[3] He appeared in more than 100 films,[4] including the Toho productions King Kong vs. Godzilla, Atragon, and Frankenstein vs. Baragon.

He also performed in stage musicals such as My Fair Lady and appeared in several television shows.

Takashima began participating in a jazz band while a student at Kwansei Gakuin University.

[5] He left the university before graduating when he joined the Shintoho studio, debuting as an actor in 1952.

[5] 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.