Acting · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan · Born June 22, 1923
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.
MovieAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
as Self
TVNukata no Ōkimi
1980
TVAyu no uta
1979
as 木島先生
TVSeishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
MovieInvitation from the Beach
1978
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
TVFuyu no Undokai
1977
MovieMy Brother
1976
as Father
Movie遺書 白い少女
1976
MoviePastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
as Film Critic
MovieLone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
MovieConfessions Among Actresses
1971
as Director Nose
MoviePleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
MovieFill the Cup with Blood
1969
MovieSky Scraper!
1969
MovieWhere did Sharaku go?
1968
MovieBlack Lizard
1968
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
MovieSecret Information
1968
as Goro Izawa
MovieAffair in the Snow
1968
as Kazuo Imai
MovieImpasse
1967
as Shingo, Ibuki
MovieJourney
1967
MovieRusty Pendant
1967
MovieThe Affair
1967
as Mitsuhuru
MovieLook Up, Noble One
1966
as Tatsuo Kurokawa
MovieSazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
as Yagyu Genzaburo
MovieConquest
1965
as Inspector Enya
MovieMiyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
as Hon'iden Matahachi
MovieSnow Country
1965
as Shimamura
MovieCruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
MovieThe Shape of Night
1964
as Saitô
MovieAssassination
1964
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
MovieMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Hon'iden Matahachi
MovieYakuza of Seki
1963
as Morisuke of Hakoda
MovieMiyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
as Hon'iden Matahachi
MovieCases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
as Tomokichi
MovieBloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
MovieBushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Hirotaro Iguchi
MovieHigh and Low
1963
as Detective Arai
MovieMiyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Hon'iden Matahachi
MovieFour Sisters
1962
as Shoji Ohtsu
MovieThe Thinking Leaf
1962
MovieOur Marriage
1962
as Yutaka Matsumoto
MovieKnightly Advice
1962
MovieThe Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Atsumichi Uda
MovieNippon no obaachan
1962
Hokkaido, My Love
1962
MovieThe Eighth Enemy
1961
as Kutsuda
MovieCity
1961
MovieThe Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
MovieYoung Lord Yakuza
1961
MovieMiyamoto Musashi
1961
as Hon'iden Matahachi
MovieDaigaku buyū-den
1961
MovieBeware of The Gunman
1961
MovieThe Harbor Lights
1961
MovieThe Stragglers
1960
MovieThe Brass General
1960
MovieHero of the Red Light District
1960
MovieWhite Cliffs
1960
MovieTokyo Detective Girl
1959
MoviePolice Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
MovieHahakogusa
1959
as Yoshihiko Takayama
MovieThe Woman and the Pirate
1959
as 幸七
MovieSummer Clouds
1958
as Okawa
MovieBeyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
MovieLittle Peach
1958
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
MovieVice
1958
as Iwase Shichiro
MovieThe Story of Pure Love
1957
as Segawa Hospital doctor
MovieShowdown in Blood
1957
MoviePrice of Beauty
1957
as Kazuhiko Uematsu
MovieRice
1957
MoviePolice Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957
MovieThrone of Blood
1957
as Phantom samurai
MovieTengoku wa doko da
1956
MovieAvalanche
1956
MovieThe Wife is a University Student
1956
as Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
MovieI Saw the Killer
1956
as Takeo Fujisaki
MovieTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Kashima
MovieYukiko
1955
MovieBeautiful Days
1955
as Imanishi
MovieOfukuro
1955
MovieThe Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
as Ensign Tamai
MovieA Billionaire
1954
as Koroku Tate
MovieThe Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Kanji Sakata
MovieStudent Double Suicide
1954
MovieCape Ashizuri
1954
MovieSeven Samurai
1954
as Katsushiro Okamoto
MovieThe End of a Day
1954
MovieAt the End of the Clouds
1953
MovieMr. Pu
1953
MovieA Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
MovieVacuum Zone
1952
as Kitani
MovieIkiru
1952
as Intern
MovieViolence
1952
MovieThe Yamabiko School
1952
MovieSekidô matsuri
1951
MovieDancing Girl
1951
as Nozu
MovieStill I Live On
1951
as Mizuno
MovieThe Love Letter Trial
1951
MovieWeeping Doll
1951
as Nomine
MovieElegy
1951
MovieBeyond Love and Hate
1951
MovieThe Angry Street
1950
MovieStray Dog
1949
as Yusa
MovieThe Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
MovieThe War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
