
Kō Nishimura
January 25, 1923 (102 years old) in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kō Nishimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1995 · Salaryman Senka as
- 1994 · 47 Ronin as
- 1994 · Free and Easy Special as
- 1991 · Free and Easy 4 as
- 1990 · ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険 as
- 1989 · The Men Who Made Ultraman as Eiji Tsuburaya
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Makoto Nishimura
- 1986 · One Who Died in Vain as
- 1983 · Theater Of Life as
- 1982 · Highschool Scramble as
- 1982 · Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as
- 1982 · The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
- 1982 · Kemono Michi as
- 1980 · Niji wo Oru as 沢木忠一郎
- 1979 · Nomugi Pass as
- 1979 · The Strangling as Yasuzo Kariba
- 1979 · Down with The Big Boss as Glass-Eating Mime
- 1979 · Nutcracker Fantasy as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
- 1978 · Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo as Mamo (voice)
- 1978 · Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Shigetomi Katta
- 1978 · The Incident as
- 1978 · Love and Faith as Sojin Kamiya
- 1977 · Love in the Mud as
- 1977 · Yokomizo Seishi Series as
- 1977 · Hokuriku Proxy War as Mr. Yasuhara
- 1977 · Japan's Don as Kahe Shimabara
- 1976 · Manhunt as Nagaoka Ryokai
- 1975 · New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Tokuji Owada
- 1975 · Solar Eclipse as
- 1975 · Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees as Kenpeishi
- 1975 · Without Complaint as
- 1974 · The Rapacious Jailbreaker as
- 1974 · Jack and the Beanstalk as Old bean-seller
- 1974 · Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
- 1974 · The Bodyguard as
- 1973 · Lady Snowblood as Priest Dokai
- 1973 · Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
- 1972 · Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
- 1971 · Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as
- 1970 · Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Migi
- 1970 · Play It Cool as Kada
- 1969 · Black Rose Mansion as Ex-husband
- 1969 · Goyokin as
- 1969 · Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe
- 1968 · Samaritan Zatoichi as Sosuke Saruya
- 1968 · Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as
- 1968 · Living Skeleton as Nishizato
- 1968 · Snake Woman's Curse as Yasuke
- 1968 · New Year Trip as
- 1967 · Eleven Samurai as Errant samurai Daijuro
- 1967 · A Killer's Key as Yasujiro Endo
- 1967 · Zatoichi the Outlaw as Uneshiro Suga
- 1967 · Classmates as Hanada
- 1967 · Samurai Wolf II as Magobe
- 1966 · Rise Against the Sword as Etanba
- 1966 · Rub Out the Past as Tanzo Koide
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Detective Sanada
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- 1966 · The Threat as Kawanishi
- 1965 · Stairs of Evil as Shimoyama
- 1965 · House of Terrors as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
- 1965 · The Retreat from Kiska as Staff Officer
- 1965 · Tale of Japanese Burglars as
- 1965 · Red Beard as Chief retainer
- 1965 · Tale of Ninja Duty as Chisaka Hyobu
- 1965 · Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as
- 1964 · The Spying Sorceress as
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as Sakichi
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
- 1964 · The Desperate as Yamaguchi
- 1964 · Life of Hishakaku 3 as
- 1964 · Warrior of the Wind as Mizuno Izumi
- 1963 · Doggie March as Killer (voice)
- 1963 · 13 Assassins as Kujuro Hirayama
- 1963 · Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
- 1963 · Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Yamaoka
- 1963 · To Your Majesty, The Emperor as
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Tada Ichiro
- 1963 · High and Low as Third Creditor
- 1962 · Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Kizaru
- 1962 · Curry Rice as
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · Mount Hakone as
- 1962 · I. George monogatari taiyō no ko as
- 1962 · Gang vs. Gang as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
- 1962 · Akitsu Hot Springs as
- 1962 · Gorath as Murata - Secretary of Space
- 1962 · Woman of Design as
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Mokudō Kida
- 1961 · The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy as
- 1961 · A Man in Red as
- 1961 · Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2 as
- 1961 · Yojimbo as Kuma
- 1961 · Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
- 1961 · Killers on Parade as Sai
- 1961 · Hidden Fangs as
- 1961 · Pigs and Battleships as Yajima
- 1960 · Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1960 · Intimidation as Matakichi Nakaike
- 1960 · The Lost Alibi as Okudaira
- 1956 · Fountainhead as Kasuya
- Future · もしも、学校が…!? as
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)
- 1990 · Seventeen Ninja as
- 1984 · The Detective as Senkichi Otsubo
- 1984 · Kukai as
- 1983 · A Hunter's Diary as Kentaro Hatanaka
