
Isao Kimura
Biography
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-06-22
Place of Birth
Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Cast
Ikiru
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Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
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Young Lord Yakuza
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High and Low
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The Stragglers
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Black Lizard
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Sekidô matsuri
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Yukiko
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Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
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Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
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Assassination
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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Affair in the Snow
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
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Miyamoto Musashi
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Summer Clouds
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Beautiful Days
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Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
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A Billionaire
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Police Precinct: Nothing Left At The Scene
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Conquest
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Showdown in Blood
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Our Marriage
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Ofukuro
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Little Peach
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Vacuum Zone
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Impasse
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The Woman and the Pirate
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Where did Sharaku go?
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
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A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
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Sky Scraper!
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Avalanche
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Hahakogusa
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Hokkaido, My Love
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Stray Dog
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Throne of Blood
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Confessions Among Actresses
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Hero of the Red Light District
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The Affair
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Still I Live On
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Cape Ashizuri
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The Angry Street
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The Shape of Night
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The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
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Mr. Pu
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Beyond Love and Hate
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Snow Country
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Dancing Girl
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Rice
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
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Four Sisters
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Secret Information
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Beyond the Seasonal Wind
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The End of a Day
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Tokyo Detective Girl
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Tengoku wa doko da
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The Temple of Wild Geese
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The Thinking Leaf
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The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
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Journey
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Price of Beauty
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Akutoku
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My Brother
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The Story of Pure Love
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Weeping Doll
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I Saw the Killer
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Nippon no obaachan
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Knightly Advice
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Invitation from the Beach
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The Yamabiko School
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
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Seven Samurai
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Yakuza of Seki
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Fill the Cup with Blood
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Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
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Elegy
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At the End of the Clouds
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The Eighth Enemy
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City
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Violence
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Student Double Suicide
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The Valley Between Love and Death
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White Cliffs
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Rusty Pendant
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拳銃野郎に御用心
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