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
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)
- 1995 · Salaryman Senka as
- 1994 · 47 Ronin as
- 1994 · Free and Easy Special as
- 1990 · ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険 as
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Makoto Nishimura
- 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 · Highschool Scramble as
- 1982 · Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo as
- 1982 · Goyou Sen Enjou as
- 1982 · Kemono Michi as
- 1981 · The Black Hood as
- 1980 · The Woman as
- 1980 · Niji wo Oru as 沢木忠一郎
- 1980 · 映画村殺人事件 as
- 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 · Love and Faith as Sojin Kamiya
- 1978 · The Incident as
- 1978 · The Beauty in the Bathroom as
- 1977 · 腐蝕の構造 as Honda Yoshikazu
- 1977 · Yokomizo Seishi Series as
- 1977 · Hokuriku Proxy War as Mr. Yasuhara
- 1976 · Skyscraper Murder Case as
- 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 Bodyguard as
- 1973 · Lady Snowblood as Priest Dokai
- 1973 · Summer Days Across the River as
- 1973 · Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
- 1973 · When the Night Breaks as
- 1972 · Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
- 1972 · The Pirates of Buban as
- 1970 · Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life as
- 1970 · Waterfront Blues as
- 1970 · Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Migi
- 1970 · Play It Cool as Kada
- 1969 · Second Generation Young Boss as Yanosuke Hashimoto
- 1969 · The Wild Sea as Munekata
- 1969 · One Two Punch as
- 1969 · Black Rose Mansion as Ex-husband
- 1969 · Lady with Seven Faces as Printer
- 1969 · Goyokin 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 · The Bride from Hades as Banzou
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as
- 1968 · New Year Trip as
- 1967 · Eleven Samurai as Errant samurai Daijuro
- 1967 · A Killer's Key as Yasujiro Endo
- 1967 · Whispering Joe as Man
- 1967 · Zatoichi the Outlaw as Uneshiro Suga
- 1967 · The Singing Gunman as
- 1967 · Classmates as Hanada
- 1967 · Express Train as
- 1967 · Samurai Wolf II as Magobe
- 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 · Dokonjo Taisho as
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Detective Sanada
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- 1965 · Stairs of Evil as Shimoyama
- 1965 · The Ghost of the One Eyed Man as
- 1965 · House of Terrors as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
- 1965 · Red Beard as Chief retainer
- 1965 · Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Tahei Narumiya
- 1964 · The Spying Sorceress as
- 1964 · Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall as
- 1964 · The Gorgeous Geisha as
- 1964 · The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
- 1964 · Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Enzo Tatara
- 1964 · An Impudent Man as
- 1963 · Doggie March as Killer (voice)
- 1963 · 13 Assassins as Kujuro Hirayama
- 1963 · Miren as Okazaki
- 1963 · Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword as
- 1963 · A Prisoner in Search of Daughter as
- 1963 · The Life of a Horse-Trader as
- 1963 · At the Side of the Bridge 4 as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 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
- 1963 · At the Side of the Bridge 3 as
- 1963 · Bad Reputation of the Big Three as
- 1962 · Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Kizaru
- 1962 · My Hobo as
- 1962 · Chibusa o daku musume tachi as
- 1962 · At the Side of the Bridge 2 as
- 1962 · Let's Meet in Our Dreams as
- 1962 · Mount Hakone as
- 1962 · I. George monogatari taiyō no ko as
- 1962 · At the Side of the Bridge as
- 1962 · Akitsu Hot Springs as
- 1962 · Tokyo Bay as Noboru Sumikawa
- 1962 · Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as
- 1962 · Gorath as Murata - Secretary of Space
- 1962 · Kono ni uruwashi as
- 1962 · Haru no sanmyaku as
- 1962 · Woman of Design as
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Mokudō Kida
- 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 · 白い南風 as
