Acting
Isao Kimura
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.
Filmography
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Film · 2002
Nukata no Ōkimi
Series · 1980
Ayu no uta
Series · 1979
Invitation from the Beach
Film · 1978
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Series · 1978
Fuyu no Undokai
Series · 1977
My Brother
Film · 1976
遺書 白い少女
Film · 1976
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film · 1974
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Film · 1974
Confessions Among Actresses
Film · 1971
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Film · 1970
Will to Conquer
Film · 1970
Sky Scraper!
Film · 1969
Fill the Cup with Blood
Film · 1969
Black Lizard
Film · 1968
Affair in the Snow
Film · 1968
Where did Sharaku go?
Film · 1968
Secret Information
Film · 1968
Impasse
Film · 1967
The Affair
Film · 1967
The Journey
Film · 1967
Rusty Pendant
Film · 1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Film · 1966
Look Up, Noble One
Film · 1966
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Film · 1965
Conquest
Film · 1965
Snow Country
Film · 1965
Assassination
Film · 1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Film · 1964
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Film · 1964
The Shape of Night
Film · 1964
Camellia Gate
Film · 1964
Could I But Live
Film · 1964
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Film · 1963
High and Low
Film · 1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Film · 1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Film · 1963
Yakuza of Seki
Film · 1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Film · 1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Film · 1962
Our Marriage
Film · 1962
Hokkaido, My Love
Film · 1962
Four Sisters
Film · 1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
Film · 1962
The Thinking Leaf
Film · 1962
Nippon no obaachan
Film · 1962
Knightly Advice
Film · 1962
Young Lord Yakuza
Film · 1961
Miyamoto Musashi
Film · 1961
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Film · 1961
The Eighth Enemy
Film · 1961
City
Film · 1961
Beware of The Gunman
Film · 1961
The Harbor Lights
Film · 1961
Daigaku buyū-den
Film · 1961
The Stragglers
Film · 1960
Hero of the Red Light District
Film · 1960
White Cliffs
Film · 1960
The Brass General
Film · 1960
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
Film · 1959
The Woman and the Pirate
Film · 1959
Hahakogusa
Film · 1959
Tokyo Detective Girl
Film · 1959
Summer Clouds
Film · 1958
Little Peach
Film · 1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Film · 1958
Vice
Film · 1958
Showdown in Blood
Film · 1957
Throne of Blood
Film · 1957
Rice
Film · 1957
Price of Beauty
Film · 1957
The Story of Pure Love
Film · 1957
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Film · 1957
Avalanche
Film · 1956
Where's Paradise?
Film · 1956
I Saw the Killer
Film · 1956
The Wife is a University Student
Film · 1956
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes
Film · 1956
Yukiko
Film · 1955
Beautiful Days
Film · 1955
Ofukuro
Film · 1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Film · 1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Film · 1955
A Billionaire
Film · 1954
Cape Ashizuri
Film · 1954
The End of a Day
Film · 1954
Seven Samurai
Film · 1954
Student Double Suicide
Film · 1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
Film · 1954
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Film · 1953
Mr. Pu
Film · 1953
At the End of the Clouds
Film · 1953
Ikiru
Film · 1952
Vacuum Zone
Film · 1952
The Yamabiko School
Film · 1952
Violence
Film · 1952
Sekidô matsuri
Film · 1951
Still I Live On
Film · 1951
Beyond Love and Hate
Film · 1951
Dancing Girl
Film · 1951
Weeping Doll
Film · 1951
Elegy
Film · 1951
The Love Letter Trial
Film · 1951
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
Film · 1951
The Angry Street
Film · 1950
Stray Dog
Film · 1949
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Film · 1947
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Film · 1942