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Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura).
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Filmography
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Movies 207
TV Shows 10
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Self (voice)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well (2002)
Movie
Salaryman Senka (1995)
Movie
47 Ronin (1994)
Movie
9
Free and Easy Special (1994)
Movie
Free and Easy 4 (1991)
Movie
Seventeen Ninja (1990)
Movie
Eiji Tsuburaya
The Men Who Made Ultraman (1989)
Movie
Makoto Nishimura
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Movie
Inujini Seshi Mono (1986)
Movie
Senkichi Otsubo
The Detective (1984)
Movie
Actor
Kukai (1984)
Movie
Sekishusai Yagyu
宮本武蔵 (1984)
TV
Kentarô Hatanaka
A Hunter's Diary (1983)
Movie
Theater Of Life (1983)
Movie
岸井亥之吉
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi (1983)
Movie
Highschool Scramble (1982)
Movie
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1982)
Movie
Goyou Sen Enjou (1982)
Movie
Heizo Sekiguchi
The Old Bear Hunter (1982)
Movie
Kôta Kitô
Kemono Michi (1982)
TV
The Black Hood (1981)
Movie
The Woman (1980)
Movie
沢木忠一郎
Niji wo Oru (1980)
TV
Actor
The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980)
Movie
映画村殺人事件 (1980)
Movie
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Movie
Yasuzo / Father
The Strangling (1979)
Movie
Glass-Eating Mime
Down with The Big Boss (1979)
Movie
Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Movie
Mamo (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
Movie
5
Shigetomi Katta
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
Movie
The Incident (1978)
Movie
Sojin Kamiya
Love and Faith (1978)
Movie
Narukami Tetsudo
Falcons of Edo (1978)
TV
The Beauty in the Bathroom (1978)
Movie
Eiichiro Hanashima
Love in the Mud (1977)
Movie
Actor
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
Movie
Kahe Shimabara
Japan's Don (1977)
Movie
Skyscraper Murder Case (1976)
Movie
Nagaoka Ryokai
Manhunt (1976)
Movie
Actor
Evil Doers (1975)
Movie
Tokuji Owada
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Movie
Solar Eclipse (1975)
Movie
Actor
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
Movie
Actor
Without Complaint (1975)
Movie
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974)
Movie
Old bean-seller
Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
Movie
Magobei 'Snake' Ohnishi
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Movie
4.13
Sentaro Watanuki
The Family (1974)
Movie
The Bodyguard (1974)
TV
Tamezo Tsukamoto
Tsugaru Folksong (1973)
Movie
Priest Dokai
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Movie
3.86
Summer Days Across the River (1973)
Movie
Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Movie
3.63
Retsudo Yagyu
Lone Wolf and Cub (1973)
TV
Actor
Horror Theater Unbalance (1973)
TV
Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Movie
3.86
Actor
The Pirates of Buban (1972)
Movie
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)
Movie
Actor
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life (1970)
Movie
Waterfront Blues (1970)
Movie
Migi
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Movie
5.15
Kada
Play It Cool (1970)
Movie
Actor
Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970)
TV
Yanosuke Hashimoto
Second Generation Young Boss (1969)
Movie
Actor
The Wild Sea (1969)
Movie
One Two Punch (1969)
Movie
Ex-husband
Black Rose Mansion (1969)
Movie
Actor
Lady with Seven Faces (1969)
Movie
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)
Movie
Goyokin (1969)
Movie
Actor
Kanto Woman Infamy (1969)
Movie
Makabe
Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)
Movie
4.29
Sosuke Saruya
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Movie
5.14
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation (1968)
Movie
Nishizato
Living Skeleton (1968)
Movie
Detective Matoba
Black Lizard (1968)
Movie
Yasuke , Asa's Father
Snake Woman's Curse (1968)
Movie
Banzô
The Bride from Hades (1968)
Movie
Neon taiheiki (1968)
Movie
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty (1968)
Movie
Nonomiya, Ueda's senpai
New Year Trip (1968)
Movie
Errant samurai Daijuro
Eleven Samurai (1967)
Movie
Actor
A Killer's Key (1967)
Movie
Man
Sasayaki no Jō (1967)
Movie
Itakura
Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)
Movie
Kyushiro Suga
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
Movie
4.81
Hanada
Classmates (1967)
Movie
Express Train (1967)
Movie
Magobe
Samurai Wolf II (1967)
Movie
Actor
Flower Cards Chivalry (1967)
Movie
Etanba
Rise Against the Sword (1966)
Movie
Actor
Rub Out the Past (1966)
Movie
Seven Gamblers (1966)
Movie
Detective Sanada
The Pornographers (1966)
Movie
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Movie
Kawanishi
The Threat (1966)
Movie
Kôichirô Onda / Kenjirô Yamauchi (plays two parts)
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man (1965)
Movie
Hunchback Caretaker / Baron Tominaga
The Ghost of the Hunchback (1965)
Movie
Staff Officer
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
Movie
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
Movie
Chief retainer
Red Beard (1965)
Movie
4.33
Hyobu Chisaka
Tale of Ninja Duty (1965)
Movie
Tahei Narumiya
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)
Movie
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
