Isao Kimura
Acting
Born: 1923-06-22 in Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
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.
Known For
Seven Samurai
Katsushiro Okamoto
High and Low
Detective Arai
Ikiru
Intern
Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
Ayu no uta
木島先生
Vacuum Zone
Private Riichiro Kitani
Cape Ashizuri
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
Four Sisters
Shoji Ohtsu
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Rusty Pendant
Fuyu no Undokai
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
Sky Scraper!
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
The Angry Street
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Film Critic
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Still I Live On
Mizuno
The Yamabiko School
The End of a Day
The Shape of Night
Saitô
Stray Dog
Yusa
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Temple of Wild Geese
Atsumichi Uda
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
The Love Letter Trial
Hero of the Red Light District
Nippon no obaachan
The Affair
Mitsuhuru
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Hon'iden Matahachi
Snow Country
Shimamura
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Conquest
Inspector Enya
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Vice
Iwase Shichiro
Look Up, Noble One
Tatsuo Kurokawa
Weeping Doll
Nomine
Nukata no Ōkimi
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Ensign Tamai