Personal Info
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1923-06-22 (102 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also Known For
Kō KimuraИсао Кимура
Isao Kimura
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2002 --
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
| Self
1978 --
Invitation from the Beach
| Toshihiko Kurahashi
1976 --
My Brother
| Father
1974 --
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
| Film Critic
1974 --
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
| Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1971 --
Confessions Among Actresses
| Director Nose
1970 --
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
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1969 --
Fill the Cup with Blood
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1969 --
Sky Scraper!
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1968 --
Where did Sharaku go?
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1968 --
Black Lizard
| Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1968 --
Secret Information
| Goro Izawa
1968 --
Affair in the Snow
| Kazuo Imai
1967 --
Impasse
| Shingo, Ibuki
1967 --
Journey
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1967 --
The Affair
| Mitsuhuru
1966 --
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
| Yagyu Genzaburo
1965 --
Conquest
| Inspector Enya
1965 --
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
| Hon'iden Matahachi
1965 --
Snow Country
| Shimamura
1964 --
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
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1964 --
The Shape of Night
| Saitô
1964 --
Assassination
| Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964 --
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
| Hon'iden Matahachi
1963 --
Yakuza of Seki
| Morisuke of Hakoda
1963 --
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
| Hon'iden Matahachi
1963 --
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
| Tomokichi
1963 --
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
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1963 --
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
| Hirotaro Iguchi
1963 --
High and Low
| Detective Arai
1962 --
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
| Hon'iden Matahachi
1962 --
Four Sisters
| Shoji Ohtsu
1962 --
The Thinking Leaf
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1962 --
Our Marriage
| Yutaka Matsumoto
1962 --
Knightly Advice
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1962 --
The Temple of Wild Geese
| Atsumichi Uda
1962 --
Nippon no obaachan
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1962 --
Hokkaido, My Love
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1961 --
The Eighth Enemy
| Kutsuda
1961 --
City
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1961 --
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
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1961 --
Young Lord Yakuza
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1961 --
Miyamoto Musashi
| Hon'iden Matahachi
1960 --
The Stragglers
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1960 --
Hero of the Red Light District
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1960 --
White Cliffs
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1959 --
Tokyo Detective Girl
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1959 --
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
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1959 --
Hahakogusa
| Yoshihiko Takayama
1959 --
女と海賊
| 幸七
1958 --
Summer Clouds
| Okawa
1958 --
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
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1958 --
Little Peach
| Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
1958 --
Akutoku
| Iwase Shichiro
1957 --
The Story of Pure Love
| Segawa Hospital doctor
1957 --
Showdown in Blood
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1957 --
Price of Beauty
| Kazuhiko Uematsu
1957 --
Rice
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1957 --
Throne of Blood
| Phantom samurai
1956 --
Tengoku wa doko da
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1956 --
Avalanche
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1956 --
I Saw the Killer
| Takeo Fujisaki
1955 --
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
| Kashima
1955 --
Yukiko
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1955 --
Beautiful Days
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1955 --
Ofukuro
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1955 --
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
| Ensign Tamai
1954 --
A Billionaire
| Koroku Tate
1954 --
The Valley Between Love and Death
| Kanji Sakata
1954 --
Student Double Suicide
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1954 --
Cape Ashizuri
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1954 --
Seven Samurai
| Katsushiro Okamoto
1954 --
The End of a Day
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1953 --
At the End of the Clouds
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1953 --
Mr. Pu
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1953 --
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
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1952 --
Vacuum Zone
| Kitani
1952 --
Ikiru
| Intern
1952 --
Violence
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1952 --
The Yamabiko School
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1951 --
Sekidô matsuri
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1951 --
Dancing Girl
| Nozu
1951 --
Still I Live On
| Mizuno
1951 --
Weeping Doll
| Nomine
1951 --
Elegy
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1951 --
Beyond Love and Hate
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1950 --
The Angry Street
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1949 --
Stray Dog
| Yusa
1947 --
The Love of the Actress Sumako
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