#TheWhaleGod, a 1960s Japanese whale hunting drama, will soon see its first North American release. While I'm skeptical of applying the #kaiju label, what's far more important is it stars #TakashiShimura (from #Ikiru among many others) and the larger than life size model looks astounding! https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3763488/the-whale-god-practical-killer-whale-kaiju-movie-from-1962-finally-being-unleashed-in-north-america/

65 years ago:
Seven from Edo (JP)
Original title: 大江戸七人衆
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades decide to take matters into their own hands. Lots of action in this all-star production from Toei Films, the foremost studio during that era. As with so ma...
1958-04-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/375703
#SevenfromEdo #TakashiShimura #ToeiCompany #ClassicFilm

73 years ago:
Scandal (JP)
Original title: 醜聞
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
1950-04-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/32690
#Scandal #AkiraKurosawa #ToshirMifune #NorikoSengoku #TakashiShimura #YoshiSugihara #WomenInFilm #ClassicMovies

75 years ago:
Drunken Angel (JP)
Original title: 酔いどれ天使
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada ret...
1948-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/25858
#DrunkenAngel #AkiraKurosawa #TakashiShimura #ToshirMifune #MichiyoKogure #Film

69 years ago:
Seven Samurai (JP)
Original title: 七人の侍
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
1954-04-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/346
#SevenSamurai #AkiraKurosawa #ToshirMifune #TakashiShimura #YoshioInaba #ClassicMovies

68 years ago:
Godzilla Raids Again (JP)
Original title: 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 t...
1955-04-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1679
#GodzillaRaidsAgain #MinoruChiaki #TakashiShimura #MasaoShimizu #Horror #SciFi

71 years ago:
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (JP)
Original title: 虎の尾を踏む男達
Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safety.
1952-04-24
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/36916
#TheMenWhoTreadontheTigersTail #AkiraKurosawa #SusumuFujita #MasayukiMori #TakashiShimura #ClassicMovies

50 years ago:
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (JP)
Original title: 新座頭市物語・笠間の血祭り
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested ...
1973-04-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54307
#ZatoichisConspiracy #ShintarKatsu #TakashiShimura #EijiOkada

79 years ago:
The Most Beautiful (JP)
Original title: 一番美しく
The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tremendous personal hardship, the women persevere in their tasks, devoted to their work and their country's cause.
1944-04-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/17988
#TheMostBeautiful #AkiraKurosawa #TakashiShimura #TakakoIrie #ClassicMovies

80 years ago:
Sanshiro Sugata (JP)
Original title: 姿三四郎
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.
1943-03-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/35022
#SanshiroSugata #AkiraKurosawa #SusumuFujita #YukikoTodoroki #TakashiShimura #Film

63 years ago:
Afraid to Die (JP)
Original title: からっ風野郎
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact reveng...
1960-03-22
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/44785
#AfraidtoDie #YasuzMasumura #AyakoWakao #TakashiShimura #ClassicMovies

74 years ago:
The Quiet Duel (JP)
Original title: 静かなる決闘
Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father's (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he ...
1949-03-19
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37513
#TheQuietDuel #AkiraKurosawa #ToshirMifune #TakashiShimura #Film

RT @Martin_Dowsing@twitter.com

Some screenshots of #FujikoYamamoto, #TakashiShimura, #MachikoKyo and #HidekoTakamine in the excellent 'New Tales of the Heike: Three Women Around Yoshinaka'
#山本富士子 #志村喬 #京マチ子 #高峰秀子

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Martin_Dowsing/status/1615398247240957961

Watching Rashomon - 1950

#AkiraKurosawa #toshiromifune #rashomon #takashishimura #machikokyo #masayukimori #film #movie

En algún lugar del más allá, #ChetBaker va todas las noches a escuchar a #JulieLondon, está perdidamente enamorado, pero ella no le corresponde porque es una mujer casada. Mientras tanto, desde una mesa solitaria y distante, fingiendo tomar un café, #HenryFonda admira silenciosa y felizmente a #TakashiShimura, que se muere una y otra vez, sin saber qué hacer, más vivo que todos nosotros.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVnkoLiLMTm5Nc1ODYiFJGiZQkXtEwQFt
#música #cine #ñ #es

Some of my #favourite #actors and #actresses (in no particular order):

Lillian Gish #lilliangish
Zhang Ziyi #zhangziyi
Sakura Ando #sakuraando
Bae Doona #baedoona
Zhang Jingchu #zhangjingchu
Hiromi Nagasaku #hirominagasaku
Louise Brooks #louisebrooks

Toshiro Mifune #toshiromifune
Song Kang-ho #songkangho
Andy Lau #andylau
Takashi Shimura #takashishimura

and :

The Marx Brothers #marxbros
Laurel & Hardy #laurelandhardy
Bruce Lee #brucelee
Jackie Chan #jackiechan
Buster Keaton #busterkeaton