Kō Nishimura
January 25, 1923 (101 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
- 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 · A Hunter's Diary as Kentaro Hatanaka
- 1983 · Theater Of Life as
- 1982 · The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
- 1982 · Kemono Michi as
- 1981 · The Black Hood as
- 1980 · Niji wo Oru as 沢木忠一郎
- 1980 · The Claws of the Divine Beast as
- 1980 · 映画村殺人事件 as
- 1979 · Nomugi Pass as
- 1979 · The Strangling as Yasuzo Kariba
- 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
- 1978 · The Beauty in the Bathroom as
- 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
- 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 Family as Sentaro Watanuki
- 1974 · The Bodyguard as
- 1973 · Tsugaru Folksong as Tamezo Tsukamoto
- 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
- 1972 · The Pirates of Buban as
- 1971 · Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as
- 1970 · Waterfront Blues 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 · Kanto Woman Infamy as
- 1968 · Samaritan Zatoichi as Sosuke Saruya
- 1968 · Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as
- 1968 · Living Skeleton as Nishizato
- 1968 · Black Lizard as Detective Matoba
- 1968 · Snake Woman's Curse as Yasuke
- 1968 · The Bride from Hades as Banzou
- 1968 · New Year Trip as
- 1967 · Eleven Samurai as Errant samurai Daijuro
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Itakura
- 1967 · Zatoichi the Outlaw as Uneshiro Suga
- 1967 · Classmates as Hanada
- 1967 · Samurai Wolf II as Magobe
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Detective Sanada
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- 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
- 1964 · Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall as
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as Sakichi
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
- 1964 · Warrior of the Wind as Mizuno Izumi
- 1963 · Doggie March as Killer (voice)
- 1963 · 13 Assassins as Kujuro Hirayama
- 1963 · Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword as
- 1963 · Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Yamaoka
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Tada Ichiro
- 1963 · High and Low as Third Creditor
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1963 · Escape from Hell as Heiroku
- 1962 · Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Kizaru
- 1962 · Akitsu Hot Springs as
- 1962 · Gorath as Murata - Secretary of Space
- 1962 · Kono ni uruwashi as
- 1962 · Haru no sanmyaku as
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Mokudō Kida
- 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
- 1961 · Aces Wild as
- 1960 · Wait for Tomorrow as Uno
- 1960 · Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
- 1960 · The Bad Sleep Well as Contract Officer Shirai
- 1960 · The Sleeping Beast Within as
- 1960 · Intimidation as Matakichi Nakaike
- 1960 · The Lost Alibi as Okudaira
- 1959 · My Second Brother as Goro Mitamura
- 1958 · Endless Desire as Pharmacist
- 1958 · Nishi Ginza Station as
- 1958 · Stolen Desire as Kanji Takada
- 1958 · Breasts and Bullets as
- 1957 · The Flesh Is Weak as Acupressurist
- Future · もしも、学校が…!? as
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)
- 1990 · ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険 as
- 1990 · Seventeen Ninja as
- 1984 · The Detective as Senkichi Otsubo
- 1984 · Kukai as
- 1983 · Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 岸井亥之吉
- 1982 · Highschool Scramble as
- 1982 · Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as
- 1982 · Goyou Sen Enjou as
- 1980 · The Woman as
- 1979 · Down with The Big Boss as Glass-Eating Mime
- 1976 · Skyscraper Murder Case as
- 1975 · Without Complaint as
- 1973 · Summer Days Across the River as
- 1973 · When the Night Breaks as
- 1970 · Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life 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 · Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe
- 1968 · Age of Japanese Guerrillas as Policeman on Island
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as
- 1968 · Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty as
- 1967 · A Killer's Key as Yasujiro Endo
- 1967 · Sasayaki no Jō as Man
- 1967 · The Singing Gunman as
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1967 · Flower Cards Chivalry as
- 1966 · Rise Against the Sword as Etanba
- 1966 · Rub Out the Past as Tanzo Koide
- 1966 · Seven Gamblers as
- 1966 · The Threat as Kawanishi
- 1965 · Stairs of Evil as Shimoyama
- 1965 · The Ghost of the One Eyed Man as
- 1965 · Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Tahei Narumiya
- 1965 · Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as
- 1964 · The Spying Sorceress as
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
- 1964 · The Great Duel as
- 1964 · The Desperate as
- 1964 · Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Enzo Tatara
- 1964 · Life of Hishakaku 3 as
- 1964 · An Impudent Man as
- 1963 · Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Chubei
- 1963 · A Prisoner in Search of Daughter as
- 1963 · The Life of a Horse-Trader as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
- 1963 · To Your Majesty, The Emperor as
- 1963 · Bad Reputation of the Big Three as
- 1962 · My Hobo as
- 1962 · Curry Rice as
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu as
- 1962 · Mount Hakone as
- 1962 · Yume de aimasho as
- 1962 · I. George monogatari taiyō no ko as
- 1962 · Gang vs. Gang as
- 1962 · Ano hashi no hotori de as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
- 1962 · Tokyo Bay as Noboru Sumikawa
- 1962 · Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as
- 1962 · Woman of Design as
- 1961 · The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy as
- 1961 · Tale of a Company Boss 3 as Hanada
- 1961 · Snow in the South Seas as
- 1961 · A Man in Red as
- 1961 · Refresher Course for Wives as
- 1961 · Tale of a Company Boss as
- 1961 · Blind Devotion as Denroku
- 1960 · The Angry Sea as
- 1960 · Sixteen years old as
- 1960 · The Call of the Foghorn as Morimoto
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1960 · Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as
- 1960 · The Devil's Sigh as
- 1959 · The Wild Reporter as Ryu Konei
- 1959 · The Human Cyclone 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 · Tokyo Romance Way as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1958 · Crimson Wings as Tetsuji Mizutani
- 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 · 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 · Fangs of Night as
- 1957 · The Eagle and the Hawk as Hikobei
- 1957 · Harbor Rats as
- 1957 · The Temptress and the Monk as Peasant
- 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 · Gesshoku 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 · Fountainhead as Kasuya
- 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