Isao Kimura
Actor

Isao Kimura

2 Movies
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday June 22, 1923 (102 years old)
Place of Birth Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Also Known As Kō Kimura, Исао ΠšΠΈΠΌΡƒΡ€Π°, ایسائو Ϊ©ΫŒΩ…ΩˆΨ±Ψ§
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Biography

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Isao Kimura (ζœ¨ζ‘ 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.

Filmography (101)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' 2002
Nukata no Ōkimi 1980
Ayu no uta 1979
Invitation from the Beach 1978
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada 1978
Fuyu no Undokai 1977
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
Sky Scraper! 1969
Fill the Cup with Blood 1969
Black Lizard 1968
Affair in the Snow 1968
Where did Sharaku go? 1968
Secret Information 1968
Impasse 1967
The Affair 1967
Journey 1967
Rusty Pendant 1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn 1966
Look Up, Noble One 1966
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro 1965
Conquest 1965
Snow Country 1965
Assassination 1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple 1964
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall 1964
The Shape of Night 1964
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella 1963
High and Low 1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style 1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai 1963
Yakuza of Seki 1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi 1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights 1962
Our Marriage 1962
Hokkaido, My Love 1962
Four Sisters 1962
The Temple of Wild Geese 1962
The Thinking Leaf 1962
Nippon no obaachan 1962
Knightly Advice 1962
Young Lord Yakuza 1961
Miyamoto Musashi 1961
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado 1961
The Eighth Enemy 1961
City 1961
Beware of The Gunman 1961
The Harbor Lights 1961
Daigaku buyΕ«-den 1961
The Stragglers 1960
Hero of the Red Light District 1960
White Cliffs 1960
The Brass General 1960
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene 1959
The Woman and the Pirate 1959
Hahakogusa 1959
Tokyo Detective Girl 1959
Summer Clouds 1958
Little Peach 1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind 1958
Akutoku 1958
Showdown in Blood 1957
Throne of Blood 1957
Rice 1957
Price of Beauty 1957
The Story of Pure Love 1957
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon 1957
Avalanche 1956
Tengoku wa doko da 1956
I Saw the Killer 1956
The Wife is a University Student 1956
Yukiko 1955
Beautiful Days 1955
Ofukuro 1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree 1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes 1955
A Billionaire 1954
Cape Ashizuri 1954
The End of a Day 1954
Seven Samurai 1954
Student Double Suicide 1954
The Valley Between Love and Death 1954
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land 1953
Mr. Pu 1953
At the End of the Clouds 1953
Ikiru 1952
Vacuum Zone 1952
The Yamabiko School 1952
Violence 1952
SekidΓ΄ matsuri 1951
Still I Live On 1951
Beyond Love and Hate 1951
Dancing Girl 1951
Weeping Doll 1951
Elegy 1951
The Angry Street 1950
Stray Dog 1949
The Love of the Actress Sumako 1947