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