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Teru Shimada was a Japanese American actor who was cast most famously as Mr. Osato, a SPECTRE agent in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice.
Birth Name
Akira Shimada
Born
Saturday, 17 November 1906
Died
Sunday, 19 June 1988
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best Ever Bond | Mr. Osato | 2002 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Shige Ishikawa | 1974 |
| Barnaby Jones | Hidekei Ito | 1973 |
| Which Way to the Front? | Japanese Naval Officer | 1970 |
| To Rome with Love | Mr. Okada | 1969 |
| The Doris Day Show | Mr. Orokumu | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Shigato | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Mr. Tsu | 1968 |
| Mannix | Gardener | 1967 |
| The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk | Mr. Pan | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best Ever Bond | Mr. Osato | 2002 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Shige Ishikawa | 1974 |
| Barnaby Jones | Hidekei Ito | 1973 |
| Which Way to the Front? | Japanese Naval Officer | 1970 |
| To Rome with Love | Mr. Okada | 1969 |
| The Doris Day Show | Mr. Orokumu | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Shigato | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Mr. Tsu | 1968 |
| Mannix | Gardener | 1967 |
| The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk | Mr. Pan | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Judge Hara | 1967 |
| You Only Live Twice | Mr. Osato | 1967 |
| The Felony Squad | Mr. Namura | 1966 |
| Family Affair | Mr. Osaki | 1966 |
| Batman: The Movie | Japanese Delegate | 1966 |
| One Spy Too Many | President Sing-Mok | 1966 |
| Walk Don't Run | Mr. Kurawa | 1966 |
| King Rat | The Japanese General / Japanese General | 1965 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Capt. Osama | 1965 |
| I Spy | Mr. Okura | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | President Sing-Mok | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Nakamura | 1964 |
| Sunday in New York | Maitre 'd | 1963 |
| The Prize | Japanese Correspondent | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | The Judge / Japanese Captain | 1963 |
| The Horizontal Lieutenant | Master of Ceremonies at Show | 1962 |
| Hazel | Mr. Nakuro Isaka | 1961 |
| Follow the Sun | Captain Suma | 1961 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Maj. Samada / Samada | 1960 |
| The Islanders | Kam Chuh / Regas | 1960 |
| Hong Kong | Colonel Okumara | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Ling Chow | 1960 |
| Battle of the Coral Sea | Comm. Mori | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Mr. Harada | 1959 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Noburu | 1959 |
| Laramie | Kami | 1959 |
| Tokyo After Dark | Sen-Sei | 1959 |
| The Geisha Boy | Osakawa - Japanese Detective | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Major Fukuda | 1958 |
| Run Silent Run Deep | Japanese Submarine Commander | 1958 |
| The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | Osato | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Ito Kumagi / Dr. Maseo Tachikawa | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Takara - Board Game Opponent | 1957 |
| The Delicate Delinquent | Togo's Japanese Interpreter | 1957 |
| Battle Hymn | Korean Official | 1957 |
| Navy Wife | Mayor Yoshida | 1956 |
| Navy Log | Judge Toyama / Patriarch | 1955 |
| House of Bamboo | Nagaya | 1955 |
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Japanese Father | 1954 |
| The Snow Creature | Subra | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Kiyoshi Arikawa / Kiyoshi | 1953 |
| The War of the Worlds | Japanese Diplomat | 1953 |
| Cavalcade of America | Kotaro Suto | 1952 |
| Emergency Wedding | Ho | 1950 |
| Tokyo Joe | Ito | 1949 |
| Dragon Seed | Villager | 1944 |
| They Met in Bombay | Japanese Colonel | 1941 |
| Mr. Moto's Last Warning | Fake Mr. Moto | 1939 |
| White Legion | Dr. Nogi | 1936 |
| Revolt of the Zombies | Buna | 1936 |
| The Affair of Susan | Spieler | 1935 |
| Oil for the Lamps of China | Tea House Owner | 1935 |
| Public Hero Number 1 | Sam - Sonny's Japanese Houseboy | 1935 |
| Let 'em Have It | Chinese Houseboy | 1935 |
| Bordertown | Law School Graduate | 1935 |
| Imitation of Life | Japanese Customer in Pancake Shop | 1934 |
| Charlie Chan's Courage | Jiu Jitsu Man | 1934 |
| Murder at the Vanities | Koto | 1934 |
| Four Frightened People | Native | 1934 |
| Midnight Club | Nishi | 1933 |
| Gabriel Over the White House | Japanese Admiral at Debt Conference | 1933 |
| The Night Club Lady | Ito Mura | 1932 |
| The Washington Masquerade | Japanese Dignitary | 1932 |
