Person Detail
Isao Kimura
Catalogued films 63Actor 63
Isao Kimura (木村 功, Kimura Isao, 22 June 1923 – 4 July 1981), also known as Kō Kimura, was a Japanese actor. He entered the Haiyūza theatre troupe in 1946. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including Stray Dog (1949) as Yusa the criminal, and Seven Samurai (1954) as Katsushiro, the youngest of the samurai. During his career he also appeared in several films directed by Mikio Naruse and Yoshishige Yoshida, as well as appearing in the 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.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Confessions Among Actresses
Will to Conquer
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Sky Scraper!
Where did Sharaku go?
Black Lizard
Secret Information
Affair in the Snow
Impasse
The Journey
The Affair
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Snow Country
The Conquest
Camellia Gate
Could I But Live
Assassination
The Shape of Night
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Yakuza of Seki
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
High and Low
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Four Sisters
Knightly Advice
The Temple of Wild Geese
Our Marriage
City
Young Lord Yakuza
Miyamoto Musashi
Beware of The Gunman
Hero of the Red Light District
White Cliffs
The Woman and the Pirate
Summer Clouds
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Little Peach
Rice
The Story of Pure Love
Where's Paradise?
Avalanche
The Wife is a University Student
I Saw the Killer
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Yukiko
Beautiful Days
Ningen gyorai kaiten
A Billionaire
The Valley Between Love and Death
Cape Ashizuri
Seven Samurai
At the End of the Clouds
Mr. Pu
Shinkû chitai
Dancing Girl
Elegy
Dokkoi ikiteru
Beyond Love and Hate
Stray Dog