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Takashi Shimura

Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Lowest Rated: 60% The Idiot (1951)

Birthday: Mar 12, 1905

Birthplace: Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan

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).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well
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100% 97% Seven Samurai Watchlist
100% 73% No Regrets for Our Youth
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100% 95% Sanjuro
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100% 91% Stray Dog
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98% 93% Rashomon
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98% 97% Ikiru
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96% 95% High and Low
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96% 96% Yojimbo
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96% 93% Throne of Blood
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Filmography

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The Revolt 1980 Kosuke Miyagi Actor Love and Fate 1978 Sen Rikyu Actor Last Days of Planet Earth 1975 Pediatrician Actor Bullet Train 56% 1975 JNR President Actor Zatoichi's Conspiracy 75% 1973 Sakubei Actor Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Runin-Masaki no Ketto 1969 Actor Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: A Lion's Code 1969 Actor The Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives 83% 1968 Dr. Junan Actor Industrial Spy 1968 Actor Japan's Longest Day 79% 1968 Actor A Tunnel to the Sun 1968 Ashimura Actor Frankenstein Conquers the World 53% 1966 Axis Scientist Actor Impudent Vixen 1966 Tatsugoro Noguchi Actor The Protector 1966 Actor Snake Princess: Oshima Sentaro 1965 Juzo Ichikawa Actor Code of Ruffians 1965 Genkichi Jinnai Actor Samurai Assassin 83% 1965 Narihisa Ichijô Actor Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster 77% 59% 1964 Dr. Tsukamoto Actor High and Low 96% 95% 1963 Director Actor Sanjuro 100% 95% 1962 Kurofuji Actor Gorath 38% 1962 Kensuke Sonoda Actor The Whale God 1962 Kujira Myoushu Actor Mothra 80% 64% 1961 News Editor Actor Yojimbo 96% 96% 1961 Tokuemon Actor I Bombed Pearl Harbor 1961 Tosaku Actor
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