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	BFI \| Sight & Sound \| Shimura Takashi: The Last Samurai
		From the moment he appears, Shimura dominates the film, and indeed Hiruta is its only interesting character: by turns wheedling, aggressive, cowardly and confused, he is redeemed by his sincere love for his sick daughter, and his breakdown in the long courtroom scene is marvellously performed.
		Shimura brings to the character the persistence and perseverance of his samurai: when he accepts that he is dying, like a samurai he becomes fearless, yet there is no bravura or excess.
		Shimura's ability to be still and to convey patient concentration distinguishes him from the excess of most of the other actors and it's fascinating to watch the scenes featuring both Kambei and Kikuchiyo, with Shimura's restraint working in contrast to Mifune's ebullience.
	www.bfi.org.uk /sightandsound/feature/49287 (1245 words)

	Takashi Shimura
		Shimura appeared often as the lead actor in his films until the late 1950's, when he shifted to playing supporting roles.
		Shimura was a favorite of both of Toho's best known directors, Akira Kurosawa and Ishiro Honda, due to his range as an actor and his tendency to turn out solid performances, even when given small roles.
		Shimura was an active actor, even into his 70's when his contract with Toho had long ended, and his last role was in Kurosawa's Kagemusha (1980), two years before his death.
	www.tohokingdom.com /actors/takashi_shimura.htm (423 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ikiru: Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyôko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Kumeko Urabe, Yoshie ...
		Shimura, who nobly led the Seven Samurai two years later, is sublimely perfect as a melancholy civil servant who, upon learning that he has terminal cancer, realizes he has nothing to show for his dreary, unsatisfying life.
		Takashi Shimura gives a flawless performance as a lonely civil servant who, upon learning that he will soon die of stomach cancer, realizes that he has never really lived.
		Takashi Shimura, discovers at the same time that he has stomach cancer, and not long to live.
	www.amazon.ca /Ikiru-Akira-Kurosawa/dp/6302919649 (2066 words)

	Takashi Hara - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Takashi Hara (1856-1921), Japanese statesman, born in Morioka.
		The first prime minister from one of the nascent political parties, Takashi Hara, took office in 1918, and despite his assassination in 1921, Taisho...
		Born Shoji Shimazaki in Hyogo prefecture, Shimura acted in an amateur stage company from 1928 and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Takashi_Hara.html (103 words)

	Sifting Through
		Takashi flips through a book on aquarium fish, the same book he always flips through when he comes to the mall (it's too big to steal, but the picture of the Blue-girdled Angelfish is the best he's ever seen), then he finds a paperback for his mother in the True Crime section.
		When Takashi happened upon the scene with his skateboard, Snoopy was on the sidewalk, watching the fire and laughing, hoping that the wind-whipped flames would bring Gotam, the chief of a thousand demons.
		Takashi found the children and their elderly babysitters sleeping on two queen-sized mattresses in a back bedroom--a total of eight, four to a bed.
	naples.cc.sunysb.edu /CAS/fiction.nsf/pages/mitchstory (4915 words)

	Takashi Shimura - Filmogs Profile
		Takashi Shimura Biography: Japanese character actor, one of the finest film actors of the Twentieth Century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa.
		Shimura's finest triumph was his unforgettable performance as a dying bureacrat in Kurosawa's 'Ikiru (1952)'.
		Shimura was, to be sure, even a finer actor than Bond, and his range was enormous, from Ikiru's diffident clerk to the leader of the Seven Samurai in Kurosawa's 'Shichinin no samurai (1954)'.
	www.filmogs.com /profile.php?id=470 (487 words)

	Takashi Shimura - Overview - MSN Movies
		After a long stage career, Shimura made his first film in 1935.
		Shimura was seen as the firewood peddler in "Rashomon" (1950), the dying civil-servant protagonist in "Ikiru" (1952), samurai leader Kambei in "Seven Samurai" (1954), the old general in "The Hidden Fortress" (1957), and in equally weighty roles in "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961) and "Red Beard" (1965).
		Curiously, Shimura was never under contract to Kurosawa; instead, the actor was a "hired hand" at Japan's Toho Studios, accepting...
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?c=154426 (170 words)

	Amazon.com: Ikiru - Criterion Collection: DVD: Takashi Shimura,Shinichi Himori,Haruo Tanaka,Minoru Chiaki,Miki ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shimura, who nobly led the Seven Samurai two years later, is sublimely perfect as a melancholy civil servant who, upon learning that he has terminal cancer, realizes he has nothing to show for his dreary, unsatisfying life.
		In this film, considered by some critics to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest and most compassionate achievement, Takashi Shimura (Seven Samurai) portrays Kenji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days.
		He is played by Takashi Shimura in one of the finest understated performances ever committed to film.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLMU?v=glance (3336 words)

