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Takashi Shimura (1905-1982) was a stage actor before going to work for Toho Studios in the early 1940's. Akira Kurosawa used Mr. Shimura's talents to great effect in many of his films. Mr. Shimura may be more familiar to Western audiences for his work in Inoshiro Honda's science fiction movies.


Takashi Shimura Filmography

Seven Samurai
Takashi Shimura in Akira Kurosawa's
Seven Samurai (1954).>

Samurai Banners (1969)

Starring: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Yoshiko Sakuma

Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Red Beard (1965)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Ghidrah-The 3-Headed Monster (1964)

Starring: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi

Director: Inoshiro Honda

Kwaidan (1964)

Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

High and Low (1963)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Sanjuro (1962)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Yojimbo (1961)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Mothra (1961)

Starring: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi

Director: Inoshiro Honda

Afraid to Die (1960)

Starring: Yukio Mishima, Ayako Wakao

Director: Yasuzo Masumura

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Kato

Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara

Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Mysterians (1958)

Starring: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa

Director: Inoshiro Honda

Throne of Blood (1957)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)

Starring: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura

Director: Inoshiro Honda

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta

Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

I Live In Fear (1955)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Seven Samurai (1954)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Ikiru (1952)

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko

Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Idiot (1951)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Rashomon (1950)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Scandal (1950)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stray Dog (1949)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

The "Takashi Shimura" Duel (1949)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Drunken Angel (1948)

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune

Director: Akira Kurosawa

No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)

Starring: Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimurae

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)

Starring: Kenji Susukida, Hieko Takehisa

Director: Akira Kurosawa

They Who Step on the Tiger's Tale (1945)

Starring: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita

Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Most Beautiful (1944)

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Ichiro Sugai

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Starring: Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Osaka Elegy (1936)

Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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