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Acting

Takashi Shimura

Career: Active from 1937 to 1980, busiest in 1959 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 74/100

Highest rated: Seven Samurai
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Takashi Shimura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 13
Post-War Japan 8
Social Commentary 8
Political Intrigue 8
Feudal Japan 7
World War II 6
Masterful Direction 6
Character Study 5
Character-Driven 5
Historical Drama 5
Historical Setting 5
Samurai Film 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

148

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 84

The Last Days of Planet Earth

as Hospital Director

Kagemusha

84

as Taguchi Gyobu

An Ocean to Cross

as Ryuuson

A-Un

TV show

1970s

17 titles · average score 63

Love and Faith

as Sen Rikyu

Talk of the Town Tora-san

as 诹访兵一郎

Godzilla

58

as Dr. Yamane

Kashin

TV show · as Chikuin

The Roads Men Travel

TV show · as Motoki

The Bullet Train

65

as JNR President

The Tattooed Hitman

as Bukichi Oura

Prophecies of Nostradamus

59

as Pediatrician

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

70

as Sakubei

The Earth is Born Again

as Gondo

Tora-san's Love Call

as 诹访飚一郎（阿博的父亲）

The Militarists

as Takeda

1960s

44 titles · average score 73

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

75

as Dr. Junan

Japan's Longest Day

76

as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Sanshiro Sugata

72

as Mishima

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

71

as Dr. Tsukamoto

Attack Squadron

as Admiral

High and Low

90

as Chief of Investigation Section

Chûshingura

73

as Hyobu Chishaka

Sanjuro

87

as Kurofuji

Yojimbo

90

as Tokuemon, sake brewer

The Gambler's Code

as Hacchônawate Tokubei

Restoration Fire

as Yahei

The Bad Sleep Well

91

as Administrative Officer Moriyama

1950s

58 titles · average score 74

The Three Treasures

59

as Elder Kumaso

The Hidden Fortress

88

as General Izumi Nagakura

Throne of Blood

90

as Noriyasu Odagura

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

74

as Dr. Yamane

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

78

as Court official

I Live in Fear

73

as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

Godzilla Raids Again

57

as Kyohei Yamane-hakase

Seven Samurai

94

as Kambei Shimada

Godzilla

83

as Kyohei Yamane

Ikiru

91

as Kanji Watanabe

The Life of a Horse Trader

as Rokutaro Kosaka

Rashomon

91

as Woodcutter

1940s

18 titles · average score 75

Stray Dog

90

as Det. Sato

The Quiet Duel

73

as Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki

Drunken Angel

86

as Sanada

Snow Trail

71

as Nojiri

Spring Awakens

69

as Kenzô Ogura

Actress

as Genshirō Kuramoto

No Regrets for Our Youth

85

as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo

Those Who Make Tomorrow

83

as Theatre manager (uncredited)

The Most Beautiful

46

as Chief Goro Ishida

Sagohei the Three-footer

as Yasukichi Ito

Sanshiro Sugata

72

as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Last Days of Edo

as Enomoto

1930s

7 titles · average score 76

Singing Lovebirds

67

as Kyosai Shimura

Devoted Servant Naosuke

as Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro

Akagaki Genzo

as Jozaemon Sakaya

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba

as Takusan

as Gundayû Yao

Osaka Elegy

85

as Inspector

The Letter

as Taranoshin Tsunomata