Kō Nishimura
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kō Nishimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Yokomizo Seishi Series

Life of a Flower

High and Low

Wounded Angels

Niji wo Oru

Yojimbo

Red Beard

Fushoku no kōzō
All Movies (247)
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'2002 · as Self (voice)
- Salaryman Senka1995
- 47 Ronin1994
- Free and Easy Special1994
- Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto1993 · as Self
- Free and Easy 41991
- Seventeen Ninja1990
- The Men Who Made Ultraman1989 · as Eiji Tsuburaya
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis1988 · as Makoto Nishimura
- One Who Died in Vain1986
- The Detective1984 · as Senkichi Otsubo
- Kukai1984
- A Hunter's Diary1983 · as Kentaro Hatanaka
- Theater Of Life1983
- Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi1983 · as 岸井亥之吉
- Highschool Scramble1982
- Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot1982
- Goyou Sen Enjou1982
- The Old Bear Hunter1982 · as Heizo Sekiguchi
- The Black Hood1981
- The Woman1980
- The Claws of the Divine Beast1980
- 映画村殺人事件1980
- Nomugi Pass1979
- The Strangling1979 · as Yasuzo Kariba
- Down with The Big Boss1979 · as Glass-Eating Mime
- Nutcracker Fantasy1979 · as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
- Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo1978 · as Mamo (voice)
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion1978 · as Shigetomi Katta
- Love and Faith1978 · as Sojin Kamiya
- The Incident1978 · as Goichi Ômura
- The Beauty in the Bathroom1978
- Love in the Mud1977
- Hokuriku Proxy War1977 · as Mr. Yasuhara
- Japan's Don1977 · as Kahe Shimabara
- Skyscraper Murder Case1976
- Manhunt1976 · as Nagaoka Ryokai
- Elegy1976 · as Nobuhisa Hyodo
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss1975 · as Tokuji Owada
- Solar Eclipse1975
- Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees1975 · as Kenpeishi
- Without Complaint1975
- The Rapacious Jailbreaker1974 · as Sukezo Kojima
- Jack and the Beanstalk1974 · as Old bean-seller
- Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?1974 · as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
- The Family1974 · as Sentaro Watanuki
- Tsugaru Folksong1973 · as Tamezo Tsukamoto
- Lady Snowblood1973 · as Priest Dokai
- Summer Days Across the River1973
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare1973 · as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
- When the Night Breaks1973
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice1972 · as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
- The Pirates of Buban1972
- Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow1971
- Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life1970
- Waterfront Blues1970
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival1970 · as Migi
- Play It Cool1970 · as Kada
- Second Generation Young Boss1969 · as Yanosuke Hashimoto
- The Wild Sea1969 · as Munekata
- 喜劇 深夜族1969
- One Two Punch1969
- Black Rose Mansion1969 · as Ex-husband
- ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩1969 · as 寺田保造
- Lady with Seven Faces1969 · as Printer
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool1969
- Kanto Woman Infamy1969
- Goyokin1969
- Quick-draw Okatsu1969 · as Makabe
- Samaritan Zatoichi1968 · as Sosuke Saruya
- A Lavish Invitation1968
- Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation1968
- Living Skeleton1968 · as Nishizato
- Age of Japanese Guerrillas1968 · as Policeman on Island
- Black Lizard1968 · as Detective Matoba
- Snake Woman's Curse1968 · as Yasuke
- The Bride from Hades1968 · as Banzou
- Neon taiheiki1968
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty1968
- New Year Trip1968
- Eleven Samurai1967 · as Errant samurai Daijuro
- A Killer's Key1967 · as Yasujiro Endo
- Whispering Joe1967 · as Man
- Shogun and His Mistress 21967 · as Itakura
- Zatoichi the Outlaw1967 · as Uneshiro Suga
- The Singing Gunman1967
- Classmates1967 · as Hanada
- Express Train1967
- Samurai Wolf II1967 · as Magobe
- Flower Cards Chivalry1967
- Debt of Honor1966 · as Iinuma
- Rub Out the Past1966 · as Tanzo Koide
- Seven Gamblers1966
- Dokonjo Taisho1966
- The Pornographers1966 · as Detective Sanada
- The Sword of Doom1966 · as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- The Threat1966 · as Kawanishi
- Rise Against the Sword1966 · as Etanba
- Stairs of Evil1965 · as Shimoyama
- The Ghost of the One Eyed Man1965
- House of Terrors1965 · as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
- The Retreat from Kiska1965 · as Staff Officer
- Tale of Japanese Burglars1965
- Red Beard1965 · as Chief retainer
- Tale of Ninja Duty1965 · as Chisaka Hyobu
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire1965 · as Tahei Narumiya
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu1965 · as 今川義元
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall1964
