Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-06-22 (58 years old)
Deathday
1981-07-04
Place of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Kō Kimura
Исао Кимура
ایسائو کیمورا
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 ca...
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as Intern
1963
as Tomokichi
1963
as Detective Arai
1960
1968
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1951
1955
1966
as Yagyu Genzaburo
1964
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
1974
as Film Critic
1968
as Kazuo Imai
1962
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1963
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1964
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1965
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1961
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1958
as Okawa
1955
1954
as Koroku Tate
1965
as Inspector Enya
1962
as Yutaka Matsumoto
1955
1958
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
1952
as Kitani
1967
as Shingo, Ibuki
1959
1955
as Kashima
1969
1956
1959
as Yoshihiko Takayama
1949
as Yusa
1957
as Phantom samurai
1971
as Director Nose
1967
as Mitsuhuru
1951
as Mizuno
1954
1950
1964
as Saitô
1955
as Ensign Tamai
1953
1965
as Shimamura
1951
as Nozu
1957
1974
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1963
as Hirotaro Iguchi
1962
as Shoji Ohtsu
1968
as Goro Izawa
1954
1962
as Atsumichi Uda
1967
1957
as Kazuhiko Uematsu
1958
as Iwase Shichiro
1976
as Father
1957
as Segawa Hospital doctor
1951
as Nomine
1956
as Takeo Fujisaki
1962
1978
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
1954
as Katsushiro Okamoto
1963
as Morisuke of Hakoda
1951
1961
as Kutsuda
1961
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1954
as Kanji Sakata
1960
1967
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