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