- The Spying Sorceress1964
- The Scarlet Camellia1964 · as Sakichi
- The Gorgeous Geisha1964
- The Glamorous Ghost1964 · as Hiroshi Asami
- Giant Rumble1964
- Intentions of Murder1964 · as Koichi Takahashi
- The Desperate1964 · as Yamaguchi
- Edo Crime Book: Black Claws1964 · as Enzo Tatara
- Life of Hishakaku 31964
- Mr. Giant's Victory Flag1964
- Warrior of the Wind1964 · as Mizuno Izumi
- An Impudent Man1964
- Doggie March1963 · as Killer (voice)
- 13 Assassins1963 · as Kujuro Hirayama
- Miren1963 · as Okazaki
- Bamboo Doll of Echizen1963 · as Chubei
- Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword1963
- A Prisoner in Search of Daughter1963
- The Life of a Horse-Trader1963
- At the Side of the Bridge 41963
- The Maid Story1963
- Tale of Army Brutality1963 · as Kameoka, Zenji
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai1963 · as Yamaoka
- High and Low1963 · as Third Creditor
- Pressure of Guilt1963
- Escape from Hell1963 · as Heiroku
- At the Side of the Bridge 31963
- Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men1963
- Ninja, A Band of Assassins1962 · as Kizaru
- My Hobo1962
- Curry Rice1962
- The Body1962
- Farm Girls1962
- At the Side of the Bridge 21962
- Mount Hakone1962
- Let's Meet in Our Dreams1962
- I. George monogatari taiyō no ko1962
- Gang vs. Gang1962
- At the Side of the Bridge1962
- Four Sisters1962 · as Michiharu Mitsumine
- Akitsu Hot Springs1962 · as Yamiya
- Tokyo Bay1962 · as Noboru Sumikawa
- Ika naru hoshi no moto ni1962
- Gorath1962 · as Murata - Secretary of Space
- Kono ni uruwashi1962
- Haru no sanmyaku1962
- Woman of Design1962
- The Temple of Wild Geese1962 · as Mokudō Kida
- The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy1961
- Tale of a Company Boss 31961 · as Hanada
- Snow in the South Seas1961
- A Man in Red1961
- Refresher Course for Wives1961
- Shiroi minamikaze1961
- Tale of A Company Boss Pt.21961
- Tale of a Company Boss1961
- Yojimbo1961 · as Kuma
- Eternity of Love1961
- Zero Focus1961 · as Sotaro Uhara
- Blind Devotion1961 · as Denroku
- Killers on Parade1961 · as Sai
- The Wind and Waves1961
- Hidden Fangs1961
- The Matsukawa Incident1961
- Pigs and Battleships1961 · as Yajima
- An Angel is Chasing Me1961
- For This We Fight1961
- Aces Wild1961
- Chikuhō no kodomotachi1960
- Towering Waves1960
- Wait for Tomorrow1960 · as Uno
- The Angry Sea1960
- Everything Goes Wrong1960 · as Nishimura
- Sixteen years old1960
- Yakuza sensei1960
- The Last Trump Card1960 · as Chibi (Shorty)
- The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Contract Officer Shirai
- The Call of the Foghorn1960 · as Morimoto
- The Blue Beast1960
- Showdown on Pier No.31960 · as Boss
- The Sleeping Beast Within1960
- Intimidation1960 · as Matakichi Nakaike
- The Lost Alibi1960 · as Okudaira
- Ryuji, the Gun Slinger1960 · as Yang Sanyuan
- The Devil's Sigh1960
- My Second Brother1959 · as Goro Mitamura
- The Wild Reporter1959 · as Ryu Konei
- The Human Cyclone1959
- Elegy to Youth1959
- Farewell to Southern Tosa1959
- Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero1959
- Break Down that Wall1959
- Tokyo no Kodoku1959
- Umi wa kurutte iru1959
- おヤエの家つき女中1959
- The Fugitive1959
- おヤエのママさん女中1959
- Tokyo Romance Way1959
- The Song of the Cart1959
- Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru1959
- Crimson Wings1958 · as Tetsuji Mizutani
- Endless Desire1958 · as Pharmacist
- Showdown in the Storm1958
- The Invisible Wall1958
- Wolves of the Night1958
- The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow1958 · as Tominaga
- Drunken Ghost1958 · as Daigorô
- Nishi Ginza Station1958
- Tokyo Bus Girl1958
- The Seasons of Love1958 · as Reporter
- The Ballad of Narayama1958 · as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
- The Girl from Osaka1958
- Stolen Desire1958 · as Kanji Takada
- Breasts and Bullets1958
- Fangs of Night1958
- But the Flesh is Weak1957 · as Acupressurist
- The Eagle and the Hawk1957 · as Hikobei
- Harbor Rats1957
- The Temptress and the Monk1957 · as Peasant
- Shiroi natsu1957
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · as Kiyami no Shinko
- Who's the Real Killer1957 · as Nakagawa
- Devil Flesh1957
- Saigo no totsugeki1957
- Lunar Eclipse1956
- Frankie the Milkman1956 · as Tax Collector
- Dotanba1956
- Saigo no sentō-ki1956
- Nikoyon monogatari1956
- Excursion to Treasure Isle1956
- Meiken monogatari1956
- Tengoku wa doko da1956
- Fountainhead1956 · as Kasuya
- The Burmese Harp1956 · as Baba
- Yukiko1955
- A Billionaire1954
- The Street Without Sun1954 · as Extraordinary detective
- At the End of the Clouds1953
All TV Shows (10)
- ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険1990
- What if the school...?1985
- Kemono Michi1982
- Niji wo Oru1980 · as 沢木忠一郎
- Fushoku no kōzō1977 · as Honda Yoshikazu
- Yokomizo Seishi Series1977
- Wounded Angels1974 · as Detective Kaizu
- The Bodyguard1974
- Mito Komon1969 · as 水戸光圀
- Life of a Flower1963 · as Tada Ichiro