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Isao Kimura
Born · June 22, 1923
Died · July 4, 1981 (58 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
0.0
2002
Nukata no Ōkimi
(2 episodes)
0.0
1980
Ayu no uta
木島先生 · (158 episodes)
0.0
1979
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
(1 episode)
0.0
1978
Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi
0.0
1978
My Brother
Father
0.0
1976
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
7.5
1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
7.1
1974
Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
6.1
1971
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
0.0
1970
Fill the Cup with Blood
0.0
1969
Sky Scraper!
0.0
1969
Where did Sharaku go?
0.0
1968
Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
6.7
1968
Secret Information
Goro Izawa
0.0
1968
Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
7.0
1968
Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki
6.4
1967
Journey
0.0
1967
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
6.6
1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
6.6
1966
Conquest
Inspector Enya
5.0
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi
7.3
1965
Snow Country
Shimamura
4.0
1965
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
6.8
1964
The Shape of Night
Saitô
6.6
1964
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
7.1
1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
7.0
1964
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
8.5
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi
7.0
1963
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
Tomokichi
0.0
1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
0.0
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi
7.0
1963
High and Low
Detective Arai
8.3
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
7.4
1962
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
6.0
1962
The Thinking Leaf
0.0
1962
Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto
6.7
1962
Knightly Advice
7.0
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
6.3
1962
Nippon no obaachan
0.0
1962
Hokkaido, My Love
0.0
1962
The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda
0.0
1961
City
0.0
1961
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
0.0
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
7.5
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi
7.3
1961
The Stragglers
0.0
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
8.6
1960
White Cliffs
0.0
1960
Tokyo Detective Girl
0.0
1959
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
0.0
1959
Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
0.0
1959
女と海賊
幸七
0.0
1959
Summer Clouds
Okawa
7.5
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
0.0
1958
Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
5.8
1958
Akutoku
Iwase Shichiro
0.0
1958
The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor
6.8
1957
Showdown in Blood
0.0
1957
Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu
0.0
1957
Rice
6.4
1957
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
7.9
1957
Tengoku wa doko da
0.0
1956
Avalanche
0.0
1956
I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki
0.0
1956
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima
0.0
1955
Yukiko
0.0
1955
Beautiful Days
6.7
1955
Ofukuro
0.0
1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai
0.0
1955
A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
5.7
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata
0.0
1954
Student Double Suicide
0.0
1954
Cape Ashizuri
0.0
1954
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
8.5
1954
The End of a Day
5.0
1954
At the End of the Clouds
0.0
1953
Mr. Pu
6.5
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
0.0
1953
Vacuum Zone
Kitani
7.0
1952
Ikiru
Intern
8.3
1952
Violence
0.0
1952
The Yamabiko School
0.0
1952
Sekidô matsuri
0.0
1951
Dancing Girl
Nozu
6.3
1951
Still I Live On
Mizuno
5.7
1951
Weeping Doll
Nomine
0.0
1951
Elegy
0.0
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
0.0
1951
The Angry Street
6.5
1950
Stray Dog
Yusa
7.5
1949
The Love of the Actress Sumako
6.8
1947