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Japanese character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th century and a leading member of the stock company of master director Akira Kurosawa . A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the samurai warrior class. Following university training, he founded a theatre company, Shichigatsu-za (July Theatre)... See full bio


Takashi Shimura movies and series available to watch on Amazon, Netflix, Hulu : 1st ratings based on IMDB, 2nd rating - Netflix / Rotten Tomatos users:
* Movie Title (sort) Year Genres (sort) Director / CreatorsLeading Actors Netflix
8.9 Seven Samurai 1954 Action Adventure Drama Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Tsushima * 4.0/5
8.0 v Drunken Angel 1948 Crime Drama Romance Romance Thriller Japan Akira Kurosawa Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune Reizaburo Yamamoto * 3.7/5
8.0 v Gojira 1954 Drama Horror Sci-Fi Sci-Fi Thriller Japan Ishirô Honda Takashi Shimura Akihiko Hirata Akira Takarada * 3.7/5
8.7 v High and Low 1963 Crime Drama Mystery Mystery Thriller Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Yutaka Sada Tatsuya Nakadai * 3.9/5
8.4 Yojimbo 1961 Action Drama Thriller Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Eijiro Tono Tatsuya Nakadai * 3.9/5
8.4 v Throne of Blood 1957 Drama History Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Minoru Chiaki Isuzu Yamada * 3.9/5
8.3 Sanjuro 1962 Action Comedy Crime Crime Drama Thriller Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Keiju Kobayashi * 4/5
8.3 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Adventure Drama Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Misa Uehara Minoru Chiaki * 3.8/5
8.3 v Kwaidan 1964 Drama Fantasy Horror Japan Masaki Kobayashi Rentaro Mikuni Michiyo Aratama Misako Watanabe * 3.5/5
8.2 Kagemusha Shadow Warrior 1980 Drama History War Akira Kurosawa Tatsuya Nakadai Tsutomu Yamazaki Ken'ichi Hagiwara
7.2 Scandal 1950 Drama Japan Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Shirley Yamaguchi Yoko Katsuragi * 3.3/5
6.6 Mothra 1961 Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller Japan Ishirô Honda Furank Sakai Hiroshi Koizumi Kyoko Kagawa * 3.4/5

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