Acting credits
99
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Isao Kimura
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 95Series: 4
TMDB ID: 20830
IMDb ID: nm0454087
Known for: Acting
Born: June 22, 1923
Died: July 4, 1981
Age: 58
Place of birth: Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 2002
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 7.48
Wikidata: Q63525
Also known as
Kō Kimura • Исао Кимура • ایسائو کیمورا
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Isao Kimura.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
as Self
2002 Movie
Invitation from the Beach
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
1978 Movie
My Brother
as Father
1976 Movie
7.4
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Film Critic
1974 Movie
7.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
1974 Movie
5.7
Confessions Among Actresses
as Director Nose
1971 Movie
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970 Movie
Fill the Cup with Blood
1969 Movie
Sky Scraper!
1969 Movie
8.0
Where did Sharaku go?
1968 Movie
6.8
Black Lizard
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
1968 Movie
Secret Information
as Goro Izawa
1968 Movie
6.6
Affair in the Snow
as Kazuo Imai
1968 Movie
6.4
Impasse
as Shingo, Ibuki
1967 Movie
Journey
1967 Movie
Rusty Pendant
1967 Movie
6.4
The Affair
as Mitsuhuru
1967 Movie
6.6
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Yagyu Genzaburo
1966 Movie
5.0
Conquest
as Inspector Enya
1965 Movie
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1965 Movie
4.0
Snow Country
as Shimamura
1965 Movie
6.8
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964 Movie
6.6
The Shape of Night
as Saitô
1964 Movie
7.1
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Isao Kimura.
