Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/22/1923
Place of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Also Known As
Kō KimuraИсао Кимураایسائو کیمورا
Isao Kimura
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 ...
Known For
Seven Samurai
as Katsushiro Okamoto
High and Low
as Detective Arai
Ikiru
as Intern
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Film Critic
Our Marriage
as Yutaka Matsumoto
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Atsumichi Uda
The Thinking Leaf
Unknown Role
Snow Country
as Shimamura
Little Peach
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Young Lord Yakuza
Unknown Role
Summer Clouds
as Okawa
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Black Lizard
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Student Double Suicide
Unknown Role
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hirotaro Iguchi
The Harbor Lights
Unknown Role
Hahakogusa
as Yoshihiko Takayama
Career Timeline
1978
1974
1968
1967
1965
1964
1963
Yakuza of Seki
as Morisuke of Hakoda
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
as Tomokichi
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Role unknown
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hirotaro Iguchi
High and Low
as Detective Arai
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Four Sisters
as Shoji Ohtsu
The Thinking Leaf
Role unknown
Our Marriage
as Yutaka Matsumoto
Knightly Advice
Role unknown
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Atsumichi Uda
Nippon no obaachan
Role unknown
Hokkaido, My Love
Role unknown