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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1923
Died
July 4, 1981
Place of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Kō Kimura
- Исао Кимура
- ایسائو کیمورا
Isao Kimura
1.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
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Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
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木島先生
Ayu no uta
1979
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Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
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Toshihiko Kurahashi
Invitation from the Beach
1978
0.0
Father
My Brother
1976
7.5
Film Critic
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
7.1
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
6.1
Director Nose
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
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Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
Credits
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
as Self
2002
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Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
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Ayu no uta
as 木島先生
1979
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Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
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Invitation from the Beach
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
1978
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My Brother
as Father
1976
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Film Critic
1974
7.5
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1974
7.1
Confessions Among Actresses
as Director Nose
1971
6.1
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
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Fill the Cup with Blood
1969
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Sky Scraper!
1969
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Where did Sharaku go?
1968
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Black Lizard
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1968
6.7
Secret Information
as Goro Izawa
1968
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Affair in the Snow
as Kazuo Imai
1968
7.0
Impasse
as Shingo, Ibuki
1967
6.4
Journey
1967
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Rusty Pendant
1967
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The Affair
as Mitsuhuru
1967
6.6
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Yagyu Genzaburo
1966
6.6
Conquest
as Inspector Enya
1965
5.0
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1965
7.3
Snow Country
as Shimamura
1965
4.0
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
6.8
The Shape of Night
as Saitô
1964
6.6
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964
7.1
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1964
7.0
Yakuza of Seki
as Morisuke of Hakoda
1963
8.5
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1963
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Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Tomokichi
1963
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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hirotaro Iguchi
1963
7.0
High and Low
as Detective Arai
1963
8.3
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1962
7.4
Four Sisters
as Shoji Ohtsu
1962
6.0
The Thinking Leaf
1962
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Our Marriage
as Yutaka Matsumoto
1962
6.7
Knightly Advice
1962
7.0
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Atsumichi Uda
1962
6.3
Nippon no obaachan
1962
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Hokkaido, My Love
1962
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The Eighth Enemy
as Kutsuda
1961
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City
1961
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
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Young Lord Yakuza
1961
8.3
Miyamoto Musashi
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1961
7.3
拳銃野郎に御用心
1961
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The Stragglers
1960
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Hero of the Red Light District
1960
8.6
White Cliffs
1960
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Tokyo Detective Girl
1959
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Police Precinct: Nothing Left At The Scene
1959
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Hahakogusa
as Yoshihiko Takayama
1959
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The Woman and the Pirate
as 幸七
1959
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Summer Clouds
as Okawa
1958
7.5
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
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Little Peach
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
1958
5.8
Akutoku
as Iwase Shichiro
1958
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The Story of Pure Love
as Segawa Hospital doctor
1957
6.8
Showdown in Blood
1957
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Price of Beauty
as Kazuhiko Uematsu
1957
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Rice
1957
6.4
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
1957
7.9
Tengoku wa doko da
1956
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Avalanche
1956
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I Saw the Killer
as Takeo Fujisaki
1956
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Kashima
1955
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Yukiko
1955
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Beautiful Days
1955
6.7
Ofukuro
1955
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
as Ensign Tamai
1955
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A Billionaire
as Koroku Tate
1954
5.7
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Kanji Sakata
1954
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Student Double Suicide
1954
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Cape Ashizuri
1954
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Seven Samurai
as Katsushiro Okamoto
1954
8.5
The End of a Day
1954
5.0
At the End of the Clouds
1953
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Mr. Pu
1953
6.5
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
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Vacuum Zone
as Kitani
1952
7.0
Ikiru
as Intern
1952
8.3
Violence
1952
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The Yamabiko School
1952
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Sekidô matsuri
1951
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Dancing Girl
as Nozu
1951
6.3
Still I Live On
as Mizuno
1951
5.7
Weeping Doll
as Nomine
1951
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Elegy
1951
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Beyond Love and Hate
1951
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The Angry Street
1950
6.5
Stray Dog
as Yusa
1949
7.5
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
6.8