- 1961 · Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２ as
- 1961 · Tale of a Company Boss as
- 1961 · Yojimbo as Kuma
- 1961 · Wakarete ikiru toki mo as
- 1961 · Blind Devotion as Denroku
- 1961 · Hidden Fangs as
- 1961 · Pigs and Battleships as Yajima
- 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 · The Bad Sleep Well as Contract Officer Shirai
- 1960 · The Call of the Foghorn as Morimoto
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1960 · The Lost Alibi as Okudaira
- 1960 · Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as
- 1960 · The Devil's Sigh as
- 1959 · My Second Brother as Goro Mitamura
- 1959 · The Human Cyclone as
- 1959 · Elegy to Youth as
- 1959 · Farewell to Southern Tosa as
- 1959 · Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero as
- 1959 · Tokyo no Kodoku as
- 1959 · Umi wa kurutte iru as
- 1959 · おヤエの家つき女中 as
- 1959 · おヤエのママさん女中 as
- 1959 · Tokyo Romance Way as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1959 · Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru as
- 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
- 1957 · But the Flesh is Weak as Acupressurist
- 1957 · Harbor Rats as
- 1957 · Shiroi natsu as
- 1957 · A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kiyami no Shinko
- 1957 · Nikutai no hankō as
- 1957 · Saigo no totsugeki as
- 1956 · Lunar Eclipse as
- 1956 · Frankie the Milkman as Tax Collector
- 1956 · Excursion to Treasure Isle as
- 1956 · Meiken monogatari as
- 1956 · Tengoku wa doko da as
- 1956 · The Burmese Harp as Baba
- Future · What if the school...? as
- 1991 · Free and Easy 4 as
- 1990 · Seventeen Ninja as
- 1989 · The Men Who Made Ultraman as Eiji Tsuburaya
- 1986 · One Who Died in Vain as
- 1983 · Theater Of Life as
- 1982 · The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
- 1980 · The Claws of the Divine Beast as
- 1977 · Love in the Mud as
- 1977 · Japan's Don as Kahe Shimabara
- 1975 · Without Complaint as
- 1974 · The Family as Sentaro Watanuki
- 1973 · Tsugaru Folksong as Tamezo Tsukamoto
- 1971 · Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as
- 1969 · 喜劇 深夜族 as
- 1969 · Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as
- 1969 · Kanto Woman Infamy as
- 1969 · Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe
- 1968 · A Lavish Invitation as
- 1968 · Age of Japanese Guerrillas as Policeman on Island
- 1968 · Snake Woman's Curse as Yasuke
- 1968 · Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty as
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Itakura
- 1966 · The Threat as Kawanishi
- 1965 · The Retreat from Kiska as Staff Officer
- 1965 · Tale of Japanese Burglars as
- 1965 · Tale of Ninja Duty as Chisaka Hyobu
- 1965 · Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as 今川義元
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as Sakichi
- 1964 · Giant Rumble as
- 1964 · The Desperate as Yamaguchi
- 1964 · Life of Hishakaku 3 as
- 1964 · Warrior of the Wind as Mizuno Izumi
- 1963 · Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Chubei
- 1963 · Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1963 · Escape from Hell as Heiroku
- 1962 · Curry Rice as
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · Gang vs. Gang as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
- 1961 · Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
- 1961 · Killers on Parade as Sai
- 1961 · The Wind and Waves as
- 1961 · Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru as
- 1960 · Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
- 1960 · Sixteen years old as
- 1960 · The Sleeping Beast Within as
- 1960 · Intimidation as Matakichi Nakaike
- 1959 · The Wild Reporter as Ryu Konei
- 1959 · Break Down that Wall as
- 1959 · The Fugitive as
- 1958 · Crimson Wings as Tetsuji Mizutani
- 1958 · Fangs of Night as
- 1957 · The Eagle and the Hawk as Hikobei
- 1957 · The Temptress and the Monk as Peasant
- 1957 · Who's the Real Killer as Nakagawa
- 1956 · Dotanba as
- 1956 · Nikoyon monogatari as
- 1956 · Fountainhead as Kasuya
- 1955 · Yukiko as
- 1954 · A Billionaire as
- 1954 · The Street Without Sun as Extraordinary detective
- 1953 · At the End of the Clouds as