Portrait of Shōgo Shimada

Acting

Shōgo Shimada

Career

Active from 1952 to 1992, with a break from 1974 to 1984, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shōgo Shimada Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

3 titles · average score 63
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Tora-san's Matchmaker (1993)

as 田宫善右卫门

Hirari
Hirari (1992)

TV show · as 藪沢小三郎

Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

as Zenbu Okura

1980s

4 titles · average score 56
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Arata Mekata

Oar
Oar (1985)

as Daizo Moriyama

The Challenge
The Challenge (1982)
GoodWatch score 57

as Toru Yoshida's Father

The Wild Daisy
The Wild Daisy (1981)

as Old pilgrim

1970s

9 titles · average score 63
Blood Type: Blue
Blood Type: Blue (1978)

as Director Yoshiike

Older brother
Older brother (1977)

TV show · as Matsugoro

Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave (1975)

as Watari

Submersion of Japan
Submersion of Japan (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

as Old man Watari

Haru no Sakamichi
Haru no Sakamichi (1971)

TV show · as Sanada Yukimura

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo (1970)

as Ezo Jirozaemon

A Yakuza Goes Home
A Yakuza Goes Home (1970)

as Higuchi Sojiro

The Performers
The Performers (1970)

as Seijuro Fujihana

1960s

7 titles · average score 72
Young Challengers
Young Challengers (1968)

as Oshiba Electric president

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division

Lost Love
Lost Love (1967)

as Ginzô Tsutsui

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (1965)

as 白野弁十郎

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
GoodWatch score 75

as Chuji Kunisada

Records of loyal vassals
Records of loyal vassals (1962)

as Ogyu Sorai

Satan's Sword
Satan's Sword (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shimada Toranosuke

1950s

4 titles
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (1957)

as 白野弁十郎

Kunisada Chūji
Kunisada Chūji (1954)

as Enzô

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha (1953)

as 鞍馬天狗

武蔵と小次郎
武蔵と小次郎 (1952)

as 佐々木小次郎