Isao Kimura

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.

Cast

Ikiru
Intern
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Tomokichi
Young Lord Yakuza
Unknown
High and Low
Detective Arai
The Stragglers
Unknown
Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Sekidô matsuri
Unknown
Yukiko
Unknown
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Unknown
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi
Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi
Summer Clouds
Okawa
Beautiful Days
Unknown
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Unknown
A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
Unknown
Conquest
Inspector Enya
Showdown in Blood
Unknown
Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto
Ofukuro
Unknown
Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Vacuum Zone
Kitani
Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
Where did Sharaku go?
Unknown
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Unknown
Sky Scraper!
Unknown
Avalanche
Unknown
Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
Hokkaido, My Love
Unknown
Stray Dog
Yusa
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
Hero of the Red Light District
Unknown
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
Still I Live On
Mizuno
Cape Ashizuri
Unknown
The Angry Street
Unknown
The Shape of Night
Saitô
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai
Mr. Pu
Unknown
Beyond Love and Hate
Unknown
Snow Country
Shimamura
Dancing Girl
Nozu
Rice
Unknown
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
Secret Information
Goro Izawa
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Unknown
The End of a Day
Unknown
Tokyo Detective Girl
Unknown
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
Tengoku wa doko da
Unknown
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
The Thinking Leaf
Unknown
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Unknown
Journey
Unknown
Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu
Akutoku
Iwase Shichiro
My Brother
Father
The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor
Weeping Doll
Nomine
I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki
Nippon no obaachan
Unknown
Knightly Advice
Unknown
Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi
The Yamabiko School
Unknown
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Unknown
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
Fill the Cup with Blood
Unknown
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Unknown
Elegy
Unknown
At the End of the Clouds
Unknown
The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda
City
Unknown
Violence
Unknown
Student Double Suicide
Unknown
The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata
White Cliffs
Unknown
Rusty Pendant
Unknown
拳銃野郎に御用心
Unknown
The Harbor Lights
Unknown
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Unknown
Daigaku buyū-den
Unknown
The Brass General
Unknown
The Wife is a University Student
Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)