Isao Kimura
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
1954
Film
High and Low
Detective Arai
1963
Film
Ikiru
Intern
1952
Series
Ayu no uta
木島先生
1979
Film
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
1957
Film
Stray Dog
Yusa
1949
Series
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
Series
Fuyu no Undokai
1977
Series
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Film
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
1962
Film
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi
1963
Film
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
1974
Film
Camellia Gate
1964
Film
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1974
Film
Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi
1961
Film
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951
Film
Look Up, Noble One
Tatsuo Kurokawa
1966
Film
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Film
Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1968
Film
The Shape of Night
Saitô
1964
Film
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
1963
Film
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964
Film
The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor
1957
Film
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
1967
Film
Elegy
1951
Film
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
1964
Film
Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
1958
Film
Cape Ashizuri
1954
Film
Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki
1967
Film
Will to Conquer
Takechi Hanpeita
1970
Film
Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
1971
Film
Vacuum Zone
Private Riichiro Kitani
1952
Film
Conquest
Inspector Enya
1965
Film
Summer Clouds
Okawa
1958
Film
The Harbor Lights
1961
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes
1956
Film
The Yamabiko School
1952
Film
Rice
1957
Film
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
1959
Film
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
1962
Film
Could I But Live
Professor Hiraoka
1964
Film
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi
1965
Film
A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
1954
Film
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Film
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Film
Dancing Girl
Nozu
1951
Film
The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata
1954
Film
Beautiful Days
Imanishi
1955
Film
Yukiko
1955
Film
Sky Scraper!
1969
Film
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
1966
Film
I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki
1956
Film
Snow Country
Shimamura
1965
Film
Secret Information
Goro Izawa
1968
Film
White Cliffs
1960
Film
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Film
Ofukuro
1955
Film
Violence
1952
Film
Weeping Doll
Nomine
1951
Film
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
Film
The Angry Street
1950
Film
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi
1963
Film
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai
1955
Film
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
1962
Film
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942
Film
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Film
The Love Letter Trial
1951
Film
Vice
Iwase Shichiro
1958
Film
Mr. Pu
1953
Film
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Film
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima
1955
Film
Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto
1962
Film
The End of a Day
1954
Film
The Journey
Eikichi Ito
1967
Film
My Brother
Father
1976
Film
Knightly Advice
1962
Film
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
Film
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
Film
Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu
1957
Film
Where's Paradise?
1956
Film
Still I Live On
Mizuno
1951
Film
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Tomokichi
1963
Film
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Film
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Film
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957
Film
Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
1959
Film
Avalanche
1956
Film
City
1961
Film
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
2002
Hokkaido, My Love
1962
Film
遺書 白い少女
1976
Film
The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda
1961
Film
The Thinking Leaf
1962
Film
Daigaku buyū-den
1961
Film
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Film
Rusty Pendant
1967
Film
Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
1968
Film
The Brass General
1960
Film
Student Double Suicide
1954
Film
Tokyo Detective Girl
1959
Film
The Wife is a University Student
Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
1956
Film
Beware of The Gunman
1961
Film
Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi
1978
Film
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969
Film
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
Film
Showdown in Blood
1957
Film
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
Film
The Stragglers
1960