Takashi Shimura — Actor (112)

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风林火山 (1969)
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★ 6.0 5 ratings
other title: 風林火山 / Samurai Banners
日本战国时代,东海道甲斐的武田信玄(中村锦之助 饰)以《孙子兵法》中的“风林火山”为军旗,征战四方,立下赫赫威名。中年浪人山本勘助(三船敏郎 饰)用计投入武田信玄帐下,在武田攻略昔日盟友诹访的过程中,山本堪助全力配合主公的背义战略,击破诹访,虏获诹访家千金由布姬(佐久间良子 饰),山本堪助劝说美丽的由布姬做杀父仇人信玄的侧室,并决心扶立二人的子嗣为武田家之主。信玄在山本等家臣的辅佐下与村上等强敌连番激战,而为了实现自己对由布姬承诺的山本堪助也在暗中为这对儿母子进行谋划…… 本片改编自井上靖的同名历史小说。

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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
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★ 7.1 41 ratings
other title: 我对青春无悔 / わが青春に悔なし …
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

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The Most Beautiful (1944)
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★ 5.3 6 ratings
黑泽明 actor: 志村乔 / 清川荘司 …
other title: 最美 / 一番美しく …
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, enduring illness, injury, and personal hardship to “serve the country.” Led by Tsuru Watanabe, they fight fatigue and setbacks to keep their line moving—even when duty collides with grief.

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Singing Lovebirds (1939)
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Masahiro Makino actor: Chiezo Kataoka / 市川春代 …
other title: 鸳鸯歌合战 / 鴛鴦歌合戦 …
An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable daughter to a suitor she doesn't love.

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Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
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★ 7.3 20 ratings
other title: 宫本武藏 完结篇 决斗岩流岛 / 宮本武蔵 完結篇 決闘巌流島 …
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

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The Quiet Duel (1949)
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★ 6.8 21 ratings
other title: 静夜之决斗 / 静かなる決闘 …
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he confronts the irresponsible patient who infected him—testing his ethics, pride, and capacity for sacrifice.

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Chushingura (1962)
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★ 8.3 6 ratings
other title: 忠臣藏 / 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻 …
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

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Counterattack of the Monsters (1955)
ゴジラの逆襲
★ 5.5 13 ratings
other title: 哥斯拉的反击 / ゴジラの逆襲 …
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.

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I Live in Fear (1955)
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★ 8.0 24 ratings
other title: 活人的记录 / 生きものの記録 …
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his obsession slide into ruin—and asks whether ignoring the atomic threat is any saner.

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The Rose in the Mud (1960)
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★ 8.4 97 ratings
other title: 恶汉甜梦 / 悪い奴ほどよく眠る …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
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★ 6.9 109 ratings
other title: 姿三四郎 / 铁臂柔肠(港) …
The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

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Throne of Blood (1957)
蜘蛛巣城
★ 8.2 262 ratings
other title: 거미집의 성 / 蜘蛛巣城 …
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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Red Beard (1965)
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★ 8.6 133 ratings
other title: 붉은 수염 / 赤ひげ …
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.