#Takashi Shimura

[slayerbuffy]

Drunken Angel  — 1948, dir. Akira Kurosawa

[tyger-land]

𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗶 1954

[omercifulheaves]

Stray Dog (1949)

[swordofmoonl1ght]

"Don't you think we should study how a creature like this survives regardless of the radiation it absorbs?"

Takashi Shimura as Dr. Kyohei Yamane in ゴジラ (GOJIRA, 1954) dir. Ishiro Honda

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[filmgifs]

Scandal (1950) dir. Akira Kurosawa

[louisa-malchance]

Etude n-18, dessin

[davidhudson]

Takashi Shimura, March 12, 1905 – February 11, 1982.

With Toshiro Mifune in Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog (1949).

[maggiecheungs]

Ikiru (1952) dir. Akira Kurosawa

[lobbycards]

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster aka Gidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦), US lobby card #1. US theatrical release 1965

[citizenscreen]

Takashi Shimura (March 12, 1905 – February 11, 1982)

[oldschoolfrp]

A 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Seven Samurai will have a theatrical release in July, 2024, for the film's 70th anniversary. One of the all-time best action films to feature a band of sword-wielding heroes making a stand against a horde of villains, it has inspired remakes and reinterpretations across many genres.

[hotvintagepoll]

James Coburn (The Magnificent Seven, Charade)—he has a dry, i'm-made-out-of-beef-jerky-from-the-floor-of-your-car quality to him that i think denotes scrungly. blow on him and he turns into dust. he could be a straight western hero but he's just too Weird for that

Takashi Shimura (Ikiru, Roshamon, Seven Samurai)—Look, my first thought of Takashi Shimura is not "scrungly." He's starred, compellingly, in some of the best films ever made; he can bring an incredible weight and warmth to his roles. But let's be objective. He's also willing to be a odd-looking stubbly strange little guy. He scrungles with the best of them. In Rashomon he's a humble wood-cutter; in Drunken Angel he's an alcoholic doctor faced with Toshiro Mifune's yakuza.

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

James Coburn:

Takashi Shimura

Well, here he is literally dripping wet, especially starting at 0:35:

And here he is being scruffy in Drunken Angel:

[boydswan]

静かなる決闘 (1949, 黑沢明)

[toshiro-mifune]

On the set of Stray Dog (1949) with Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, and Noriko Sengoku

[chernobog13]

Kenji Sahara certainly had the pomp in his pompadour in The Mysterians (1957).