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Takashi Shimura

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Takashi Shimura

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Also known as Shōji Shimazaki, Shoji Shimazaki

Japanese actor (1905–1982)

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Takashi Shimura (1905–1982) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. Born in Asago, Ikuno, he began his professional career in 1934 and worked until his death in 1982. He was a citizen of Japan and spoke Japanese. Shimura was educated at Kansai University and resided in Setagaya and Minato.

His notable works include the film *Yojimbo* and the book *Geography Education in Japan*. He passed away in Tokyo, Shinjuku, due to pulmonary emphysema.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Yojimbo [DVD]
  • Geography Education in Japan

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

​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…

Known for

  • Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' — Self2002
  • Fifth Movement1981
  • The Last Days of Planet Earth — Hospital Director1981
  • Kagemusha — Taguchi Gyobu1980
  • The Revolt1980
  • An Ocean to Cross — Ryuuson1980
  • A-Un1980
  • Love and Faith — Sen Rikyu1978
  • Talk of the Town Tora-san — Hiroshi's Father1978
  • Strait of Roses1978

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Japan
Active from
1905
Active to
1982

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
47
Total plays
440

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Takashi+Shimura">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    · 2000 · cited 8,919x

  2. Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices

    · 2018 · cited 7,695x

  3. Control of Regulatory T Cell Development by the Transcription Factor <i>Foxp3</i>

    · 2003 · cited 6,649x

  4. WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression

    · 1993 · cited 6,568x

  5. LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing

    · 2000 · cited 5,730x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born
Shōji Shimazaki , ( 1905-03-12 ) March 12, 1905 , Ikuno, Hyōgo , Empire of Japan
Died
February 11, 1982 (1982-02-11) (aged 76), Tokyo , Japan
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1928–1981
Kanji
志村 喬
Hiragana
しむら たかし
Katakana
シムラ タカシ
Romanization
Shimura Takashi

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Japanese name Kanji島崎 捷爾 Hiraganaしまざき　しょうじ

Takashi Shimura (Japanese: 志村 喬, romanized: Shimura Takashi, born Shōji Shimazaki; 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). He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takashi Shimura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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