Isao Kimura
Acting
Born June 22, 1923 · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
Died July 4, 1981
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 for
Filmography
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Film Critic
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974 · Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Confessions Among Actresses
1971 · Director Nose
Black Lizard
1968 · Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Affair in the Snow
1968 · Kazuo Imai
Impasse
1967 · Shingo, Ibuki
The Affair
1967 · Mitsuhuru
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 · Yagyu Genzaburo
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Hon'iden Matahachi
Assassination
1964 · Tadasaburo Sasaki
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Hon'iden Matahachi
High and Low
1963 · Detective Arai
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Hon'iden Matahachi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · Hirotaro Iguchi
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Hon'iden Matahachi
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 · Atsumichi Uda
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Hon'iden Matahachi
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
Summer Clouds
1958 · Okawa
Little Peach
1958 · Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
Throne of Blood
1957 · Phantom samurai
Rice
1957
Seven Samurai
1954 · Katsushiro Okamoto
Ikiru
1952 · Intern
Dancing Girl
1951 · Nozu
Stray Dog
1949 · Yusa