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Takashi Shimura Acting Filmography (273)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
2002·Self
Fifth Movement
1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981·Hospital Director
Kagemusha
1980·Taguchi Gyobu
The Revolt
1980
An Ocean to Cross
1980·Ryuuson
Love and Faith
1978·Sen Rikyu
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978·Hiroshi's Father
Godzilla
1977·Dr. Yamane
Human Revolution II
1976
Ninjutsu: Sasuke Saruhi
1976
The Bullet Train
1975·JNR President
Hadashi no seishun
1975
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974·Pediatrician
The Tattooed Hitman
1974·Bukichi Oura
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973·Sakubei
Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari
1973
A Yakuza Has His Way
1972
Tora-san's Love Call
1971·Hiroshi's father
Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971·Gondo
The Militarists
1970·Takeda
House of Gamblers
1970
Kanto Woman Infamy
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless
1969
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969·Hyôichirô Suwa
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
The Magoichi Saga
1969·Magoichi's father
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969
Samurai Banners
1969·Obu Toramasa
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968·Dr. Junan
The Sands of Kurobe
1968·Ashimura
Slave Factory
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Human Torpedoes
1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri
1968
The Bride from Hades
1968·Fortune Teller
The Woman Champion
1968
Woman Gambler and the Nun
1968
Industrial Spy
1968·Taizo Matsui
The Drifting Avenger
1968·Ken's Father
Underworld series - Pardon My Violent Ways
1967
Japan's Longest Day
1967·Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
The Chivalrous Life
1967·Sakamoto
King of the Gang
1967
The Harbor of No Return
1966·Detective Egusa
No Greater Love
1966
The Protector
1966
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
1966
A Circus Girl
1966
Night in Bangkok
1966
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965·Hiroshima Army Hospital doctor
Red Beard
1965·Tokubei Izumiya
Kwaidan
1965·Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Soundless Cry
1965
Samurai Assassin
1965·Narihisa Ichijō
Sanshiro Sugata
1965·Mishima
Three Yakuza
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
1965·Military Command president
Hoodlum Match
1965
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
Code of Ruffians
1965
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1965
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964·Dr. Tsukamoto
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Brand of Evil
1964·Tsukamoto
Blood and Diamonds
1964
Vanquished Foes
1964
Fright Time
1964
High and Low
1963·Chief of Investigation Section
Attack Squadron
1963·Admiral
The Sun is Calling You
1963
Samurai Pirate
1963·King Raksha
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1963·Tobei
The Revenge and the Death
1963
The Image of Mother
1963·Kahei
Dokuritsu bijin-tai
1963·Director of Iinuma Clinic
Sanjuro
1962·Kurofuji
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Chûshingura
1962·Hyobu Chishaka
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Crimson Sky
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
Yoru no keisha
1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Gorath
1962·Kensuke Sonoda
The Whale God
1962·Village elder
Lion Festival of Echigo
1962
Yojimbo
1961·Tokuemon, sake brewer
Mothra
1961·News Editor
Different Sons
1961·Hisamitsu Ando
The Gambler's Code
1961·Hacchônawate Tokubei
Daredevil in the Castle
1961·Katagiri
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Structure of Hate
1961
Challenge to Live
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Restoration Fire
1961·Yahei
Oniisan to oneesan
1961
晴小袖
1961
The Bad Sleep Well
1960·Administrative Officer Moriyama
Afraid to Die
1960·Gohei Hirayama
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
The Masterless 47
1960·Honzo Kadokawa
The Storm of the Pacific
1960·Tosaku
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
Man Against Man
1960·Chotaro Masue
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Princess Sen in Edo
1960·Sadonokami Honda
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
The Three Treasures
1959·Elder Kumaso
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
1959·Masagoro
Saga of the Vagabonds
1959·Saemon Toki
Stop the Old Fox
1959·Ryoan
The Happy Family
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959·Dr. Yamane
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959·Kyusaku Inao
Vagabond Employee: Revenge
1959·President Kakihara
Vagabond Employee: Outcry
1959·President Kakihara
The Silent Murder
1959
The Hidden Fortress
1958·General Izumi Nagakura
Eight Views of Samurai
1958
Shogun's Holiday
1958
The Traveling Ruffian
1958
Seven from Edo
1958·Sagamiya
Points and Lines
1958·Kasai
