# Takashi Shimura — nextmovie4u



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Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1934 and 1981. He appeared in 21 of Akira Kurosawa's 30 films, including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952) and Seven Samurai (1954). He played Professor Kyohei Yamane in Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla (1954) and its first sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955).

## Performed in — top 12 by rating

- **[Seven Samurai](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/seven-samurai-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 8.4
- **[High and Low](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/high-and-low-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 8.4
- **[Yojimbo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/yojimbo-1961/)** (1961) — ★ 8.1
- **[Rashomon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rashomon-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 8.0
- **[Throne of Blood](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/throne-of-blood-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 7.9
- **[The Eagle of the Pacific](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-eagle-of-the-pacific-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.8
- **[Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tora-san-our-lovable-tramp-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.8
- **[The Bad Sleep Well](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-bad-sleep-well-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.7
- **[Godzilla](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/godzilla-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.6
- **[Drunken Angel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/drunken-angel-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 7.6
- **[Stray Dog](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/stray-dog-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 7.6
- **[Untamed Woman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/untamed-woman-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 7.5

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