Takashi Shimura (1905-1982)
72.7 TOPICAL actor score · #188 of 1,977 actors
Takashi Shimura (1905-1982) has a TOPICAL actor score of 72.7 - ranked 188 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are their movies and prime. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1949-1958. Best films: Seven Samurai (1954), Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours48
Prime96
Their movies99
Credits81
Career standing83
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
- Prime1949-1958
- Credits83 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 12 scored films (4 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 43 languages
“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).”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Takashi Shimura's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Rashomon | 1950 | 3 |
| 98 | Seven Samurai | 1954 | 2 |
| 395 | Yojimbo | 1961 | 7 |
| 427 | Ikiru | 1952 | 1 |
| 544 | The Hidden Fortress | 1958 | 6 |
| 567 | High and Low | 1963 | 8 |
| 779 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | 3 |
| 1,186 | Sanjuro | 1962 | 6 |
| 1,591 | Godzilla | 1954 | 4 |
| 1,784 | Stray Dog | 1949 | 2 |
| 2,055 | Drunken Angel | 1948 | 1 |
| 3,823 | The Idiot | 1951 | 5 |