People
Isao Kimura
- Name: Isao Kimura
- Birthday: 1923-06-22
- Also known as: Kō Kimura,Исао Кимура,ایسائو کیمورا
- Place of birth: Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Popularity: 0.236
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' as Self | 2002-10-25 |
| Invitation from the Beach as Toshihiko Kurahashi | 1978-04-08 |
| My Brother as Father | 1976-12-25 |
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Film Critic | 1974-12-28 |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell as Tsuchigumo Hyoei | 1974-04-24 |
| Confessions Among Actresses as Director Nose | 1971-11-17 |
| Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song | 1970-05-30 |
| Fill the Cup with Blood | 1969-10-08 |
| Sky Scraper! | 1969-05-14 |
| Where did Sharaku go? | 1968-08-22 |
| Black Lizard as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi | 1968-08-14 |
| Secret Information as Goro Izawa | 1968-05-14 |
| Affair in the Snow as Kazuo Imai | 1968-01-31 |
| Impasse as Shingo, Ibuki | 1967-12-01 |
| Journey | 1967-11-12 |
| The Affair as Mitsuhuru | 1967-05-13 |
| Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn as Yagyu Genzaburo | 1966-05-25 |
| Conquest as Inspector Enya | 1965-11-21 |
| Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Hon'iden Matahachi | 1965-09-04 |
| Snow Country as Shimamura | 1965-04-10 |
| Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall | 1964-12-12 |
| The Shape of Night as Saitô | 1964-11-01 |
| Assassination as Tadasaburo Sasaki | 1964-07-04 |
| Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Hon'iden Matahachi | 1964-01-01 |
| Yakuza of Seki as Morisuke of Hakoda | 1963-11-20 |
| Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style as Hon'iden Matahachi | 1963-08-14 |
| Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella as Tomokichi | 1963-06-30 |
| Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi | 1963-05-12 |
| Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Hirotaro Iguchi | 1963-04-28 |
| High and Low as Detective Arai | 1963-03-01 |
| Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Hon'iden Matahachi | 1962-11-17 |
| Four Sisters as Shoji Ohtsu | 1962-07-01 |
| The Thinking Leaf | 1962-05-16 |
| Our Marriage as Yutaka Matsumoto | 1962-03-18 |
| Knightly Advice | 1962-01-31 |
| The Temple of Wild Geese as Atsumichi Uda | 1962-01-21 |
| Nippon no obaachan | 1962-01-03 |
| Hokkaido, My Love | 1962-01-01 |
| The Eighth Enemy as Kutsuda | 1961-12-15 |
| City | 1961-10-14 |
| The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado | 1961-08-05 |
| Young Lord Yakuza | 1961-06-11 |
| Miyamoto Musashi as Hon'iden Matahachi | 1961-05-27 |
| The Stragglers | 1960-10-05 |
| Hero of the Red Light District | 1960-09-03 |
| White Cliffs | 1960-04-05 |
| Tokyo Detective Girl | 1959-09-23 |
| Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi | 1959-09-15 |
| Hahakogusa as Yoshihiko Takayama | 1959-04-22 |
| 女と海賊 as 幸七 | 1959-04-01 |
| Summer Clouds as Okawa | 1958-09-02 |
| Beyond the Seasonal Wind | 1958-06-10 |
| Little Peach as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband | 1958-05-13 |
| Akutoku as Iwase Shichiro | 1958-02-19 |
| The Story of Pure Love as Segawa Hospital doctor | 1957-10-15 |
| Showdown in Blood | 1957-08-28 |
| Price of Beauty as Kazuhiko Uematsu | 1957-03-13 |
| Rice | 1957-03-04 |
| Throne of Blood as Phantom samurai | 1957-01-15 |
| Tengoku wa doko da | 1956-04-23 |
| Avalanche | 1956-03-22 |
| I Saw the Killer as Takeo Fujisaki | 1956-01-29 |
| Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Kashima | 1955-10-05 |
| Yukiko | 1955-08-03 |
| Beautiful Days | 1955-05-25 |
| Ofukuro | 1955-04-10 |
| The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes as Ensign Tamai | 1955-01-09 |
| A Billionaire as Koroku Tate | 1954-11-22 |
| The Valley Between Love and Death as Kanji Sakata | 1954-09-21 |
| Student Double Suicide | 1954-07-27 |
| Cape Ashizuri | 1954-05-18 |
| Seven Samurai as Katsushiro Okamoto | 1954-04-26 |
| The End of a Day | 1954-02-03 |
| At the End of the Clouds | 1953-06-09 |
| Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |
| A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land | 1953-02-20 |
| Vacuum Zone as Kitani | 1952-12-10 |
| Ikiru as Intern | 1952-10-09 |
| Violence | 1952-08-25 |
| The Yamabiko School | 1952-05-01 |
| Sekidô matsuri | 1951-12-07 |
| Dancing Girl as Nozu | 1951-08-17 |
| Still I Live On as Mizuno | 1951-07-04 |
| Weeping Doll as Nomine | 1951-05-19 |
| Elegy | 1951-02-22 |
| Beyond Love and Hate | 1951-01-11 |
| The Angry Street | 1950-05-14 |
| Stray Dog as Yusa | 1949-10-17 |
| The Love of the Actress Sumako | 1947-08-16 |
