Isao Kimura
Acting · Born 1923-06-22 · age 58 at death · Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
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.
Titles
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
High and Low
Throne of Blood
Stray Dog
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Assassination
Black Lizard
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
The Affair
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
The Temple of Wild Geese
Summer Clouds
Affair in the Snow
Little Peach
Impasse
Confessions Among Actresses
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Rice
Hero of the Red Light District
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Dancing Girl
Our Marriage
Beautiful Days
The Angry Street
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Story of Pure Love
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
The Shape of Night
Young Lord Yakuza
A Billionaire
The Harbor Lights
Still I Live On
Mr. Pu
Snow Country
Vacuum Zone
Yakuza of Seki
Where did Sharaku go?
The End of a Day
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Conquest
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Hokkaido, My Love
Price of Beauty
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
The Eighth Enemy
The Woman and the Pirate
Cape Ashizuri
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Secret Information
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Elegy
The Stragglers
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tengoku wa doko da
Violence