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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.
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Filmography
all 87
Movies 84
TV Shows 3
self 1
Director 1
Narrator 1
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog (2002)
Movie
Kijima
Ayu no uta (1979)
TV
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada (1978)
TV
Toshihiko Kurahashi
Invitation from the Beach (1978)
Movie
Father
My Brother (1976)
Movie
Actor
Genroku Taiheiki (1975)
TV
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
Funaki
盛り場流し唄 新宿の女 (1970)
Movie
Actor
Fill the Cup with Blood (1969)
Movie
Sky Scraper! (1969)
Movie
Where did Sharaku go? (1968)
Movie
Detective Akechi
Black Lizard (1968)
Movie
Goro Izawa
Secret Information (1968)
Movie
Kazuo Imai
Affair in the Snow (1968)
Movie
Shingo, Ibuki
Impasse (1967)
Movie
6
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
Actor
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (1964)
Movie
Saitô
The Shape of Night (1964)
Movie
Tadasaburô Sasaki
Assassination (1964)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)
Movie
Actor
Yakuza of Seki (1963)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Movie
Tomokichi
Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella (1963)
Movie
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi (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
Actor
Four Sisters (1962)
Movie
The Thinking Leaf (1962)
Movie
Actor
Our Marriage (1962)
Movie
Knightly Advice (1962)
Movie
Atsumichi Uda
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
Movie
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Movie
Narrator
Hokkaido, My Love (1962)
Movie
Kutsuda
The Eighth Enemy (1961)
Movie
News paper editor
City (1961)
Movie
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
Movie
Young Lord Yakuza (1961)
Movie
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Movie
Takano, Army officer
The Stragglers (1960)
Movie
Actor
Hero of the Red Light District (1960)
Movie
Tokyo Detective Girl (1959)
Movie
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi (1959)
Movie
Yoshihiko Takayama
Hahakogusa (1959)
Movie
Koshichi
女と海賊 (1959)
Movie
Okawa
Summer Clouds (1958)
Movie
Actor
Beyond the Seasonal Wind (1958)
Movie
Ryokichi Urushiyama - the husband
Little Peach (1958)
Movie
Actor
Akutoku (1958)
Movie
Doctor at Segawa Hsopital
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Movie
Showdown in Blood (1957)
Movie
Actor
Price of Beauty (1957)
Movie
Rice (1957)
Movie
Phantom samurai
Throne of Blood (1957)
Movie
4
Actor
Tengoku wa doko da (1956)
Movie
Actor
Avalanche (1956)
Movie
Takeo Fujisaki
I Saw the Killer (1956)
Movie
Kashima
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
Movie
Actor
Yukiko (1955)
Movie
Dr. Imanishi
Beautiful Days (1955)
Movie
Actor
Ofukuro (1955)
Movie
Actor
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)
Movie
Koroku Tate
A Billionaire (1954)
Movie
Masao Asai
Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Movie
Katsushiro Okamoto
Seven Samurai (1954)
Movie
4.18
The End of a Day (1954)
Movie
At the End of the Clouds (1953)
Movie
Mr. Pu (1953)
Movie
Actor
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
Movie
Kitani
Vacuum Zone (1952)
Movie
Intern
Ikiru (1952)
Movie
5.3
Actor
The Yamabiko School (1952)
Movie
Sekidô matsuri (1951)
Movie
Nozu
Dancing Girl (1951)
Movie
Actor
Still I Live On (1951)
Movie
Actor
Weeping Doll (1951)
Movie
Elegy (1951)
Movie
The Angry Street (1950)
Movie
Yusa
Stray Dog (1949)
Movie
5
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.71
Based on 600 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1947
1955
1961
1957
2002
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-06-22
Deathday1981-07-04 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceNaka-ku, Japan
SpouseKozue Kimura
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As木村功, Kō Kimura, Исао Кимура
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