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# Teru Shimada

Actor. Born 17 November 1905 in Mito, Japan. Died 19 June 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 November 1905, Mito, Japan
- **Died:** 19 June 1988
- **Also known as:** Akira Shimada, Teru Shumada, 島田彰, 岛田彰
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teru_Shimada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3548332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10072

## Biography

Teru Shimada (born Akira Shimada) was a Japanese-American actor. He was born on 17 November 1905 in Mito, Japan, and emigrated to the United States in the early 1930s. He appeared in supporting roles in Hollywood films and television from the 1930s onwards, often portraying Japanese or Asian characters.

Shimada is best known for playing Mr. Osato in the James Bond film *You Only Live Twice* (1967). Other credits include *Tokyo Joe* (1949), *The War of the Worlds* (1953), *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), *King Rat* (1965), *Walk Don't Run* (1966), *Batman* (1966), and an episode of *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974). He retired in the mid-1970s and died on 19 June 1988 in Encino, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.densho.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Fi1m 62, as Mr. Osato — [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Shige Ishikawa
- *To Rome with Love* (1969), series, Acting
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Shigato
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Acting
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Acting
- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), as Mr. Osato — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)
- *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Acting
- *One Spy Too Many* (1966), as President Sing-Mok
- *Batman* (1966), as Japanese Delegate (uncredited)
- *Walk Don't Run* (1966), as Mr. Kurawa
- *King Rat* (1965), as Japanese General
- *Sunday in New York* (1963), as Maitre 'd (uncredited)
- *The Horizontal Lieutenant* (1962), as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
- *The Wackiest Ship in the Army* (1960), as Samada
- *The Islanders* (1960), series, as Kam Chuh
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Ling Chow
- *Assignment: Underwater* (1960), series, as Akito
- *Hong Kong* (1960), series, as Colonel Okumara
- *Battle of the Coral Sea* (1959), as Comm. Mori
- *The Detectives* (1959), series, Acting
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Acting
- *Laramie* (1959), series, as Kami
- *Tokyo After Dark* (1959), as Sen-Sei
- *The Geisha Boy* (1958), as Osakawa - Japanese Detective (uncredited)
- *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), as Japanese Submarine Commander (uncredited)
- *The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour* (1957), series, as Osato (uncredited)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Ito Kumagi, Dr. Maseo Tachikawa
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Acting
- *Battle Hymn* (1957), as Korean Official
- *Navy Wife* (1956), as Mayor Yoshida
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Acting
- *House of Bamboo* (1955), as Nagaya (uncredited)
- *The Snow Creature* (1954), as Subra
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Kiyoshi, Kiyoshi Arikawa
- *The War of the Worlds* (1953), as Japanese Diplomat (uncredited)
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Kotaro Suto
- *Tokyo Joe* (1949), as Ito
- *Dragon Seed* (1944), as Villager (uncredited)
- *They Met in Bombay* (1941), as Japanese Colonel (uncredited)
- *Mr. Moto's Last Warning* (1939), as Fake Mr. Moto (uncredited)
- *White Legion* (1936), as Dr. Nogi
- *Revolt of the Zombies* (1936), as Buna
- *Oil for the Lamps of China* (1935), as Tea House Owner
- *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy (uncredited)
- *Imitation of Life* (1934), as Customer in Pancake Shop (uncredited)
- *Charlie Chan's Courage* (1934), as Jiu Jitsu Man
- *Murder at the Vanities* (1934), as Koto (uncredited)
- *Four Frightened People* (1934), as Native

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