Gen Shimizu was born on 1 January 1907 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and Stray Dog (1949). He died on 20 December 1972.

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Nobuo Nakamura and Gen Shimizu in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kunio Murai, and Gen Shimizu in Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Fuyuki Murakami, Someshô Matsumoto, Takamaru Sasaki, Keiko Sawai, Gen Shimizu, Toki Shiozawa, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akira Takarada, and Jun Tazaki in Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Fuyuki Murakami, Someshô Matsumoto, Takamaru Sasaki, Gen Shimizu, Toki Shiozawa, and Yoshifumi Tajima in Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Fuyuki Murakami, Someshô Matsumoto, Takamaru Sasaki, Keiko Sawai, Gen Shimizu, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki, and Yoshio Tsuchiya in Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Toshirō Mifune and Isuzu Yamada in Throne of Blood (1957)

Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)

Toshirō Mifune, Keiko Awaji, and Takashi Shimura in Stray Dog (1949)

Toshirō Mifune, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low (1963)

Gen Shimizu(1907-1972)

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