Cast

Isao Kimura

Acting

Cast

Isao Kimura

Known for

Acting

Born

1923-06-22

From

Senda, Hiroshima, Japan

Died

1981-07-04

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.

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Biography

Seven Samurai

High and Low

Ikiru

Sky Scraper!

Yakuza of Seki

I Saw the Killer

The Harbor Lights

Throne of Blood

Weeping Doll

My Brother

Stray Dog

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Secret Information

Conquest

The Yamabiko School

The Love Letter Trial

遺書 白い少女

Cape Ashizuri

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Look Up, Noble One

Summer Clouds

Yukiko

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

The Story of Pure Love

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Black Lizard

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Affair in the Snow

The Valley Between Love and Death

Our Marriage

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

Rusty Pendant

Confessions Among Actresses

Nippon no obaachan

The Temple of Wild Geese

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

Violence

The Stragglers

Student Double Suicide

Snow Country

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Beautiful Days

Assassination

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

Hokkaido, My Love

The Affair

Price of Beauty

Vacuum Zone

The Shape of Night

Hahakogusa

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Invitation from the Beach

Avalanche

Elegy

Mr. Pu

A Billionaire

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

Sekidô matsuri

Hero of the Red Light District

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

The Angry Street

The Thinking Leaf

White Cliffs

Little Peach

Where did Sharaku go?

The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado

The End of a Day

Four Sisters

Beware of The Gunman

Showdown in Blood

Daigaku buyū-den

At the End of the Clouds

Rice

遺書白い少女

遺書白い少女