Takashi Shimura
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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, including as a lead actor in Drunken Angel, Rashomon, Ikiru a
Shimura in 1956
Ishirō Honda
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Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyaz
Honda at the National Museum of Nature and Science during the filming of Frankenstein vs. Baragon, 1965
Honda practicing Kendo in the late 1920s
Honda stationed in China during the late 1930s
From the left: Akira Kurosawa, Honda, and Senkichi Taniguchi with their mentor Kajirō Yamamoto, late 1930s