13 films in catalog

Takashi Shimura

13 films

Attorney Hiruta (1) Chief Goro Ishida (1) Det. Sato (1) Dr. Konosuke Fujisaki (1) Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father (1) Inspector (1) Kanji Watanabe (1) Kataoka (1) Ono, Ayako's father (1) Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo (1) Sanada (1) Theatre manager (uncredited) (1)
Osaka Elegy 1936

Osaka Elegy

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him f…
Sanshiro Sugata 1943

Sanshiro Sugata

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading br…
The Most Beautiful 1944

The Most Beautiful

Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quota…
No Regrets for Our Youth 1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repr…
Those Who Make Tomorrow 1946

Those Who Make Tomorrow

In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up…
Drunken Angel 1948

Drunken Angel

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with…
Stray Dog 1949

Stray Dog

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a ho…
The Quiet Duel 1949

The Quiet Duel

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field…
Rashomon 1950

Rashomon

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his…
Scandal 1950

Scandal

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn o…
The Idiot 1951

The Idiot

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled…
Ikiru 1952

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic pos…
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail 1952

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way thro…