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Isao Kimura
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Isao Kimura
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-06-22,Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

8.307

Ikiru
1952-10-09

Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella

0

Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
1963-06-30

Young Lord Yakuza

6

Young Lord Yakuza
1961-06-11

8.3

High and Low
1963-03-01

0

The Stragglers
1960-10-05

6.7

Black Lizard
1968-08-14

0

Sekidô matsuri
1951-12-07

0

Yukiko
1955-08-03

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song

0

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970-05-30

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

6.6

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966-05-25

7.1

Assassination
1964-07-04

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

7.5

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974-12-28

Affair in the Snow

7

Affair in the Snow
1968-01-31

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

7.4

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962-11-17

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

7

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963-08-14

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

7

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1964-01-01

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

7.3

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965-09-04

Miyamoto Musashi

7.3

Miyamoto Musashi
1961-05-27

7.5

Summer Clouds
1958-09-02

6.7

Beautiful Days
1955-05-25

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

6.8

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964-12-12

5.7

A Billionaire
1954-11-22

Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi

0

Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
1959-09-15

5

Conquest
1965-11-21

Showdown in Blood

0

Showdown in Blood
1957-08-28

6.7

Our Marriage
1962-03-18

0

Ofukuro
1955-04-10

5.8

Little Peach
1958-05-13

7

Vacuum Zone
1952-12-10

6.4

Impasse
1967-12-01

0

女と海賊
1959-04-01

Where did Sharaku go?

0

Where did Sharaku go?
1968-08-22

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

0

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955-10-05

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

0

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953-02-20

0

Sky Scraper!
1969-05-14

0

Avalanche
1956-03-22

0

Hahakogusa
1959-04-22

Hokkaido, My Love

0

Hokkaido, My Love
1962-01-01

7.5

Stray Dog
1949-10-17

Throne of Blood

7.914

Throne of Blood
1957-01-15

Confessions Among Actresses

6.1

Confessions Among Actresses
1971-11-17

Hero of the Red Light District

8.6

Hero of the Red Light District
1960-09-03

6.6

The Affair
1967-05-13

Still I Live On

5.7

Still I Live On
1951-07-04

0

Cape Ashizuri
1954-05-18

The Angry Street

6.5

The Angry Street
1950-05-14

The Shape of Night

6.6

The Shape of Night
1964-11-01

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

0

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955-01-09

6.5

Mr. Pu
1953-04-15

Beyond Love and Hate

0

Beyond Love and Hate
1951-01-11

4

Snow Country
1965-04-10

6.3

Dancing Girl
1951-08-17

6.4

Rice
1957-03-04

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

7.1

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974-04-24

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

7

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963-04-28

6

Four Sisters
1962-07-01

Secret Information

0

Secret Information
1968-05-14

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

0

Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958-06-10

The End of a Day

0

The End of a Day
1954-02-03

Tokyo Detective Girl

0

Tokyo Detective Girl
1959-09-23

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002-10-25

Tengoku wa doko da

0

Tengoku wa doko da
1956-04-23

The Temple of Wild Geese

6.3

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962-01-21

The Thinking Leaf

0

The Thinking Leaf
1962-05-16

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

0

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961-08-05

0

Journey
1967-11-12

Price of Beauty

0

Price of Beauty
1957-03-13

0

Akutoku
1958-02-19

0

My Brother
1976-12-25

The Story of Pure Love

6.8

The Story of Pure Love
1957-10-15

0

Weeping Doll
1951-05-19

I Saw the Killer

0

I Saw the Killer
1956-01-29

Nippon no obaachan

0

Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03

Knightly Advice

7

Knightly Advice
1962-01-31

Invitation from the Beach

0

Invitation from the Beach
1978-04-08

The Yamabiko School

0

The Yamabiko School
1952-05-01

The Love of the Actress Sumako

6.8

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947-08-16

8.456

Seven Samurai
1954-04-26

8.5

Yakuza of Seki
1963-11-20

Fill the Cup with Blood

0

Fill the Cup with Blood
1969-10-08

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

0

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963-05-12

0

Elegy
1951-02-22

At the End of the Clouds

0

At the End of the Clouds
1953-06-09

The Eighth Enemy

0

The Eighth Enemy
1961-12-15

0

City
1961-10-14

0

Violence
1952-08-25

Student Double Suicide

0

Student Double Suicide
1954-07-27

The Valley Between Love and Death

0

The Valley Between Love and Death
1954-09-21

0

White Cliffs
1960-04-05

Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

0

Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978-06-03

0

Ayu no uta
1979-09-30

Nukata no Ōkimi

0

Nukata no Ōkimi
1980-03-14