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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

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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
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
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2002
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Invitation from the Beach
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1978
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My Brother
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1976
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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7.485
1974
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
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7.1
1974
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Confessions Among Actresses
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6.1
1971
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Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
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1970
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Sky Scraper!
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1969
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Fill the Cup with Blood
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1969
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Black Lizard
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6.64
1968
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Affair in the Snow
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7.0
1968
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Where did Sharaku go?
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1968
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Secret Information
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1968
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Impasse
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6.4
1967
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The Affair
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6.6
1967
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Journey
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1967
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Rusty Pendant
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1967
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
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6.6
1966
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
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7.3
1965
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Conquest
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5.0
1965
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Snow Country
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4.0
1965
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Assassination
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7.086
1964
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
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7.0
1964
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
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6.8
1964
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The Shape of Night
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6.6
1964
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Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
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1963
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High and Low
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8.3
1963
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
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7.0
1963
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
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7.0
1963
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Yakuza of Seki
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8.5
1963
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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
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1963
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
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7.4
1962
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Our Marriage
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6.7
1962
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Hokkaido, My Love
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1962
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Four Sisters
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6.0
1962
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The Temple of Wild Geese
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6.3
1962
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The Thinking Leaf
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1962
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Nippon no obaachan
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1962
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Knightly Advice
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7.0
1962
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Young Lord Yakuza
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8.3
1961
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Miyamoto Musashi
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7.3
1961
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
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1961
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The Eighth Enemy
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1961
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City
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1961
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拳銃野郎に御用心
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1961
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The Stragglers
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1960
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Hero of the Red Light District
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8.6
1960
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White Cliffs
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1960
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Police Precinct: Nothing Left At The Scene
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1959
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女と海賊
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1959
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Hahakogusa
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1959
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Tokyo Detective Girl
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1959
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Summer Clouds
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7.5
1958
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Little Peach
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5.8
1958
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Beyond the Seasonal Wind
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1958
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Akutoku
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1958
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Showdown in Blood
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1957
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Throne of Blood
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1957
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Rice
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6.4
1957
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Price of Beauty
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1957
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The Story of Pure Love
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6.8
1957
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Avalanche
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1956
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Tengoku wa doko da
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1956
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I Saw the Killer
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1956
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Yukiko
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1955
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Beautiful Days
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6.7
1955
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Ofukuro
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1955
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
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1955
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
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1955
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A Billionaire
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5.7
1954
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Cape Ashizuri
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1954
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The End of a Day
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5.0
1954
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Seven Samurai
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8.455
1954
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Student Double Suicide
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1954
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The Valley Between Love and Death
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1954
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
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1953
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Mr. Pu
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6.5
1953
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At the End of the Clouds
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1953
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Ikiru
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8.309
1952
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Vacuum Zone
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7.0
1952
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The Yamabiko School
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1952
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Violence
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1952
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Sekidô matsuri
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1951
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Still I Live On
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5.7
1951
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Beyond Love and Hate
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1951
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Dancing Girl
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6.3
1951
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Weeping Doll
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1951
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Elegy
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1951
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The Angry Street
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6.5
1950
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Stray Dog
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7.5
1949
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
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6.8
1947