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		A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the warrior samurai class.
		Curiously, Shimura was never under contract to Kurosawa; instead, the actor was a "hired hand" at Japan's Toho Studios, accepting whatever role he was ordered to play.
		This explains why, in the midst of so many Kurosawa classics, Takashi Shimura was just as frequently seen in Japanese horror pictures, most famously as the kindly Dr. Yamana in Gojira (1954).
	www.quad4x.net /yojinbo/takashi.html (264 words)

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		One of the most respected and versatile actors in the history of Japanese films who did not begin acting until age 30, Shimura was one of Akira Kurosawa’s favorite performers, appearing in 10 of the famed director’s films.
		Kurosawa first met Shimura in the early 40’s and gave him his big break as an actor, casting him in Sugata Sanshiro (43).
		Though he gained the greatest notoriety for his motion picture acting, Shimura also appeared in a host of tv series as well.
	www.kaijuhq.org /shimura.html (266 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Stray Dog
		There are stellar performances throughout, including the first great teaming of Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura (in their fourth appearance together in a Kurosawa film).
		Murakami’s progress in locating the elusive Yusa starts in earnest when he’s assigned to a more seasoned inspector, Sato (Takashi Shimura), who begins the dual process of helping Murakami find the thief and recover the gun, and helping the younger man mature as a detective and a human being.
		Takashi Shimura was never better, capturing his character in simple gestures like wiping his arms, or gazing at Mifune with the indulgence of a loving father.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /45/stray.htm (1582 words)

	Ikiru DVD \| dir.: Akira Kurosawa \| cast: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Kumeko Urabe, Yoshie ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Takashi Shimura portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days.
		The result is a multifaceted look at a life through a prism of perspectives, resulting in a full portrait of a man who lacked understanding from others in life.
		Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Kobori, Kumeko Urabe, Yoshie Minami, Miki Odagiri, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minosuke Yamada, Haruo Tanaka, Bokuzen Hidari, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki, Nobuo Nakamura, Kusuo Abe.
	www.hkflix.com /xq/asp/filmID.889/qx/details.htm (396 words)

	The Emperor and the Gangster \| PopMatters Film Feature
		Shot in the hand, the gangster stumbles into the office of the alcoholic Dr. Sanada (Takashi Shimura, a Kurosawa stalwart), the "drunken angel" of the film's title.
		In an amazing display of his prowess and his concern for the weak, the Ronin easily kills 12 guards to rescue the distressed damsel and return her to her family.
		Kurosawa dispenses with Western conventions for a story of political intrigue in which a royal Chamberlain (Yûnosuke Itô) is kidnapped by a town's unseen, corrupt Superintendent and his minions Kurofuji (Takashi Shimura), Takebayashi (Kamatari Fujiwara), and henchman Hanbei Muroto (Tatsuya Nakadai).
	www.popmatters.com /film/features/030922-kurosawa.shtml (1900 words)

	Stray Dog (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The man-hunt is on, while Tokyo goes through a devastating heatwave.
		He has no success until an older and wiser detective, Sato (Takashi Shimura) takes Murakami under his wing.
		At the 1950 Mainichi Film Concours it won awards for Best Actor (Takashi Shimura), Best Film Score (Fumio Hayasaka), Best Cinematography (Asakazu Nakai) and Best Art Direction (So Matsuyama).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stray_Dog_(film) (262 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : Ikiru: The Criterion Collection
		Though the viewer is afforded a decidedly extreme introduction of Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) with the very first shot, this peculiar intimacy is immediately offset by the proceeding shot of the lifetime bureaucrat's chilly exterior.
		He is alone, and, suddenly, every object in the house is freighted with memories of his misspent life, all of which is compounded by the revelation of the tragic early loss of his wife that forced him to raise his son by himself.
		Most indispensably, it features excerpts from an interview with Takashi Shimura, who discusses his fierce commitment to the role (which, by production's end, left him with a stomach ulcer of his own), as well as Kurosawa's directorial technique.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/i/ikiru_cc.shtml (1416 words)

	DVD ou film : Takashi Shimura (Acteur) - Cinetroc
		Avec : Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura Kamarati Fujiwara...
		Avec : Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Awaji...
		Avec : Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune Yoshio Inaba...
	www.cinetroc.com /acteur/1_Takashi_Shimura.html (115 words)

	Ikiru
		It tells the story of Mr Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), a senior public servant who finds out he has terminal cancer and only a short time left to live.
		The dissolves and the matching of shots past to present are used to such effect that the audience is left feeling his pain not of imminent death but wasted life.
		As Mr Watanabe, Shimura's mannerisms and reactions take the audience into the inner most depths and thoughts of the character.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/01/13/ikiru.html (1115 words)

	SEVEN SAMURAI with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Kato, ...
		An elder advises them that if they could find Samauri warriors down on their luck, they may be able to employ them in exchange for the necessities of life.
		Inspired by this hopeful idea, a farmer, representing the village happens upon such a Samarai, Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) looking for his next meal.
		Takashi Shimura - Does a wonderful, convincing portrayal of Kambei, the leading Samarai warrior.
	www.homevideos.com /revforeign/7b.htm (740 words)

	Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa on DVD starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato at Movies Unlimited
		A rape and murder in medieval Japan are recounted in four flashback sequences, as seen through the eyes of the three people involved and a witness to the incident.
		Cast: Minoru Chiaki, Yu Fujiki, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoshio Inaba, Akifumi Inoue, Takeshi Kato, Ryuzo Kikushima, Isao Kimura, Kokuten Kodo, Akira Kubo, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi, Eiko Miyoshi, Nobuo Nakamura, Senkichi Omura, Seijiro Onda, Shin Otomo, Yutaka Sada, Sachio Sakai, Takamaru Sasaki, Ikio Sawamura, William Shakespeare, Gen Shimizu, Takashi Shimura...
		One of the main inspirations for "Star Wars," this Kurosawa epic is set in feudal Japan, where wily general Toshiro Mifune must escort a deposed princess and her clan's fortune through enemy territory, with some unwilling help from two bungling thieves.
	www.moviesunlimited.com /musite/affiliate/member/1035/8.asp?page=product.asp&sku=D28474 (1030 words)

	Amazon.ca: Drunken Angel: Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, ...
		The setting is a rancid, jerry-built section of a postwar city, where a filthy, disease-ridden pond functions as a physical threat and also as the film's central symbol of decay.
		Shimura plays Dr. Sanada, a good hearted doctor who's weakness for alcohol has left him in the lower depths of society.
		When Mifune arrives to be treated for a gunshot wound, Shimura sees something in him, and attempts to treat him for his TB.
	www.amazon.ca /Drunken-Angel-Akira-Kurosawa/dp/0780023447 (1238 words)

	MTV.com \| Movies \| Takashi Shimura \| Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whenever asked to name his favorite actors, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa would cite, with reservations, the unpredictable Toshiro Mifune--then would lavish unqualified praise upon Takashi Shimura.
		Shimura was seen as the firewood peddler in Rashomon (1950), the dying civil-servant protagonist in Ikiru (1952), samurai leader Kambei in Seven Samurai (1954), the old general in The Hidden Fortress (1957), and in equally weighty roles in Throne of Blood (1957), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1965).
		This explains why, in the midst of so many Kurosawa classics, Takashi Shimura was just as frequently seen in Japanese horror pictures, most famously as the kindly Dr. Yamana in Godzilla (1954).
	www.mtv.com /movies/person/57592/bio.jhtml (230 words)

	Takashi Shimura
		Takashi Shimura was born Shoji Shimazaki on March 12, 1905 in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan.
		He went to the Toho film company in 1941, where his roles in Rashomon and Seven Samurai brought him international attention.
		Takashi Shimura died of emphysema in Tokyo on February 11, 1982.
	ils.unc.edu /~knupm/kurosawa/shimura.htm (85 words)

	DVD Pacific
		Considered by many to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest achievement, Ikiru (To Live) presents the director at his most compassionate - affirming life through the exploration of a man's death.
		Takashi shimura portrays Kanji Wtanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer from his existence and find meaning in his final days.
		A 41 minute documentary on Ikiru from the series, Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, including interviews with Akira Kurosawa, writer Hideo Oguni, actor Takashi Shimura, and many others.
	www.dvdpacific.com /item.asp?ID=563030 (177 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Ikiru: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Takashi Shimura's portrayal of "Watanabe" the explicitly -if initially ironically - styled hero is truly moving.
		The acting, even apart from Shimur'a towering turn, is a class apart and the observation of contemporary life so much more acute and less hackneyed.
		While the film does not have the wide screen panormamic scope of Kurosoawa's action movies such as "Yojimbo" and "High and Low" it is beautifully shot.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000BZNJ7 (831 words)

	Takashi Shimura (Kagemusha, Zatoichi At The Blood Fest, Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster and The Bad Sleep Well) - ...
		Specially notable are Takashi Shimura as the senior samurai (with his 'gravitas' and competence, he kept on reminding...
		Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura) is a senior council clerk who has been living a dull, unsatisfying life workin...
		Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshiro Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyo), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura).
	www.lovefilm.com /browse/contributor/69798/Takashi_Shimura.html (772 words)

	And You Call Yourself a Scientist! - Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A meeting of scientists and security officers is called, chaired by the famous paleontologist, Dr Yamane (Takashi Shimura), who suggests that the natives of Oto Island, an island in the vicinity of the disasters, be questioned.
		As a consequence, the role of Takashi Shimura, whose Dr Yamane voiced most of those sentiments, is considerably abridged (insult is added to injury by having Shimura dubbed by an actor who cannot pronounce "phenomenon", but who is nevertheless forced to say it about half a dozen times).
		In the place of the missing footage, we have scenes involving Steve Martin, foreign correspondent for "United World News", who is mysteriously transported from place to place by Japanese officials who you’d really think would have something better to do, considering the extent of the crisis they have on their hands.
	twtd.bluemountains.net.au /Rick/liz_gkotm.htm (1351 words)

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