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)