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958·Yasaburô
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958·Jûbei Ôtake
The Bride In Uguisu Castle
1958
Man of Thirteen Eyes
1958
The Sword Knows
1958
Theater of Life
1958
The Black Hooded Man 5
1958
Fearless Opposition
1958
Mother
1958·Ijûin
Throne of Blood
1957·Noriyasu Odagura
The Mysterians
1957·Dr. Tanjiro Adachi
The Lord Takes a Bride
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957·Dr. Yamane
Evening Calm
1957
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
The Eleventh Hour
1957·Banno
Untamed Woman
1957·Owner of the rice mill
Good Luck to These Two
1957
The 36 Passengers
1957
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957·Sataro Hayakawa
The Blue Mountains
1957·Jinzō Iguchi
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957·Jinzō Iguchi
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956·Court official
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956·Dr. Yamane
Tokyo Crime Map
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
The Underworld
1956·Furuya
Young Tree
1956·Hanako's Father
I Saw the Killer
1956·Nagasawa
Virtue in Spades
1956
Scoundrel
1956
Eacape of Fear
1956·Daisuke Sakuma
Godzilla Raids Again
1955·Kyohei Yamane-hakase
I Live in Fear
1955·Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
No Time for Tears
1955·"Sparrows" Coach Shimamura
Love Never Fails
1955·Nobuo's father
To Love and Forgive
1955
No Response from Car 33
1955
Ticket to Hell
1955·Insepctor Kasai
むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷
1955
New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain
1955·Ensaburō Hiraoka
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955
Godzilla
1954·Kyohei Yamane
A Geisha on Horseback
1954·Kotaro Yamabe
Asakusa at Night
1954·Komazo
Mother's First Love
1954
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Seven Samurai
1954·Kambei Shimada
君死に給うことなかれ
1954
Escape Zone
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953·Colonel A, staff officer of the army
The End of the Night
1953
The Last Embrace
1953·Watanabe (Nabesan)
Ikiru
1952·Kanji Watanabe
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952·Kataoka
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Foghorn
1952
Beauty and the Thief
1952·Yoshimichi
Sword for Hire
1952
The Skin of the South
1952·President
The Man Who Came to Port
1952·Okabe
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
The Idiot
1951·Ono, Ayako's father
Stolen Love
1951·Sotaro Munekata
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951·Rokutaro Kosaka
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
The Blue Pearl
1951·Fujiki
The Den of Beasts
1951
The Bitch
1951·Wataru Horie
Elegy
1951
Rashomon
1950·Woodcutter
Spring Snow
1950·Kozo Yoshikawa
Jiruba no Tetsu
1950
Scandal
1950·Attorney Hiruta
Sanshiro of Ginza
1950·Daizo Matsubara
Escape from Prison
1950
The Angry Street
1950
Town of Violence
1950·Sagawa
Red Peony of Night
1950
Devil's Gold
1950
Crazy Uproar
1950
Stray Dog
1949·Det. Sato
The Quiet Duel
1949·Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949·Yuuzou Fujimoto
The Elephant Who Waited
1949
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Lady From Hell
1949
Goblin Courier
1949
A Woman's Life
1949
Drunken Angel
1948·Sanada
A Second Life
1948
These Foolish Times
1947
Snow Trail
1947·Nojiri
Spring Awakens
1947·Kenzô Ogura
Actress
1947·Genshirō Kuramoto
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946·Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946·Theatre manager (uncredited)
Eleven High School Girls
1946
Lord for a Night
1946
An Enemy of the People
1946
Hinoki Butai
1946
To Love and Swear
1945·Murai's father, principle
Tokkan ekichô
1945
Wakare mo tanoshi
1945
Three Women of the North
1945
Otome no iru kichi
1945
The Most Beautiful
1944·Chief Goro Ishida
The Way of Drama
1944
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
1944
Nichijô no tatakai
1944
Sagohei the Three-footer
1944·Yasukichi Ito
Sanshiro Sugata
1943·Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Navy
1943·Takao Mutaguchi
Mother and Child Grass
1942
Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō
1942
Festival Across the Sea
1941·Oil Seller
Last Days of Edo
1941·Enomoto
Oda Nobunaga
1940
Phantom Castle
1940
Zoku Shimizu Minato
1940
Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū
1940
Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon
1940
Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio
1940
Shunjû ittôryû
1939
Singing Lovebirds
1939·Kyosai Shimura
Devoted Servant Naosuke
1939·Tsuda Echizennokami-Sukehiro
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
1938
Kurama Tengu
1938
Taiko's Rising in the World
1938
The Skull Coin
1938
Akagaki Genzo
1938·Jozaemon Sakaya
Chushingura
1938
Jiraiya
1937·Gundayû Yao
Echo of Love
1937
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
1937·Takusan
Osaka Elegy
1936·Inspector
The Letter
1936·Taranoshin Tsunomata
Chuji for Sale
1935