Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Also Known As: Kō Kimura, Исао Кимура, ایسائو کیمورا

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Birthday: June 22, 1923

Deathday: July 04, 1981

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 20830

IMDb-Id: nm0454087

Popularity:

2.42%

Known For

Ikiru
Cases of Umon:A Woman with An Umbrella
Young Lord Yakuza
High and Low
The Stragglers
Black Lizard
Sekidô matsuri
Yukiko
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Assassination
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Affair in the Snow
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi
Summer Clouds
Beautiful Days
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
A Billionaire
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi
Conquest
Showdown in Blood
Our Marriage
Ofukuro
Little Peach
Vacuum Zone
Impasse
女と海賊
Where did Sharaku go?
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Sky Scraper!
Avalanche
Hahakogusa
Hokkaido, My Love
Stray Dog
Throne of Blood
Confessions Among Actresses
Hero of the Red Light District
The Affair
Still I Live On
Cape Ashizuri
The Angry Street
The Shape of Night
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Mr. Pu
Beyond Love and Hate
Snow Country
Dancing Girl
Rice
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Four Sisters
Secret Information
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
The End of a Day
Tokyo Detective Girl
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Tengoku wa doko da
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Thinking Leaf
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Journey
Price of Beauty
Akutoku
My Brother
The Story of Pure Love
Weeping Doll
I Saw the Killer
Nippon no obaachan
Knightly Advice
Invitation from the Beach
The Yamabiko School
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Seven Samurai
Yakuza of Seki
Fill the Cup with Blood
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Elegy
At the End of the Clouds
The Eighth Enemy
City
Violence
Student Double Suicide
The Valley Between Love and Death
White Cliffs