skip navigation
Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Up
Down

FAN COMMENTS FAN SITES ALL PHOTOS AND ARCHIVES VIDEO

| VIEW ALL
Visit the Classic Film Union Page
VIEW PAGE >
TCM ARCHIVES
View Photos and more!
SEE ALL NOW >
Contribute

FOR Takashi Shimura YOU CAN

UPLOAD AN IMAGE SUBMIT A VIDEO OR MOVIE CLIP ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WRITE YOUR OWN REVIEW

TCM Messageboards
Post your comments here
ADD YOUR COMMENT>

share:

TCM Archive Materials VIEW ALL ARCHIVES (0)

Recent DVDs

 
 

Seven Samurai: 3 Disc Edition - The... Hailed as the greatest film in the history of Japanese cinema, Seven Samurai is... more info $49.95was $49.95 Buy Now

Throne of Blood: Essential Art House... The greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Akira Kurosawa’s... more info $19.98was $19.98 Buy Now

Yojimbo: The Criterion Collection... The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and... more info $39.95was $39.95 Buy Now

Stray Dog: The Criterion Collection... The line between good and evil is blurred in this early film-noir classic from... more info $39.95was $39.95 Buy Now

The Bad Sleep Well: The Criterion... Master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa recasts the Prince of Denmark into a Japanese... more info $29.95was $29.95 Buy Now

Sanjuro: The Criterion Collection... Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's... more info $39.95was $39.95 Buy Now

MEDIA: WATCH MOVIE CLIPS | VIEW TRAILER | VIEW PHOTOS | WATCH A TCM PROMO
Also Known As: Died: January 18, 1982
Born: March 12, 1905 Cause of Death:
Birth Place: Japan Profession: actor
RATE AND COMMENT

Biography CLOSE THE FULL BIOGRAPHY

Serene leading man of Japanese film who made his screen debut in the early 1940s. 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).

Serene leading man of Japanese film who made his screen debut in the early 1940s. 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).

Filmographyclose complete filmography

CAST: (feature film)

1.
 Oginsaga (1979) Sen Rikyu
2.
 Shinkansen Daibakuha (1975) President Of Jnr
3.
 Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1974)
4.
 The Day the Sun Rose (1969) Tsuneemon
5.
 The Emperor and a General (1968) Information Chief
6.
 Samurai (Part III) (1967) Court official
7.
 I Live in Fear (1967) Harada--Member Of The Family Court
8.
 Night in Bangkok (1966)
9.
 Red Beard (1966) Tokubei Izumiya
10.
 Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)
VIEW THE FULL FILMOGRAPHY

Please support TCMDB by adding to this information.

Click here to contribute