--- name: "Shinichi Himori" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shinichi-himori" fi1m_id: "shinichi-himori" imdb_id: "nm0385443" tmdb_id: 33767 wikidata_id: "Q11505244" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 January 1907" died: "12 September 1959" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:24:04.362889+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Shinichi Himori ## Identity Shinichi Himori - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shinichi-himori - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** shinichi-himori - **IMDb ID:** nm0385443 - **TMDB ID:** 33767 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11505244 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichi_Himori, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11505244, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33767 Actor. Born 10 January 1907 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 12 September 1959. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 January 1907, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 12 September 1959 - **Also known as:** Shin'ichi Himori, Kazuo Moriyama, 守山一雄 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichi_Himori, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11505244, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33767 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Ikiru*](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Shinichi Himori, also credited as Shin'ichi Himori and born Kazuo Moriyama, was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films between 1925 and 1959. Born in Tokyo in 1907, he joined Shochiku studios in 1924 and progressed from supporting roles to leading parts, particularly in realistic films following the introduction of sound. He is known for roles including Ryosuke Nonomiya in Yasujirō Ozu's *The Only Son* (1936), Minoru Uchida in *There Was a Father* (1942), and Kimura in Akira Kurosawa's *Ikiru* (1952). Other credits include *Scandal* (1950). After the Second World War he took on supporting roles. Himori died of a heart attack in 1959 at the age of 52. Shochiku held a company funeral in his honour. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Kimura — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) ## Complete filmography (108) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *One Step to Happiness* (1958), Actor - *Love in the Deep* (1958), Actor - *Love is Different and Delicious* (1958), Actor - *Hobo Village* (1958), Actor - *Dancing Mistress* (1957), as Bonji-ya Wahei - *When It Rains, It Pours* (1957), Actor - *Birth of Romance* (1957), as Daisaku - *Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku* (1957), Actor - *The Orchestra Sisters* (1957), as Zenkichi Owada - *続二等兵物語　決戦体制の巻* (1957), Actor - *Utau yajikita kogane dōchū* (1957), Actor - *Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress* (1956), Actor - *The Three Musketeers Reunite* (1956), Actor - *のんき侍大暴れ* (1956), as 嘉平 - *Farewell to Dream* (1956), Actor - *Every Day That New Life* (1955), Actor - *Youth* (1955), Actor - *Bride in the Kitchen* (1955), Actor - *Monster with Twenty Faces* (1954), Actor - *Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky* (1954), Actor - *Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido* (1954), Actor - *新婚たくあん夫婦* (1954), Actor - *Dancing Girls of Izu* (1954), Actor - *Sunny house* (1954), as Tokuji Yamada - *Always in My Heart Part 2* (1953), Actor - *悲しき瞳* (1953), Actor - *A Japanese Tragedy* (1953), Actor - *Mole Alley* (1953), Actor - *New Tokyo March* (1953), Actor - *学生社長* (1953), as Suekichi Nojima - *Carmen's Innocent Love* (1952), Actor - *Ikiru* (1952), as Kimura — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) - *Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni* (1952), Actor - *Under the Blossoming Peach* (1951), Actor - *Zac Zac Girl* (1951), Actor - *The Actress and the Detective* (1950), as Detective - *Homecoming* (1950), Actor - *Mitsurin no mehyō* (1950), Actor - *Peko-chan and Densuke* (1950), Actor - *Scandal* (1950), Actor - *Yume o meshimase* (1950), as Guard /Student at Prague - *Onna no ryūkō* (1950), Actor - *Mr. Shosuke Ohara* (1949), as Jiromasa Yoshida - *Odoru ryûgûjô* (1949), as Mr. Tai, Mayer - *娘十八嘘つき時代* (1949), Actor - *Tomorrow Will Be Fine Weather* (1948), as Fukuichi, masseur - *The President