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