Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 92
Movies 88
TV Shows 4
self 1
Director 1
Narrator 1
Kijima
Ayu no uta (1979)
TV
Toshihiko Kurahashi
Invitation from the Beach (1978)
Movie
Father
My Brother (1976)
Movie
Film Critic
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
Movie
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Movie
5.27
Director Nose
Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
Movie
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Black Lizard (1968)
Movie
Goro Izawa
Secret Information (1968)
Movie
Kazuo Imai
Affair in the Snow (1968)
Movie
Shingo, Ibuki
Impasse (1967)
Movie
6
Eikichi
Journey (1967)
Movie
Mitsuhuru
The Affair (1967)
Movie
6
Yagyu Genzaburo
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)
Movie
Shioya Hangan
Conquest (1965)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)
Movie
Shimamura
Snow Country (1965)
Movie
Tadasaburô Sasaki
Assassination (1964)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Movie
Hirotaro Iguchi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
Movie
6
Detective Arai
High and Low (1963)
Movie
4.6
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
Movie
Yutaka Matsumoto
Our Marriage (1962)
Movie
Atsumichi Uda
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Movie
Narrator
Hokkaido, My Love (1962)
Movie
Kutsuda
The Eighth Enemy (1961)
Movie
News paper editor
City (1961)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Movie
Takano, Army officer
The Stragglers (1960)
Movie
Yoshihiko Takayama
Hahakogusa (1959)
Movie
Koshichi
女と海賊 (1959)
Movie
Ryokichi Urushiyama - the husband
Little Peach (1958)
Movie
Actor
Akutoku (1958)
Movie
Doctor at Segawa Hsopital
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Movie
Senkichi
Rice (1957)
Movie
Phantom samurai
Throne of Blood (1957)
Movie
4
Takeo Fujisaki
I Saw the Killer (1956)
Movie
Actor
Yukiko (1955)
Movie
Actor
Ofukuro (1955)
Movie
Koroku Tate
A Billionaire (1954)
Movie
Kanji Sakata
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
Movie
Masao Asai
Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Movie
Katsushiro Okamoto
Seven Samurai (1954)
Movie
4.18
Actor
Mr. Pu (1953)
Movie
Kitani
Vacuum Zone (1952)
Movie
Intern
Ikiru (1952)
Movie
5.3
Actor
Violence (1952)
Movie
Shinjiro Yusa
Stray Dog (1949)
Movie
5
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-06-22
Deathday1981-07-04 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceNaka-ku, Japan
SpouseKozue Kimura
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsKō Kimura, Исао Кимура
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