Isao Kimura
Acting
🎂 1923-06-22
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.
Cast credits(98)
Katsushiro Okamoto
1954
木島先生
1979
Detective Arai
1963
Goro Izawa
1968
Intern
1952
1951
Phantom samurai
1957
Kutsuda
1961
Self
2002
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1974
Father
1976
Segawa Hospital doctor
1957
Mizuno
1951
Director Nose
1971
Yusa
1949
Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1968
1957
1962
1967
1961
Tomokichi
1963
Kashima
1955
1968
Toshihiko Kurahashi
1978
1955
1953
Yutaka Matsumoto
1962
Hon'iden Matahachi
1964
1959
1951
1960
Hon'iden Matahachi
1961
Hon'iden Matahachi
1963
Hon'iden Matahachi
1965
1961
1964
Morisuke of Hakoda
1963
Hon'iden Matahachi
1962
Iwase Shichiro
1958
1955
1967
1970
1960
Shoji Ohtsu
1962
1961
1980
Hirotaro Iguchi
1963
1954
Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
1958
1958
1954
1963
Film Critic
1974
Mitsuhuru
1967
1955
Yagyu Genzaburo
1966
Shimamura
1965
1969
Kitani
1952
Koroku Tate
1954
1953
1961
1952
1947
1962
1962
Atsumichi Uda
1962
Ensign Tamai
1955
1960
Shingo, Ibuki
1967
1954
1950
1961
1953
1957
幸七
1959
Okawa
1958
Saitô
1964
Nozu
1951
Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964
1978
Kazuo Imai
1968
1951
1956
1961
1959
Kazuhiko Uematsu
1957
Nomine
1951
1957
Takeo Fujisaki
1956
Yoshihiko Takayama
1959
1952
Inspector Enya
1965
Kanji Sakata
1954
1962
1956
1969
1960