and the Shopgirl* (1948), Actor - *The Ball at the Anjo House* (1947), as Takehiko Yuri - *Newlywed League Match* (1947), Actor - *The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant* (1947), Actor - *Waiting Woman* (1946), as Ichirôji Sugihara - *The Man Who Has Returned* (1944), Actor - *Jubilation Street* (1944), Actor - *Dance of the Capital* (1942), Actor - *A Certain Woman* (1942), Actor - *South Wind 2* (1942), Actor - *Otoko no iki* (1942), Actor - *The Spy Has Not Died Yet* (1942), Actor - *There Was a Father* (1942), as Minoru Uchida - *Ornamental Hairpin* (1941), as Mr. Hiroyasu - *Dawn Chorus* (1941), Actor - *女の宿* (1941), as Shinkichi Ôtsuki - *Notes of an Itinerant Performer* (1941), as Doctor - *Nobuko* (1940), as Thief - *Namida no Sekinin* (1940), Actor - *Warm Current* (1939), as Itoda - *Surging Waves* (1939), Actor - *Five Siblings* (1939), Actor - *Weeds with flowers* (1939), Actor - *Southern Wind* (1939), Actor - *Four Seasons of Children* (1939), as Shunichi - *The Masseurs and a Woman* (1938), as Fukuichi Misawa - *The Lights of Asakusa* (1937), as Futokō - *Goodbye to the Front* (1937), Actor - *A Star Athlete* (1937), as Mori - *The Only Son* (1936), as Ryosuke Nonomiya - *Family Meeting* (1936), as Bantō - *Okoto and Sasuke* (1935), Actor - *Street Without End* (1934), as Shinkichi Yamamura - *The Genealogy of Women* (1934), as Eikichi Takano - *Mother of the East* (1934), as Himori (Student) - *Sôbô* (1933), as Sango Sanuma - *The Boss's Son at College* (1933), Actor - *A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo* (1933), Actor - *The Layabout and Seabathing* (1933), Actor - *Apart from You* (1933), as Guest - *The Cheerleading Captain's Love* (1933), Actor - *Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki* (1932), Actor - *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1932), as Tanuki - *The Sun Rises from the East* (1932), as Seikichi - *Passion* (1932), as Murakawa · writer - *The Golden Demon* (1932), Actor - *The Neighbour's Wife and Mine* (1931), as Stranger - *Sisters: Part 2* (1931), Actor - *Sisters: Part 1* (1931), Actor - *Cry Cheerfully!* (1931), Actor - *Silver Stream* (1931), as Seki, painter - *Youth, Why Do You Cry?* (1930), as Newspaper Reporter - *At a Crossroads* (1930), Actor - *Song of Youth* (1930), Actor - *I Graduated, But...* (1929), as Tailor - *Days of Youth* (1929), as Hatamoto - *Symphony of Youth* (1928), as Takagi Kazuo - *Physical Beauty* (1928), Actor - *Young Master* (1926), as China Expert - *Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?* (1926), Actor - *Brave Love* (1925), Actor - *The Foster Mother*, as Susumu Ogura ## Gallery - ![Shin'ichi Himori and Ayuko Saijō in Joyū to meitantei (女優と名探偵) directed by Yūzō Kawashima - 1950](https://film.one/media/person/104474/gallery-f86bcade877a.jpg) Shin'ichi Himori and Ayuko Saijō in Joyū to meitantei (女優と名探偵) directed by Yūzō Kawashima - 1950 — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/1950_-_Joyu_to_meitantei.jpg/1280px-1950_-_Joyu_to_meitantei.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chōko Iida and Shin'ichi Himori in Hitori musuko (一人息子) directed by Yasujirō Ozu - 1936](https://film.one/media/person/104474/gallery-175cd98dbe41.jpg) Chōko Iida and Shin'ichi Himori in Hitori musuko (一人息子) directed by Yasujirō Ozu - 1936 — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Hitori_musuko_%281936%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Shin'ichi Himori and Teiji Takahashi in Shin Tōkyō kōshinkyoku (新東京行進曲) directed by Yūzō Kawashima, 1953](https://film.one/media/person/104474/gallery-4434e202b974.jpg) Shin'ichi Himori and Teiji Takahashi in Shin Tōkyō kōshinkyoku (新東京行進曲) directed by Yūzō Kawashima, 1953 — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Shin%27ichi_Himori_and_Teiji_Takahashi_in_Shin_Tokyo_koshinkyoku%2C_1953.jpg/1280px-Shin%27ichi_Himori_and_Teiji_Takahashi_in_Shin_Tokyo_koshinkyoku%2C_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shinichi Himori](https://film.one/media/person/104474/gallery-42c8a0214ccc.jpg) Shinichi Himori — Shōchiku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Shinichi_Himori_and_Yoshiko_Tsubouchi_in_Hitori_musuko_%281936%29.jpg/1280px-Shinichi_Himori_and_Yoshiko_Tsubouchi_in_Hitori_musuko_%281936%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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