King Kong vs. Godzilla
Takashima began participating in a jazz band while a student at Kwansei Gakuin University. He left the university before graduating when he joined the Shintoho studio, debuting as an actor in 1952. He starred in the 1962 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" alongside Yū Fujiki, and subsequently acted with Fujiki in several comedy films about salarymen, which were popular in Japan at that time. Takashima also appeared in "Son of Godzilla" and "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II".