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Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Japanese actor (1905-1982)
March 12, 1905 (February 11, 1982)
Jap. 1961. Adventures by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Kyû Sazanka. In the nineteenth century, a wandering samurai arrives in a village divided into two rival factions.
Runtime: 110 min.

Throne of Blood

V.O.: Kumonosu-jô
Jap. 1956. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki. A general kills his overlord in order to succeed him.
Runtime: 109 min.
Jap. 1956. Science-fiction by Terry O. Morse, Ishiro Honda with Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi. Awakened by nuclear tests on the high seas, a gigantic monster begins to ravage Tokyo.
Runtime: 80 min.

I Live in Fear

V.O.: Ikimono no kiroku
Jap. 1955. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Eiko Miyoshi, Takashi Shimura. The children of an industrialist who is obsessed with the nuclear threat try to make him appear incompetent.
Runtime: 103 min.

Godzilla

V.O.: Gojira
Jap. 1954. Science-fiction by Ishiro Honda with Akira Takarada, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi. Awakened by nuclear tests on the high seas, a gigantic monster begins to ravage Tokyo.
Runtime: 88 min.
Jap. 1952. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Four witnesses give different versions of a deadly assault.
Runtime: 88 min.

To Live

V.O.: Ikiru
Jap. 1952. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko. A civil servant, suffering from cancer seeks to give meaning to his life.
Runtime: 130 min.

Scandal

V.O.: Shûbun
Jap. 1950. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura. A painter sues a magazine that published a defamatory article about his relationship with a famous singer.
Runtime: 104 min.

Stray Dog

V.O.: Nora inu
Jap. 1949. Crime drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Keiko Awaji, Takashi Shimura. After being robbed of his service weapon in the streetcar by a woman, a young police officer sets out on the tracks of the criminal who is in possession of his Colt pistol.
Runtime: 112 min.

Drunken Angel

V.O.: Yoidore Tenshi
Jap. 1948. Social drama by Akira Kurosawa with Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto. A doctor, who falls from grace due to alcoholism, saves the life of a young criminal and has a positive influence on him.
Runtime: 98 min.

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