FrameThrower · Actors · Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
22 films · 1,339 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1943–1964
Born 12 March 1905 · Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan · died 11 February 1982
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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 (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).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 22 films · 1,339 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1943–1964
- Medal with Purple Ribbon1974
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,339 frames from the 22 films we hold. This is the look of the work Takashi takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 22 films we hold, 57% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Takashi takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Throne of Blood
1957 · Noriyasu Odagura
I Live In Fear
1955 · Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Seven Samurai
1954 · Kambei Shimada
Ikiru
1952 · Kanji Watanabe
Rashomon
1950 · Woodcutter
Stray Dog
1949 · Det. Sato
The Quiet Duel
1949 · Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki
Drunken Angel
1948 · Sanada
The Most Beautiful
1944 · Chief Goro Ishida
Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster
1964 · Dr. Tsukamoto
High and Low
1963 · Chief of Investigation Section
Sanjuro
1962 · Kurofuji
Yojimbo
1961 · Tokuemon, sake brewer
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Administrative Officer Moriyama
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · General Izumi Nagakura
Godzilla Raids Again
1955 · Kyohei Yamane-hakase
Godzilla (1954)
1954 · Kyohei Yamane
The Idiot
1951 · Ono, Ayako's father
Scandal
1950 · Attorney Hiruta
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
The Men Who Tread on the Tigers Tail
1945 · Kataoka
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 · Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,339 frames from Takashi Shimura's 22 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.