Where to watch Takashi Shimura in the UK
Find every Takashi Shimura film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 August 2026.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Takashi Shimura (志村 喬, Shimura Takashi, March 12, 1905 – February 11, 1982) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films (more than any other actor), including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (1954).[3] He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955). For his contributions to the arts, the Japanese government decorated Shimura with the Medal …
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- Seven Samurai (1954) as Kambei Shimada
- Ikiru (1952) as Kanji Watanabe
- High and Low (1963) as Chief of Investigation Section
- Rashomon (1950) as Woodcutter
- Godzilla (1954) as Kyohei Yamane
- Yojimbo (1961) as Tokuemon, sake brewer
- Red Beard (1965) as Tokubei Izumiya
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Noriyasu Odagura
- Three Sisters (1967) as Misawa Heizaemon [Kingoro's father]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Kyohei Yamane-hakase
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) as Dr. Yamane
- Akō Rōshi (1964) as Onodera Juunai
- Heaven and Earth (1969) as Nagao Fusakage
- Sanjuro (1962) as Kurofuji
- Kagemusha (1980) as Taguchi Gyobu
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as General Izumi Nagakura
- Toki no teizo: Sōshūban (1952) Cast
- The Bullet Train (1975) as JNR President
- Kwaidan (1965) as Head Priest (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- Kashin (1977) as Chikuin
- The Man Who Came to Port (1952) as Okabe
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Dr. Tsukamoto
- Greatest Boss of the Showa Era (1966) Cast
- Women of Osaka Castle (1970) Cast
- Stray Dog (1949) as Det. Sato
- Festival Across the Sea (1941) as Oil Seller
- The Sword Knows (1958) Cast
- Life of a Country Doctor (1960) Cast
- Three Mothers (1949) Cast
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) as Yoshimichi
- Phantom Castle (1940) Cast
- The Magoichi Saga (1969) as Magoichi's father
- The Last Embrace (1953) as Watanabe (Nabesan)
- Chushingura (1938) Cast
- Platform at Night (1948) Cast
- Jiruba no Tetsu (1950) Cast
- I Saw the Killer (1956) as Nagasawa
- Crazy Uproar (1950) Cast
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Administrative Officer Moriyama
- Mothra (1961) as News Editor
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Most-watched Takashi Shimura films currently: Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), High and Low (1963), Rashomon (1950), Godzilla (1954).
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Selected TV credits: Three Sisters (1967), Akō Rōshi (1964), Heaven and Earth (1969), Kashin (1977), Women of Osaka Castle (1970).
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