- 1983 · Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 岸井亥之吉
- 1982 · Goyou Sen Enjou as
- 1981 · The Black Hood as
- 1980 · The Woman as
- 1980 · The Claws of the Divine Beast as
- 1980 · 映画村殺人事件 as
- 1978 · The Beauty in the Bathroom as
- 1977 · 腐蝕の構造 as Honda Yoshikazu
- 1976 · Skyscraper Murder Case as
- 1974 · The Family as Sentaro Watanuki
- 1973 · Tsugaru Folksong as Tamezo Tsukamoto
- 1973 · Summer Days Across the River as
- 1973 · When the Night Breaks as
- 1972 · The Pirates of Buban as
- 1970 · Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life as
- 1970 · Waterfront Blues as
- 1969 · Second Generation Young Boss as Yanosuke Hashimoto
- 1969 · The Wild Sea as Munekata
- 1969 · One Two Punch as
- 1969 · Lady with Seven Faces as Printer
- 1969 · Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as
- 1969 · Kanto Woman Infamy as
- 1968 · A Lavish Invitation as
- 1968 · Age of Japanese Guerrillas as Policeman on Island
- 1968 · Black Lizard as Detective Matoba
- 1968 · The Bride from Hades as Banzou
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as
- 1968 · Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty as
- 1967 · Whispering Joe as Man
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Itakura
- 1967 · The Singing Gunman as
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1967 · Flower Cards Chivalry as
- 1966 · Seven Gamblers as
- 1966 · Dokonjo Taisho as
- 1965 · The Ghost of the One Eyed Man as
- 1965 · Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Tahei Narumiya
- 1964 · Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall as
- 1964 · The Gorgeous Geisha as
- 1964 · The Great Duel as
- 1964 · Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Enzo Tatara
- 1964 · An Impudent Man as
- 1963 · Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Chubei
- 1963 · Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword as
- 1963 · A Prisoner in Search of Daughter as
- 1963 · The Life of a Horse-Trader as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1963 · Escape from Hell as Heiroku
- 1963 · Bad Reputation of the Big Three as
- 1962 · My Hobo as
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · At the Side of the Bridge 2 as
- 1962 · Yume de aimasho as
- 1962 · At the Side of the Bridge as
- 1962 · Tokyo Bay as Noboru Sumikawa
- 1962 · Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as
- 1962 · Kono ni uruwashi as
- 1962 · Haru no sanmyaku as
- 1961 · Tale of a Company Boss 3 as Hanada
- 1961 · Snow in the South Seas as
- 1961 · Refresher Course for Wives as
- 1961 · Tale of a Company Boss as
- 1961 · Wakarete ikiru toki mo as
- 1961 · Blind Devotion as Denroku
- 1961 · The Wind and Waves as
- 1961 · Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru as
- 1961 · For This We Fight as
- 1961 · Aces Wild as
- 1960 · Chikuhō no kodomotachi as
- 1960 · Wait for Tomorrow as Uno
- 1960 · The Angry Sea as
- 1960 · Sixteen years old as
- 1960 · The Bad Sleep Well as Contract Officer Shirai
- 1960 · The Call of the Foghorn as Morimoto
- 1960 · The Sleeping Beast Within as
- 1960 · Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as
- 1960 · The Devil's Sigh as
- 1959 · My Second Brother as Goro Mitamura
- 1959 · The Wild Reporter as Ryu Konei
- 1959 · The Human Cyclone as
- 1959 · 青春蛮歌 as
- 1959 · Farewell to Southern Tosa as
- 1959 · Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero as
- 1959 · Break Down that Wall as
- 1959 · Tokyo no Kodoku as
- 1959 · Umi wa kurutte iru as
- 1959 · おヤエの家つき女中 as
- 1959 · The Fugitive as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1959 · Tokyo Romance Way as
- 1958 · Crimson Wings as Tetsuji Mizutani
- 1958 · Endless Desire as Pharmacist
- 1958 · Showdown in the Storm as
- 1958 · The Invisible Wall as
- 1958 · Wolves of the Night as
- 1958 · The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Tominaga
- 1958 · Drunken Ghost as Daigorô
- 1958 · Nishi Ginza Station as
- 1958 · Tōkyō no basugāru as
- 1958 · The Seasons of Love as Reporter
- 1958 · The Ballad of Narayama as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
- 1958 · The Girl from Osaka as
- 1958 · Stolen Desire as Kanji Takada
- 1958 · Breasts and Bullets as
- 1958 · Fangs of Night as
- 1957 · But the Flesh is Weak as Acupressurist
- 1957 · The Eagle and the Hawk as Hikobei
- 1957 · Harbor Rats as
- 1957 · The Temptress and the Monk as Peasant
- 1957 · Shiroi natsu as
- 1957 · A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kiyami no Shinko
- 1957 · Who's the Real Killer as Nakagawa
- 1957 · Nikutai no hankō as
- 1957 · Saigo no totsugeki as
- 1956 · Lunar Eclipse as
- 1956 · Frankie the Milkman as Tax Collector
- 1956 · Dotanba as
- 1956 · Nikoyon monogatari as
- 1956 · Excursion to Treasure Isle as
- 1956 · Meiken monogatari as
- 1956 · Tengoku wa doko da as
- 1956 · The Burmese Harp as Baba
- 1955 · Yukiko as
- 1954 · A Billionaire as
- 1954 · The Street Without Sun as Extraordinary detective
- 1953 · At the End of the Clouds as