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.
101 acting credits
Acting · 101
Seven Samurai
1954
High and Low
1963
Ikiru
1952
Ayu no uta
1979
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Throne of Blood
1957
Stray Dog
1949
Assassination
1964
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
Little Peach
1958
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
Black Lizard
1968
Four Sisters
1962
Summer Clouds
1958
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
Mr. Pu
1953
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
The Shape of Night
1964
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
The Affair
1967
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Rice
1957
The Angry Street
1950
A Billionaire
1954
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Ofukuro
1955
Snow Country
1965
Dancing Girl
1951
Young Lord Yakuza
1961
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
Fuyu no Undokai
1977
Elegy
1951
Vacuum Zone
1952
Showdown in Blood
1957
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
Yukiko
1955
Akutoku
1958
Journey
1967
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969
The Thinking Leaf
1962
The End of a Day
1954
Knightly Advice
1962
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
Tokyo Detective Girl
1959
Tengoku wa doko da
1956
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
1957
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Affair in the Snow
1968
Avalanche
1956
Price of Beauty
1957
Beautiful Days
1955
Conquest
1965
Impasse
1967
Our Marriage
1962
Rusty Pendant
1967
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Still I Live On
1951
Sky Scraper!
1969
Invitation from the Beach
1978
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970
Student Double Suicide
1954
White Cliffs
1960
Violence
1952
The Stragglers
1960
The Harbor Lights
1961
City
1961
Cape Ashizuri
1954
Hahakogusa
1959
The Eighth Enemy
1961
Yakuza of Seki
1963
The Wife is a University Student
1956
Hokkaido, My Love
1962
Daigaku buyū-den
1961
The Brass General
1960
Secret Information
1968
The Yamabiko School
1952
I Saw the Killer
1956
My Brother
1976
Beware of The Gunman
1961
Weeping Doll
1951
Look Up, Noble One
1966