Masao Shimizu Explained

Masao Shimizu
Birth Date:	5 October 1908
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1931-1971

was a Japanese actor.^{[1] [2]} His wife was actress Yumi Takano. His first starring role in the film was in Momoiro no Yuwaku in 1931. In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company. Shimizu often worked with Akira Kurosawa.^{[3] [4]} He appeared in more than 250 films between 1931 and 1976.

Selected filmography

• The 47 Ronin (1941)
• No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Professor Hakozaki
• A Ball at the Anjo House (1947)
• One Wonderful Sunday (1947) as the Dance Hall Manager
• Drunken Angel (1948) as Boss
• Stray Dog (1949)
• Bōryoku no Machi (1950)
• Scandal (1950) as Judge
• Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
• The Life of Oharu (1952)
• Children of Hiroshima (1952)
• The Life of Oharu (1952) as kikuoji
• Ikiru (1952) as Doctor
• Epitome (1953)
• Gate of Hell (1953)
• Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Masauji Taira
• I Live in Fear (1955) as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
• Season of the Sun (1956)
• Black River (1957)
• Rusty Knife (1958) as Shingo Mano
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
• Sanjuro (1962) as Kikui
• High and Low (1963) as prison director
• Kojiki taishō (1964) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Red Handkerchief (1964)
• Shiroi Kyotō (1966) as Masanori Kōno
• The Snow Woman (1968)^[5]
• The Sands of Kurobe (1968) as Tayama
• Savage Wolf Pack (1969) as Yamamuro
• Samurai Banners (1969) as Yokota Takatoshi
• Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
• The Wild Sea (1969)
• Fuji sanchō (1970)
• The Militarists (1970), Saburō Kurusu
• Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972) as Yunaka
• Oreno Eranda Onna (1976) as Washio

Television

• Ako Roshi (1964) as Sengoku Hokinokami
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) as Fujiwara no Motonari
• Haru no Sakamichi (1972) as Asano Nagamasa
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (1975) as Miyamoto

Notes and References

1. Web site: Masao Shimizu . 1 June 2012 . Complete Index to World Film.
2. Web site: 清水 将夫（読み）シミズ マサオ新撰 芸能人物事典 明治～平成「清水 将夫」の解説. kotobank. 3 October 2021.
3. Web site: 清水将夫デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus「清水将夫」の解説. kotobank. 3 October 2021.
4. Web site: 清水将夫. 映画DB. 3 October 2021.
5. Web site: 怪談雪女郎. July 17, 2021. Kadokawa.