
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born22 June 1923 (age 102)
- Place of BirthSenda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Isao Kimura

- Known ForActing
- Born22 June 1923 (age 102)
- Place of BirthSenda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002

Invitation from the Beach
1978

My Brother
1976

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974

Confessions Among Actresses
1971

Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
1970

Sky Scraper!
1969

Fill the Cup with Blood
1969

Black Lizard
1968

Affair in the Snow
1968

Where did Sharaku go?
1968

Secret Information
1968

Impasse
1967

The Affair
1967

Journey
1967

Rusty Pendant
1967

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965

Conquest
1965

Snow Country
1965

Assassination
1964

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1964

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964

The Shape of Night
1964

Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
1963

High and Low
1963

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963

Yakuza of Seki
1963

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962

Our Marriage
1962
Hokkaido, My Love
1962

Four Sisters
1962

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962

The Thinking Leaf
1962

Nippon no obaachan
1962

Knightly Advice
1962

Young Lord Yakuza
1961

Miyamoto Musashi
1961

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961

The Eighth Enemy
1961

City
1961

拳銃野郎に御用心
1961

The Stragglers
1960

Hero of the Red Light District
1960

White Cliffs
1960

Police Precinct: Nothing Left At The Scene
1959

女と海賊
1959

Hahakogusa
1959

Tokyo Detective Girl
1959

Summer Clouds
1958

Little Peach
1958

Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958

Akutoku
1958

Showdown in Blood
1957

Throne of Blood
1957

Rice
1957

Price of Beauty
1957

The Story of Pure Love
1957

Avalanche
1956

Tengoku wa doko da
1956

I Saw the Killer
1956

Yukiko
1955

Beautiful Days
1955

Ofukuro
1955

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955

A Billionaire
1954
Cape Ashizuri
1954

The End of a Day
1954

Seven Samurai
1954

Student Double Suicide
1954

The Valley Between Love and Death
1954

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953

Mr. Pu
1953

At the End of the Clouds
1953

Ikiru
1952

Vacuum Zone
1952

The Yamabiko School
1952

Violence
1952

Sekidô matsuri
1951

Still I Live On
1951

Beyond Love and Hate
1951

Dancing Girl
1951

Weeping Doll
1951

Elegy
1951

The Angry Street
1950

Stray Dog
1949
