Isao Kimura
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isao Kimura (木村 功 Kimura Isao), also known as Kō Kimura, was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog (1949) as Yusa the criminal. Perhaps his most notable collaboration with Kurosawa was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro. During his career he also appeared in several films directed by Mikio Naruse as well as appearing in the famous Lone Wolf and Cub film series. In addition to a film career spanning almost thirty years, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He died of esophageal cancer at 57 years old.
Known for
Credits
High and Low (1963)
as Detective Arai
Ikiru (1952)
as Intern
Seven Samurai (1954)
as Katsushiro Okamoto
Throne of Blood (1957)
as Phantom samurai
Stray Dog (1949)
as Yusa
The Love Letter Trial (1951)
Actor
Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
Actor
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Conquest (1965)
as Inspector Enya
I Saw the Killer (1956)
as Takeo Fujisaki
Sky Scraper! (1969)
Actor
Black Lizard (1968)
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Actor
Will to Conquer (1970)
as Takechi Hanpeita
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
as Film Critic
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
as Hirotaro Iguchi
The Harbor Lights (1961)
Actor
Weeping Doll (1951)
as Nomine
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Look Up, Noble One (1966)
as Tatsuo Kurokawa
Camellia Gate (1964)
Actor
Little Peach (1958)
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Yakuza of Seki (1963)
as Morisuke of Hakoda
Rice (1957)
Actor
Isho: Shiroi shōjo (1976)
Actor
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
as Atsumichi Uda
Where did Sharaku go? (1968)
Actor
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Actor
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
as Kanji Sakata
Price of Beauty (1957)
as Kazuhiko Uematsu
Young Lord Yakuza (1961)
Actor
My Brother (1976)
as Father
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
as Segawa Hospital doctor
Elegy (1951)
Actor
Knightly Advice (1962)
Actor
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes (1956)
Actor
Assassination (1964)
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
Snow Country (1965)
as Shimamura
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)
as Yagyu Genzaburo
A Billionaire (1954)
as Koroku Tate
Avalanche (1956)
Actor
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Impasse (1967)
as Shingo, Ibuki
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
as Kashima
Secret Information (1968)
as Goro Izawa
Vacuum Zone (1952)
as Private Riichiro Kitani
Summer Clouds (1958)
as Okawa
The Shape of Night (1964)
as Saitô
Beautiful Days (1955)
as Imanishi
Beyond Love and Hate (1951)
Actor
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon (1957)
Actor
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
as Hon'iden Matahachi
At the End of the Clouds (1953)
Actor
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
Actor
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)
as Ensign Tamai
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)
Actor
The Affair (1967)
as Mitsuhuru
Yukiko (1955)
Actor
Ofukuro (1955)
Actor
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai (1951)
Actor
Still I Live On (1951)
as Mizuno
Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
as Director Nose
Affair in the Snow (1968)
as Kazuo Imai
Four Sisters (1962)
as Shoji Ohtsu
The Thinking Leaf (1962)
Actor
The Angry Street (1950)
Actor
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella (1963)
as Tomokichi
Tokyo Detective Girl (1959)
Actor
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)
Actor
Invitation from the Beach (1978)
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
White Cliffs (1960)
Actor
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi (1963)
Actor
Mr. Pu (1953)
Actor
City (1961)
Actor
Dancing Girl (1951)
as Nozu
Rusty Pendant (1967)
Actor
Could I But Live (1964)
as Professor Hiraoka
The Journey (1967)
as Eikichi Ito
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' (2002)
as Self
Sekidô matsuri (1951)
Actor
The End of a Day (1954)
Actor
Showdown in Blood (1957)
Actor
Beyond the Seasonal Wind (1958)
as Tetsuo Yasunari
The Woman and the Pirate (1959)
as 幸七
The Yamabiko School (1952)
Actor
The Stragglers (1960)
Actor
Where's Paradise? (1956)
Actor
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene (1959)
Actor
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
Actor
Hahakogusa (1959)
as Yoshihiko Takayama
Violence (1952)
Actor
Vice (1958)
as Iwase Shichiro
Our Marriage (1962)
as Yutaka Matsumoto
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song (1970)
Actor
The Eighth Enemy (1961)
as Kutsuda
Student Double Suicide (1954)
Actor
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Actor
Fill the Cup with Blood (1969)
Actor
Hokkaido, My Love (1962)
Actor
Beware of The Gunman (1961)
Actor
The Brass General (1960)
Actor
The Wife is a University Student (1956)
as Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
Daigaku buyū-den (1961)
Actor