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.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002 · Self

Invitation from the Beach
1978 · Toshihiko Kurahashi

My Brother
1976 · Father

Isho: Shiroi shōjo
1976

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Film Critic

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974 · Tsuchigumo Hyoei

Confessions Among Actresses
1971 · Director Nose

Will to Conquer
1970 · Takechi Hanpeita

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970

Fill the Cup with Blood
1969

Sky Scraper!
1969

Where did Sharaku go?
1968

Black Lizard
1968 · Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi

Secret Information
1968 · Goro Izawa

Affair in the Snow
1968 · Kazuo Imai

Impasse
1967 · Shingo, Ibuki

The Journey
1967 · Eikichi Ito

Rusty Pendant
1967

The Affair
1967 · Mitsuhuru

Look Up, Noble One
1966 · Tatsuo Kurokawa

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 · Yagyu Genzaburo

Conquest
1965 · Inspector Enya

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Hon'iden Matahachi

Snow Country
1965 · Shimamura

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964

The Shape of Night
1964 · Saitô

Camellia Gate
1964

Could I But Live
1964 · Professor Hiraoka

Assassination
1964 · Tadasaburo Sasaki

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Hon'iden Matahachi

Yakuza of Seki
1963 · Morisuke of Hakoda

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Hon'iden Matahachi

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963 · Tomokichi

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · Hirotaro Iguchi

High and Low
1963 · Detective Arai

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Hon'iden Matahachi

Four Sisters
1962 · Shoji Ohtsu

The Thinking Leaf
1962

Our Marriage
1962 · Yutaka Matsumoto

Knightly Advice
1962

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 · Atsumichi Uda

Nippon no obaachan
1962
Hokkaido, My Love
1962

The Eighth Enemy
1961 · Kutsuda

City
1961

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961

Young Lord Yakuza
1961

Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Hon'iden Matahachi

Daigaku buyū-den
1961

Beware of The Gunman
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 · Yoshihiko Takayama

The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · 幸七

Summer Clouds
1958 · Okawa

Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 · Tetsuo Yasunari

Little Peach
1958 · Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband

Vice
1958 · Iwase Shichiro

The Story of Pure Love
1957 · Segawa Hospital doctor

Showdown in Blood
1957

Price of Beauty
1957 · Kazuhiko Uematsu

Rice
1957

Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957

Throne of Blood
1957 · Phantom samurai
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes
1956

Where's Paradise?
1956

Avalanche
1956

The Wife is a University Student
1956 · Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)

I Saw the Killer
1956 · Takeo Fujisaki

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 · Kashima

Yukiko
1955

Beautiful Days
1955 · Imanishi

Ofukuro
1955

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955 · Ensign Tamai

A Billionaire
1954 · Koroku Tate

The Valley Between Love and Death
1954 · Kanji Sakata

Student Double Suicide
1954

Cape Ashizuri
1954

Seven Samurai
1954 · Katsushiro Okamoto

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 · Private Riichiro Kitani

Ikiru
1952 · Intern

Violence
1952

The Yamabiko School
1952

Sekidô matsuri
1951

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951

Dancing Girl
1951 · Nozu

Still I Live On
1951 · Mizuno

The Love Letter Trial
1951

Weeping Doll
1951 · Nomine

Elegy
1951

Beyond Love and Hate
1951

The Angry Street
1950

Stray Dog
1949 · Yusa

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
1942




