Takashi Shimura

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Biography

Shimura is most widely known as the ringleader in the classic "Seven Samurai" (1954) and appeared in several other films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including "Rashomon" (1950) and "Throne of Blood" (1957).
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Job Title

Actor

Born

March 12, 1905

LATEST CREDITS

Drunken Angel

Sanada--the Doctor

Seven Samurai

Kambei--Leader of the Samurai

Oginsaga

Sen Rikyu

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe--Chief

Godzilla

Dr Yamane

The Hidden Fortress

General Izumi Nagakura

Yunagi

Actor

Hakuchi

Ono

Yojimbo

Tokuemon--Sake Merchant

Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru

Moriyama--Administrative Officer

Rashomon

Woodcutter

High and Low

Director

Throne of Blood

Noriyasu Odagura

Shinkansen Daibakuha

President of JNR

Red Beard

Tokubei Izumiya

Sanjuro

Kurofuji

Record of a Living Being

Harada--Member of the Family Court

Chushingura

Hyobe Chisaka