
Isao Kimura
Acting
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.

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self

Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi

My Brother
Father

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei

Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song

Fill the Cup with Blood

Sky Scraper!

Where did Sharaku go?

Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi

Secret Information
Goro Izawa

Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai

Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki

Journey

Rusty Pendant

The Affair
Mitsuhuru

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo

Conquest
Inspector Enya

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi

Snow Country
Shimamura

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

The Shape of Night
Saitô

Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi

Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Tomokichi

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi

High and Low
Detective Arai

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi

Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu

The Thinking Leaf

Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto

Knightly Advice

The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda

Nippon no obaachan
Hokkaido, My Love

The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda

City

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

Young Lord Yakuza

Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi

Daigaku buyū-den

The Harbor Lights

拳銃野郎に御用心

The Stragglers

The Brass General

Hero of the Red Light District

White Cliffs

Tokyo Detective Girl

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama

The Woman and the Pirate
幸七

Summer Clouds
Okawa

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband

Akutoku
Iwase Shichiro

The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor

Showdown in Blood

Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu

Rice

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon

Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai

Tengoku wa doko da

Avalanche

The Wife is a University Student
Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)

I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima

Yukiko

Beautiful Days
Imanishi

Ofukuro

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai

A Billionaire
Koroku Tate

The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata

Student Double Suicide

Cape Ashizuri

Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto

The End of a Day

At the End of the Clouds

Mr. Pu

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Vacuum Zone
Kitani

Ikiru
Intern

Violence

The Yamabiko School

Sekidô matsuri

Dancing Girl
Nozu

Still I Live On
Mizuno

Weeping Doll
Nomine

Elegy

Beyond Love and Hate

The Angry Street

Stray Dog
Yusa

The Love of the Actress Sumako