Movie
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)
Movie
Shinobu
The Spying Sorceress (1964)
Movie
Sakichi
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
Movie
Hiroshi Asami
The Glamorous Ghost (1964)
Movie
The Great Duel (1964)
Movie
Koichi Takahashi
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Movie
The Desperate (1964)
Movie
Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)
Movie
An Impudent Man (1964)
Movie
Mizuno Izumi
Warrior of the Wind (1964)
Movie
Killer (voice)
Doggie March (1963)
Movie
Kujuro Hirayama
13 Assassins (1963)
Movie
Chubei
Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)
Movie
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword (1963)
Movie
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter (1963)
Movie
Rokutaro Kosaka
The Life of a Horse-Trader (1963)
Movie
The Maid Story (1963)
Movie
Kameoka, Zenji
Tale of Army Brutality (1963)
Movie
Yamaoka
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
Movie
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Tada Ichiro
Life of a Flower (1963)
TV
Third Creditor
High and Low (1963)
Movie
4.6
Pressure of Guilt (1963)
Movie
Heiroku
Escape from Hell (1963)
Movie
Bad Reputation of the Big Three (1963)
Movie
Kizaru
Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)
Movie
4.17
Teiichirô Ômori
Curry Rice (1962)
Movie
My Hobo (1962)
Movie
The Body (1962)
Movie
Chibusa o daku musume tachi (1962)
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Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu (1962)
Movie
Mount Hakone (1962)
Movie
Yume de aimasho (1962)
Movie
I. George monogatari taiyō no ko (1962)
Movie
Actor
Gang vs. Gang (1962)
Movie
Ano hashi no hotori de (1962)
Movie
Michiharu Mitsumine
Four Sisters (1962)
Movie
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
Movie
Actor
Tokyo Bay (1962)
Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
Movie
Murata - Secretary of Space
Gorath (1962)
Movie
Kono ni uruwashi (1962)
Movie
Haru no sanmyaku (1962)
Movie
Woman of Design (1962)
Movie
Mokudō Kida
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Movie
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy (1961)
Movie
Hanada
Tale of a Company Boss 3 (1961)
Movie
Snow in the South Seas (1961)
Movie
A Man in Red (1961)
Movie
Refresher Course for Wives (1961)
Movie
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２ (1961)
Movie
Tale of a Company Boss (1961)
Movie
Kuma
Yojimbo (1961)
Movie
3.88
Sotaro Uhara
Zero Focus (1961)
Movie
Denroku
Blind Devotion (1961)
Movie
Sai
Killers on Parade (1961)
Movie
Kyô Sakata
Hidden Fangs (1961)
Movie
Yajima
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Movie
1
Aces Wild (1961)
Movie
Uno
Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
Movie
The Angry Sea (1960)
Movie
Nishimura
Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
Movie
Sixteen years old (1960)
Movie
Contract Officer Shirai
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Movie
3
Morimoto
The Call of the Foghorn (1960)
Movie
Actor
The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)
Movie
Matakichi Nakaike
Intimidation (1960)
Movie
Okudaira
The Lost Alibi (1960)
Movie
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960)
Movie
The Devil's Sigh (1960)
Movie
Goro Mitamura
My Second Brother (1959)
Movie
Ryu Konei
The Wild Reporter (1959)
Movie
The Human Cyclone (1959)
Movie
Farewell to Southern Tosa (1959)
Movie
Break Down that Wall (1959)
Movie
Umi wa kurutte iru (1959)
Movie
The Fugitive (1959)
Movie
Matsumura
Tokyo Romance Way (1959)
Movie
The Song of the Cart (1959)
Movie
Tetsuji Mizutani
Crimson Wings (1958)
Movie
A pharmacist
Endless Desire (1958)
Movie
Actor
The Invisible Wall (1958)
Movie
Wolves of the Night (1958)
Movie
Tominaga
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)
Movie
Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
Movie
Reporter
The Seasons of Love (1958)
Movie
The Girl from Osaka (1958)
Movie
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Movie
Kanji Takada
Stolen Desire (1958)
Movie
Actor
Breasts and Bullets (1958)
Movie
Fangs of Night (1958)
Movie
Acupressurist
The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
Movie
Hikobei
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)
Movie
Harbor Rats (1957)
Movie
Peasant
The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
Movie
Kiyami no Shinko
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
Movie
Actor
Who's The Real Killer (1957)
Movie
Nikutai no hankō (1957)
Movie
Saigo no totsugeki (1957)
Movie
Tax Collector
Frankie the Milkman (1956)
Movie
Actor
Dotanba (1956)
Movie
Nikoyon monogatari (1956)
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Excursion to Treasure Isle (1956)
Movie
Meiken monogatari (1956)
Movie
Tengoku wa doko da (1956)
Movie
Kasuya
Fountainhead (1956)
Movie
Baba
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Movie
Yukiko (1955)
Movie
A Billionaire (1954)
Movie
Extraordinary detective
The Street Without Sun (1954)
Movie
At the End of the Clouds (1953)
Movie
Actor
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-01-25
Deathday1997-04-29 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceSapporo, Japan
FatherMakoto Nishimura
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKo Nishimura, 西村晃, Ко Нисимура
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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