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