Isao Kimura
Acting
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.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
Invitation from the Beach
Toshihiko Kurahashi
My Brother
Father
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Fill the Cup with Blood
Sky Scraper!
Where did Sharaku go?
Black Lizard
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Secret Information
Goro Izawa
Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
Impasse
Shingo, Ibuki
Journey
Rusty Pendant
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
Conquest
Inspector Enya
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Hon'iden Matahachi
Snow Country
Shimamura
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
The Shape of Night
Saitô
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Hon'iden Matahachi
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Tomokichi
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Hirotaro Iguchi
High and Low
Detective Arai
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
The Thinking Leaf
Our Marriage
Yutaka Matsumoto
Knightly Advice
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
Nippon no obaachan
Hokkaido, My Love
The Eighth Enemy
Kutsuda
City
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Young Lord Yakuza
Miyamoto Musashi
Hon'iden Matahachi
Daigaku buyū-den
The Harbor Lights
拳銃野郎に御用心
The Stragglers
The Brass General
Hero of the Red Light District
White Cliffs
Tokyo Detective Girl
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
Summer Clouds
Okawa
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Little Peach
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Akutoku
Iwase Shichiro
The Story of Pure Love
Segawa Hospital doctor
Showdown in Blood
Price of Beauty
Kazuhiko Uematsu
Rice
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Tengoku wa doko da
Avalanche
The Wife is a University Student
Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband)
I Saw the Killer
Takeo Fujisaki
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Kashima
Yukiko
Beautiful Days
Imanishi
Ofukuro
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai
A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
The Valley Between Love and Death
Kanji Sakata
Student Double Suicide
Cape Ashizuri
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
The End of a Day
At the End of the Clouds
Mr. Pu
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Vacuum Zone
Kitani
Ikiru
Intern
Violence
The Yamabiko School
Sekidô matsuri
Dancing Girl
Nozu
Still I Live On
Mizuno
Weeping Doll
Nomine
Elegy
Beyond Love and Hate
The Angry Street
Stray Dog
Yusa
The Love of the Actress Sumako