Isao Kimura
June 22, 1923 (101 years old) in Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' as Self
- 1980 · Nukata no Ōkimi as
- 1979 · Ayu no uta as 木島先生
- 1978 · Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada as
- 1978 · Invitation from the Beach as Toshihiko Kurahashi
- 1976 · My Brother as Father
- 1974 · Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Film Critic
- 1974 · Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
- 1971 · Confessions Among Actresses as Director Nose
- 1970 · Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song as
- 1969 · Fill the Cup with Blood as
- 1969 · Sky Scraper! as
- 1968 · Where did Sharaku go? as
- 1968 · Black Lizard as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
- 1968 · Secret Information as Goro Izawa
- 1968 · Affair in the Snow as Kazuo Imai
- 1967 · Impasse as Shingo, Ibuki
- 1967 · Journey as
- 1967 · The Affair as Mitsuhuru
- 1966 · Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn as Yagyu Genzaburo
- 1965 · Conquest as Inspector Enya
- 1965 · Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1965 · Snow Country as Shimamura
- 1964 · Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall as
- 1964 · The Shape of Night as Saitô
- 1964 · Assassination as Tadasaburo Sasaki
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1963 · Yakuza of Seki as Morisuke of Hakoda
- 1963 · Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style as Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1963 · Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella as Tomokichi
- 1963 · Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi as
- 1963 · Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Hirotaro Iguchi
- 1963 · High and Low as Detective Arai
- 1962 · Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Shoji Ohtsu
- 1962 · The Thinking Leaf as
- 1962 · Our Marriage as Yutaka Matsumoto
- 1962 · Knightly Advice as
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Atsumichi Uda
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as
- 1962 · Hokkaido, My Love as
- 1961 · The Eighth Enemy as Kutsuda
- 1961 · City as
- 1961 · The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado as
- 1961 · Young Lord Yakuza as
- 1961 · Miyamoto Musashi as Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1960 · The Stragglers as
- 1960 · Hero of the Red Light District as
- 1959 · Tokyo Detective Girl as
- 1959 · Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi as
- 1959 · Hahakogusa as Yoshihiko Takayama
- 1959 · 女と海賊 as 幸七
- 1958 · Summer Clouds as Okawa
- 1958 · Beyond the Seasonal Wind as
- 1958 · Little Peach as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
- 1958 · Akutoku as Iwase Shichiro
- 1957 · The Story of Pure Love as Segawa Hospital doctor
- 1957 · Showdown in Blood as
- 1957 · Price of Beauty as Kazuhiko Uematsu
- 1957 · Rice as
- 1957 · Throne of Blood as Phantom samurai
- 1956 · Tengoku wa doko da as
- 1956 · Avalanche as
- 1956 · I Saw the Killer as Takeo Fujisaki
- 1955 · Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Kashima
- 1955 · Yukiko as
- 1955 · Beautiful Days as
- 1955 · Ofukuro as
- 1955 · The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes as Ensign Tamai
- 1954 · A Billionaire as Koroku Tate
- 1954 · The Valley Between Love and Death as Kanji Sakata
- 1954 · Student Double Suicide as
- 1954 · Cape Ashizuri as
- 1954 · Seven Samurai as Katsushiro Okamoto
- 1954 · The End of a Day as
- 1953 · At the End of the Clouds as
- 1953 · Mr. Pu as
- 1953 · A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land as
- 1952 · Vacuum Zone as Kitani
- 1952 · Ikiru as Intern
- 1952 · Violence as
- 1952 · The Yamabiko School as
- 1951 · Sekidô matsuri as
- 1951 · Dancing Girl as Nozu
- 1951 · Still I Live On as Mizuno
- 1951 · Weeping Doll as Nomine
- 1951 · Elegy as
- 1951 · Beyond Love and Hate as
- 1950 · The Angry Street as
- 1949 · Stray Dog as Yusa
- 1947 · The Love of the Actress Sumako as