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Isao Kimura

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 a

Born

Jun 22, 1923

Senda, Hiroshima, Japan

Died

Jul 04, 1981

Known For

Acting

Movies

105 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Katsushiro Okamoto
★ 8.4
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 • as Intern
★ 8.3
High and Low
High and Low
1963 • as Detective Arai
★ 8.4
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 • as Phantom samurai
★ 7.9
Stray Dog
Stray Dog
1949 • as Yusa
★ 7.6
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 • as Film Critic
★ 7.5
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 • as Hirotaro Iguchi
★ 6.7
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974 • as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
★ 7.1
Snow Country
Snow Country
1965 • as Shimamura
★ 6.7
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 • as Atsumichi Uda
★ 6.5
Assassination
Assassination
1964 • as Tadasaburo Sasaki
★ 7.1
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
★ 7.0
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 • as Hon'iden Matahachi
★ 7.2
Sky Scraper!
★ 7.0
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
★ 9.0
Ofukuro
★ 7.0
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 • as Kashima
★ 8.0
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 • as Hon'iden Matahachi
★ 7.3
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958 • as Okawa
★ 7.7
Mr. Pu
★ 6.5
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
★ 7.0
Elegy
Elegy
1951
★ 9.0
Little Peach
Little Peach
1958 • as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
★ 6.1
Secret Information
Secret Information
1968 • as Goro Izawa
★ 9.0
The Valley Between Love and Death
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954 • as Kanji Sakata
★ 8.0
Will to Conquer
Will to Conquer
1970 • as Takechi Hanpeita
Black Lizard
Black Lizard
1968 • as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
★ 6.9
Conquest
Conquest
1965 • as Inspector Enya
★ 6.0
The Shape of Night
The Shape of Night
1964 • as Saitô
★ 6.8
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl
1951 • as Nozu
★ 6.4
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954 • as Koroku Tate
★ 6.8
Could I But Live
Could I But Live
1964 • as Professor Hiraoka
★ 8.0
The Affair
The Affair
1967 • as Mitsuhuru
★ 6.6
Look Up, Noble One
Look Up, Noble One
1966 • as Tatsuo Kurokawa
Vacuum Zone
Vacuum Zone
1952 • as Private Riichiro Kitani
★ 8.5
The End of a Day
★ 7.5
Yakuza of Seki
Yakuza of Seki
1963 • as Morisuke of Hakoda
★ 8.5
Rice
Rice
1957
★ 6.8
The Story of Pure Love
The Story of Pure Love
1957 • as Segawa Hospital doctor
★ 6.8
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 • as Imanishi
★ 6.9
Knightly Advice
★ 7.0
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 • as Yagyu Genzaburo
★ 6.8
Our Marriage
Our Marriage
1962 • as Yutaka Matsumoto
★ 7.1
Four Sisters
Four Sisters
1962 • as Shoji Ohtsu
★ 6.0
Confessions Among Actresses
Confessions Among Actresses
1971 • as Director Nose
★ 6.0
Violence
★ 8.0
The Journey
The Journey
1967 • as Eikichi Ito
★ 7.0
I Saw the Killer
I Saw the Killer
1956 • as Takeo Fujisaki
Cape Ashizuri
★ 9.0
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
★ 7.3
My Brother
My Brother
1976 • as Father
The Harbor Lights
★ 6.2
Young Lord Yakuza
★ 8.0
Impasse
Impasse
1967 • as Shingo, Ibuki
★ 6.4
City
City
1961
★ 7.0
Still I Live On
Still I Live On
1951 • as Mizuno
★ 6.0
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
★ 10.0
The Woman and the Pirate
The Woman and the Pirate
1959 • as 幸七
★ 9.0
Weeping Doll
Weeping Doll
1951 • as Nomine
The Angry Street
★ 6.7
The Stragglers
★ 8.0
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 • as Tetsuo Yasunari
★ 9.0
Price of Beauty
Price of Beauty
1957 • as Kazuhiko Uematsu
★ 10.0
Where's Paradise?
★ 8.0
Hahakogusa
Hahakogusa
1959 • as Yoshihiko Takayama
Invitation from the Beach
Invitation from the Beach
1978 • as Toshihiko Kurahashi
Affair in the Snow
Affair in the Snow
1968 • as Kazuo Imai
★ 6.9
The Wife is a University Student
The Wife is a University Student
1956 • as Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
Vice
Vice
1958 • as Iwase Shichiro
movie
★ 10.0
The Eighth Enemy
The Eighth Enemy
1961 • as Kutsuda
★ 10.0