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Takashi Shimura
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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.
Notable films
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Seven Samurai
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Godzilla
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Throne of Blood
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Rashomon
As Woodcutter
Drunken Angel
As Sanada
Kwaidan
As Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Hidden Fortress
As General Izumi Nagakura
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
As Court official
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched
When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.
10 films
The Verse Will Outlive the Stage
Eight films that take Shakespeare's words into new weather, new cities and new blood, proving the plays were never meant to stay indoors.
8 films
From External Beast to Internal Trauma
Here is a five-film narrative chain that traces how the monster evolved from an exotic physical threat into a psychological mirror of society.
5 films
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Kwaidan
1965 · Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · General Izumi Nagakura
Throne of Blood
1957 · Noriyasu Odagura
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · Court official
Godzilla
1954 · Kyohei Yamane
Seven Samurai
1954 · Kambei Shimada
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952 · Kataoka
Rashomon
1950 · Woodcutter
Stray Dog
1949 · Det. Sato
Drunken Angel
1948 · Sanada