Isao Kimura
Acting
Born June 22, 1923 · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
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.
Films (96)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
Invitation from the Beach
1978
My Brother
1976
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969
Sky Scraper!
1969
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
Black Lizard
1968
Secret Information
1968
Affair in the Snow
1968
Impasse
1967
Journey
1967
Rusty Pendant
1967
The Affair
1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
Conquest
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Snow Country
1965
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
The Shape of Night
1964
Assassination
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Yakuza of Seki
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
High and Low
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
Four Sisters
1962
The Thinking Leaf
1962
Our Marriage
1962
Knightly Advice
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Hokkaido, My Love
1962
The Eighth Enemy
1961
City
1961
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Daigaku buyū-den
1961
拳銃野郎に御用心
1961
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Stragglers
1960
The Brass General
1960
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
White Cliffs
1960
Tokyo Detective Girl
1959
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
Hahakogusa
1959
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
Summer Clouds
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Little Peach
1958
Akutoku
1958
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Showdown in Blood
1957
Price of Beauty
1957
Rice
1957
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957
Throne of Blood
1957
Tengoku wa doko da
1956
Avalanche
1956
The Wife is a University Student
1956
I Saw the Killer
1956
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Yukiko
1955
Beautiful Days
1955
Ofukuro
1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
A Billionaire
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Student Double Suicide
1954
Cape Ashizuri
1954
Seven Samurai
1954
The End of a Day
1954
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Vacuum Zone
1952
Ikiru
1952
Violence
1952
The Yamabiko School
1952
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Dancing Girl
1951
Still I Live On
1951
Weeping Doll
1951
Elegy
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
The Angry Street
1950
Stray Dog
1949
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947