yakuza Has His Way
Movie
愛と愛
TV
- 1971
Patience Has An End
Movie
The Earth is Born Again
Gondo
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments
Movie
- 1970
The Militarists
Takeda
House of Gamblers
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Movie
The Magoichi Saga
Magoichi's father
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Movie
Kanto Woman Infamy
Movie
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Movie
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
Movie
Heaven and Earth
Nagao Fusakage · 52 episodes
- 1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
Movie
Woman Gambler and the Nun
Movie
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Dr. Junan
The Woman Champion
Movie
The Bride from Hades
Fortune Teller
Industrial Spy
Taizo Matsui
Human Torpedoes
Movie
- 1967
King of the Gang
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
When the Cookie Crumbles
Movie
The Chivalrous Life
Sakamoto
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
Movie
- 1966
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
Movie
Night in Bangkok
Movie
- 1965
Code of Ruffians
Movie
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Movie
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
Movie
The Retreat from Kiska
Military Command president
Three Yakuza
Movie
Hoodlum Match
Movie
The Soundless Cry
Movie
Samurai Assassin
Narihisa Ichijō
- 1964
Thief on the Run
Movie
Blood and Diamonds
Movie
Brand of Evil
Tsukamoto
Fright Time
Movie
Vanquished Foes
Movie
- 1963
The Image of Mother
Kahei
Samurai Pirate
King Raksha
The Sun is Calling You
Movie
The Revenge and the Death
Movie
Maiko-han
Movie
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Tobei
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
Director of Iinuma Clinic
Wakai yatsu
Movie
Attack Squadron
Admiral
- 1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Movie
Lion Festival of Echigo
Movie
The Whale God
Village elder
Yoru no keisha
Movie
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Movie
The Crimson Sky
Movie
Gorath
Kensuke Sonoda
Long Way to Okinawa
Movie
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie
- 1961
Oniisan to oneesan
Movie
Different Sons
Hisamitsu Ando
Structure of Hate
Movie
Restoration Fire
Yahei
Snow in the South Seas
Movie
Challenge to Live
Movie
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie
Harekosode
Movie
Daredevil in the Castle
Katagiri
- 1960
The Masterless 47
Honzo Kadokawa
Master Fencer Sees the World
Movie
Man Against Man
Chotaro Masue
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie
The Lovelorn Geisha
Movie
The Storm of the Pacific
Tosaku
Afraid to Die
Gohei Hirayama
Princess Sen in Edo
Sadonokami Honda
1950s
- 1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Masagoro
The Three Treasures
Elder Kumaso
The Aristocrat's Stairs
Movie
Stop the Old Fox
Ryoan
The Silent Murder
Movie
Saga of the Vagabonds
Saemon Toki
Various Flowers
Movie
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
President Kakihara
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Dr. Yamane
Vagabond Employee: Outcry
President Kakihara
A Whistle in My Heart
Movie
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kyusaku Inao
The Happy Family
Movie
Sazae-san's Marriage
President Tomioka
- 1958
Theater of Life
Movie
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yasaburô
The Black Hooded Man 5
Movie
The Traveling Ruffian
Movie
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
Movie
Eight Views of Samurai
Movie
Fūraibō ichiban shōbu
Movie
Fearless Opposition
Movie
Seven from Edo
Sagamiya
Wearing a Long-Sleeved Kimono
Movie
Mother
Ijûin
Shogun's Holiday
Movie
Man of Thirteen Eyes
Movie
- 1957
The Mysterians
Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
The Eleventh Hour
Banno
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Jinzō Iguchi
Yuki no wataridori
Movie
The Blue Mountains
Jinzō Iguchi
A Dangerous Hero
Chief Investigator Onozuka
Hadaka no Machi
Movie
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
Movie
Untamed Woman
Owner of the rice mill
The 36 Passengers
Movie
The Lord Takes a Bride
Movie
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Dr. Yamane
Good Luck to These Two
Movie
A Town with a Mountain and River
Sataro Hayakawa
- 1956
Eacape of Fear
Daisuke Sakuma
Scoundrel
Movie
Virtue in Spades
Movie
Tokyo Crime Map
Movie
I Saw the Killer
Nagasawa
Young Tree
Hanako's Father
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie
- 1955
To Love and Forgive
Movie
Ticket to Hell
Insepctor Kasai
A Daughter's Life Guide
Movie
The Tears of Geisha Konatsu
Movie
Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion
Movie
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
Ensaburō Hiraoka
No Response from Car 33
Movie
No Time for Tears
"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Love Never Fails
Nobuo's father
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Movie
- 1954
Haru no uzumaki
Movie
New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple
Movie
Forever Be Mine
Movie
New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears
Movie
Mother's First Love
Movie
Asakusa at Night
Komazo
Last of the Wild Ones
Movie
Sorcerer’s Orb
TV
- 1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
Colonel A, staff officer of the army
The End of the Night
Movie
Escape Zone
Movie
The Last Embrace
Watanabe (Nabesan)
- 1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Movie
The Man Who Came to Port
Okabe
Oka wa hanazakari
Movie
Beauty and the Thief
Yoshimichi
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
Movie
Sword for Hire
Movie
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Kataoka
Foghorn
Movie
The Skin of the South
President
Vendetta of a Samurai
Movie
- 1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
Rokutaro Kosaka
The Bitch
Wataru Horie
The Blue Pearl
Fujiki
Stolen Love
Sotaro Munekata
Elegy
Movie
Beyond Love and Hate
Movie
Cordon at Midnight
Movie
- 1950
Red Peony of Night
Movie
Jiruba no Tetsu
Movie
Crazy Uproar
Movie
Sanshiro of Ginza
Daizo Matsubara
Spring Snow
Kozo Yoshikawa
Town of Violence
Sagawa
Devil's Gold
Movie
Escape from Prison
Movie
1940s
- 1949
The Elephant Who Waited
Movie
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Movie
Hida no abarenbō
Movie
A Bullet Hole Underground
Yuuzou Fujimoto
Three Mothers
Movie
The Quiet Duel
Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Lady From Hell
Movie
A Woman's Life
Movie
- 1948
Platform at Night
Movie
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Seibei Kido
A Second Life
Movie
- 1947
Actress
Genshirō Kuramoto
Spring Awakens
Kenzô Ogura
These Foolish Times
Movie
Snow Trail
Nojiri
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Eleven High School Girls
Movie
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Theatre manager (uncredited)
An Enemy of the People
Movie
Hinoki Butai
Movie
- 1945
Three Women of the North
Movie
To Love and Swear
Murai's father, principle
Otome no iru kichi
Movie
Tokkan ekichô
Movie
- 1944
Nichijô no tatakai
Movie
Sagohei the Three-footer
Yasukichi Ito
The Way of Drama
Movie
The Most Beautiful
Chief Goro Ishida
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Movie
- 1943
Navy
Takao Mutaguchi
The Sculpture of Master Choji
Gamatoku
Sanshiro Sugata
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- 1942
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
Movie
- 1941
- 1940
Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
Movie
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
Movie
1930s
- 1939
Devoted Servant Naosuke
Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
- 1938
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
Movie
Akagaki Genzo
Jozaemon Sakaya
- 1937
Echo of Love
Movie
- 1936
Osaka Elegy
Inspector
Appearances1
2000s
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Self