Keiichi Shimada
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time.

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Genzui Kusaka
The first film produced by Daiei.

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Vice principal Yashiro
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases, ranging from extortion, to drunken fathers, to corruption and even the persecution of a man who claims to be an alien. This entertaining film shows these cops with a human heart with humor.

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Todoroki
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m • as Genji
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one of the fish companies by the name of Tetsu, decides to overthrow Jakoman and his cohorts.
