Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films. Hoping to become a film director, Shimojō traveled to Tokyo in 1935 but ended up joining a theater troupe, debuting on stage in 1936. He made his film debut in 1940, but continued on stage well after World War II, primarily as a member of Gekidan Mingei. He was most known, however, for playing the uncle of Torajiro Kuruma in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.
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Known For
Kids Return
(1996)
Yakuza Chairman
Full Filmography
Acting
Street of Violence
(1950)
Zenji
Dorodarake no seishun
(1954)
The Heart
(1955)
Employment agent
The Shadow of Fear
(1956)
Skinny and Fatty
(1958)
Mr. Oyama
The Seasons of Love
(1958)
Inukai
Break Down that Wall
(1959)
Aioi Station detective A
Jungle Block
(1960)
Azusa's lawyer
Hana to musume to shiroi michi
(1961)
Hojo
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
(1961)
Moeru minamijūjisei
(1962)
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
(1962)
Einoshin Tokuhisa
Asu no hanayome
(1962)
Love in Ginza
(1962)
A Torrent of Life
(1962)
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
(1964)
Whirlpool of Flesh
(1964)
Shozo Kageyama
Blood and Sea
(1965)
Youth A Go Go!
(1966)
Gozo Masuda
The Great White Tower
(1966)
I'll Never Cry!
(1966)
I Love The Sun
(1966)
Lost Love
(1967)
Michiyuki Takasuga
The Day the Sun Rose
(1968)
The Sands of Kurobe
(1968)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
(1969)
Yoshioka
City of Beasts
(1970)
Morning Fog
(1971)
Moscow, My Love
(1974)
Nogava, Yuriko's uncle
Tora-san's Lullaby
(1974)
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
(1975)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(1975)
Tatsuzo
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
(1975)
Uncle
The Village
(1976)
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
(1976)
Tatsuzo
Tora-san's Pure Love
(1976)
Tatsuzo
Tora-san Plays Cupid
(1977)
Tatsuzō
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
(1977)
Tatsuzo
Village of Eight Gravestones
(1977)
Kudo
Talk of the Town Tora-san
(1978)
Tatsuzo
Stage-Struck Tora-san
(1978)
Kuruma Tatsuzō
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
(1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
(1979)
Tatsuzo
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
(1980)
Tatsuzo
Foster Daddy, Tora!
(1980)
Tora-san's Promise
(1981)
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
(1981)
This Is Noriko
(1981)
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
(1982)
Tatsuzo Kuruma
Tora-san, the Expert
(1982)
Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
(1982)
Tora-san's Song of Love
(1983)
Uncle
Tora-san Goes Religious?
(1983)
Uncle
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(1984)
Uncle
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
(1984)
Uncle
Tora-san's Island Encounter
(1985)
Uncle
Tora-san, the Go-Between
(1985)
Uncle
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
(1986)
Uncle
Tora-san Goes North
(1987)
Uncle
Tora-san Plays Daddy
(1987)
Uncle
Oracion
(1988)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(1988)
Uncle
Tora-san, My Uncle
(1989)
Tatsuzo
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
(1989)
Uncle
Tsugumi
(1990)
Doctor
Akio Jissoji’s Museum of Wonders - Volume of Thoughts
(1992)
Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 2
(1992)
Tora-san Makes Excuses
(1992)
Tora-san's Matchmaker
(1993)
Many Happy Returns
(1993)
Original 'Kyoso'
Tora-san to the Rescue
(1995)
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
(1995)
Kids Return
(1996)
Yakuza Chairman
Rokushukan Private Moment
(2001)
Kokichi Tawara