Acting · 1905 to 1982

Takashi Shimura

Best rated: Seven Samurai (8.6)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Takashi Shimura, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Takashi Shimura's career barcodecoolhot

194343 films1977

Current formLast 5: 6.80 vs career 7.22 (−0.42)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

7.22

32 rated films

Vote weighted

7.32

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.87

rating spread

Career

35y

1943 to 1977

Total votes

1.28M

across every film

Best

8.6

Seven Samurai

Worst

5.7

Godzilla Raids Again

Newest first

Acting filmography

1977	Godzilla	Dr. Yamane	·	687
1974	Prophecies of Nostradamus	Pediatrician	·	365
1973	Zatoichi's Conspiracy	Sakubei	7.0	1,248
1969	Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp	Hyôichirô Suwa	·	700
1968	Zatoichi and the Fugitives	Dr. Junan	7.3	1,459
1968	The Bride from Hades	Hakuôdô	·	608
1967	Japan's Longest Day	Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura	7.7	1,223
1965	Frankenstein vs. Baragon	Axis Scientist	5.5	2,728
1965	Sanshiro Sugata	Mishima	·	473
1964	Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster	Dr. Tsukamoto	6.5	9,351
1963	High and Low	Chief of Investigation Section	8.4	73,906
1962	Chushingura	Hyôbu Chisaka	7.5	2,414
1962	Sanjuro	Kurofuji	8.0	43,885
1962	Gorath	Kensuke Sonoda - Paleontologist	5.7	1,031
1961	Mothra	News Editor	6.6	6,372
1961	Yojimbo	Tokuemon - Sake Brewer	8.2	145K
1960	The Bad Sleep Well	Administrative Officer Moriyama	7.9	15,781
1960	I Bombed Pearl Harbor	Tosaku	·	270
1960	Afraid to Die	Gohei Hirayama	·	703
1959	The Three Treasures	Elder Kumaso	·	442

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

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