Isao Kimura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-06-22
Day of Death
1981-07-04 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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 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.
Acting
(2002)
(1978)
Invitation from the Beach
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
(1976)
My Brother
as Father
(1974)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
(1974)
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Film Critic
(1971)
Confessions Among Actresses
as Director Nose
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Black Lizard
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
(1968)
Affair in the Snow
as Kazuo Imai
(1968)
Secret Information
as Goro Izawa
(1968)
(1967)
The Affair
as Mitsuhuru
(1967)
(1967)
Impasse
as Shingo, Ibuki
(1967)
(1966)
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Yagyu Genzaburo
(1965)
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Hon'iden Matahachi
(1965)
Snow Country
as Shimamura
(1965)
Conquest
as Inspector Enya
(1964)
The Shape of Night
as Saitô
(1964)
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Hon'iden Matahachi
(1964)
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as Detective Arai
(1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hirotaro Iguchi
(1963)
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Hon'iden Matahachi
(1963)
Yakuza of Seki
as Morisuke of Hakoda
(1963)
(1963)
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Tomokichi
(1962)
Four Sisters
as Shoji Ohtsu
(1962)
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Atsumichi Uda
(1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Hon'iden Matahachi
(1962)
Our Marriage
as Yutaka Matsumoto
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Hon'iden Matahachi
(1961)
(1961)
The Eighth Enemy
as Kutsuda
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
(1959)
女と海賊
as 幸七
(1959)
Hahakogusa
as Yoshihiko Takayama
(1959)
(1958)
Little Peach
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
(1958)
Summer Clouds
as Okawa
(1958)
Akutoku
as Iwase Shichiro
(1958)
(1957)
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
(1957)
The Story of Pure Love
as Segawa Hospital doctor
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Price of Beauty
as Kazuhiko Uematsu
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
I Saw the Killer
as Takeo Fujisaki
(1955)
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
as Ensign Tamai
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Kashima
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Katsushiro Okamoto
(1954)
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Kanji Sakata
(1954)
(1954)
A Billionaire
as Koroku Tate
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
Ikiru
as Intern
(1952)
Vacuum Zone
as Kitani
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
Dancing Girl
as Nozu
(1951)
Still I Live On
as Mizuno
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
Weeping Doll
as Nomine
(1950)
(1949)
Stray Dog
as Yusa
(1947)