Isao Kimura
Acting
Born 1923-06-22
Died 1981-07-04
Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
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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.
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Filmography
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Seven Samurai
Ikiru
High and Low
Throne of Blood
Ayu no uta
Stray Dog
I Saw the Killer
The Harbor Lights
The Yamabiko School
Weeping Doll
Yakuza of Seki
Sky Scraper!
My Brother
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Fuyu no Undokai
Hero of the Red Light District
Nukata no Ōkimi
Black Lizard
Secret Information
The Temple of Wild Geese
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Conquest
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Assassination
Miyamoto Musashi
Little Peach
Summer Clouds
The Shape of Night
The Story of Pure Love
Snow Country
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Mr. Pu
Yukiko
Four Sisters
Confessions Among Actresses
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Impasse
Look Up, Noble One
Nippon no obaachan
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The Valley Between Love and Death
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Affair in the Snow
Cape Ashizuri
Dancing Girl
Elegy
Journey
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Knightly Advice
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
The Affair
Beautiful Days
The Stragglers
Our Marriage
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Violence
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Rice
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