Isao Kimura
Acting
Born: June 22, 1923 · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Died: July 4, 1981 (aged 58)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Seven Samurai
1954
Ikiru
1952
High and Low
1963
Throne of Blood
1957
Stray Dog
1949
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
Assassination
1964
Black Lizard
1968
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
The Affair
1967
Photos (1)
Movies (102)
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
High and Low
Detective Arai
Ikiru
Intern
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Will to Conquer
Takechi Hanpeita
Stray Dog
Yusa
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
The Shape of Night
Saitô
Snow Country
Shimamura
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi
Summer Clouds
Okawa
Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi
City
1961
I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki
Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
The Harbor Lights
1961
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
Vice
Iwase Shichiro
My Brother
Father
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
Look Up, Noble One
Tatsuo Kurokawa
The Yamabiko School
1952
Sky Scraper!
1969
Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki
Knightly Advice
1962
Weeping Doll
Nomine
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi
Vacuum Zone
Private Riichiro Kitani
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
Daigaku buyū-den
1961
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
Yukiko
1955
The Love Letter Trial
1951
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi
The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
Conquest
Inspector Enya
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata
Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu
At the End of the Clouds
1953
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957
Beautiful Days
Imanishi
The End of a Day
1954
A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
Beware of The Gunman
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Camellia Gate
1964
Elegy
1951
The Thinking Leaf
1962
Rice
1957
Mr. Pu
1953
Sekidô matsuri
1951
The Journey
Eikichi Ito
Rusty Pendant
1967
Dancing Girl
Nozu
Avalanche
1956
White Cliffs
1960
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Tomokichi
Could I But Live
Professor Hiraoka
Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda
Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto
遺書 白い少女
1976
Secret Information
Goro Izawa
Ofukuro
1955
The Angry Street
1950
The Stragglers
1960
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima
Cape Ashizuri
1954
The Brass General
1960
Still I Live On
Mizuno
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Tokyo Detective Girl
1959
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969
Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Student Double Suicide
1954
Where's Paradise?
1956
The Wife is a University Student
Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
Violence
1952
Showdown in Blood
1957
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951
