Isao Kimura

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

High and Low

Ikiru

Nukata no Ōkimi

Ayu no uta

Throne of Blood

Stray Dog

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

All Movies (97)

• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'2002 · as Self
• Invitation from the Beach1978 · as Toshihiko Kurahashi
• My Brother1976 · as Father
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country1974 · as Film Critic
• Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell1974 · as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
• Confessions Among Actresses1971 · as Director Nose
• Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song1970
• Fill the Cup with Blood1969
• Sky Scraper!1969
• Where did Sharaku go?1968
• Black Lizard1968 · as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
• Secret Information1968 · as Goro Izawa
• Affair in the Snow1968 · as Kazuo Imai
• Impasse1967 · as Shingo, Ibuki
• Journey1967
• Rusty Pendant1967
• The Affair1967 · as Mitsuhuru
• Look Up, Noble One1966 · as Tatsuo Kurokawa
• Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn1966 · as Yagyu Genzaburo
• Conquest1965 · as Inspector Enya
• Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro1965 · as Hon'iden Matahachi
• Snow Country1965 · as Shimamura
• Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall1964
• The Shape of Night1964 · as Saitô
• Assassination1964 · as Tadasaburo Sasaki
• Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964 · as Hon'iden Matahachi
• Yakuza of Seki1963 · as Morisuke of Hakoda
• Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style1963 · as Hon'iden Matahachi
• Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella1963 · as Tomokichi
• Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi1963
• Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai1963 · as Hirotaro Iguchi
• High and Low1963 · as Detective Arai
• Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights1962 · as Hon'iden Matahachi
• Four Sisters1962 · as Shoji Ohtsu
• The Thinking Leaf1962
• Our Marriage1962 · as Yutaka Matsumoto
• Knightly Advice1962
• The Temple of Wild Geese1962 · as Atsumichi Uda
• Nippon no obaachan1962
• Hokkaido, My Love1962
• The Eighth Enemy1961 · as Kutsuda
• City1961
• The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado1961
• Young Lord Yakuza1961
• Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Hon'iden Matahachi
• Daigaku buyū-den1961
• Beware of The Gunman1961
• The Harbor Lights1961
• The Stragglers1960
• The Brass General1960
• Hero of the Red Light District1960
• White Cliffs1960
• Tokyo Detective Girl1959
• Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene1959
• Hahakogusa1959 · as Yoshihiko Takayama
• The Woman and the Pirate1959 · as 幸七
• Summer Clouds1958 · as Okawa
• Beyond the Seasonal Wind1958
• Little Peach1958 · as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
• Vice1958 · as Iwase Shichiro
• The Story of Pure Love1957 · as Segawa Hospital doctor
• Showdown in Blood1957
• Price of Beauty1957 · as Kazuhiko Uematsu
• Rice1957
• Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon1957
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Phantom samurai
• Tengoku wa doko da1956
• Avalanche1956
• The Wife is a University Student1956 · as Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
• I Saw the Killer1956 · as Takeo Fujisaki
• Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree1955 · as Kashima
• Yukiko1955
• Beautiful Days1955 · as Imanishi
• Ofukuro1955
• The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes1955 · as Ensign Tamai
• A Billionaire1954 · as Koroku Tate
• The Valley Between Love and Death1954 · as Kanji Sakata
• Student Double Suicide1954
• Cape Ashizuri1954
• Seven Samurai1954 · as Katsushiro Okamoto
• The End of a Day1954
• At the End of the Clouds1953
• Mr. Pu1953
• A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land1953
• Vacuum Zone1952 · as Kitani
• Ikiru1952 · as Intern
• Violence1952
• The Yamabiko School1952
• Sekidô matsuri1951
• Dancing Girl1951 · as Nozu
• Still I Live On1951 · as Mizuno
• Weeping Doll1951 · as Nomine
• Elegy1951
• Beyond Love and Hate1951
• The Angry Street1950
• Stray Dog1949 · as Yusa
• The Love of the Actress Sumako1947

All TV Shows (4)

• Nukata no Ōkimi1980
• Ayu no uta1979 · as 木島先生
• Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada1978
• Fuyu no Undokai1977