Still of Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)
 
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Takashi Shimura in Ikiru (1952)
																																				
						Actor
						Born: March 12, 1905
						Star sign: Pisces
						Height: 5' 7¾" (1.72 m)
						Known for: Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Throne of Blood (1957)
						Source: IMDB
						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")...