Isao Kimura
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.
Filmography (100 Appearances)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Nukata no Ōkimi
Ayu no uta
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Invitation from the Beach
Fuyu no Undokai
My Brother
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Confessions Among Actresses
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song
Fill the Cup with Blood
Sky Scraper!
Where did Sharaku go?
Black Lizard
Secret Information
Affair in the Snow
Impasse
Journey
Rusty Pendant
The Affair
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Conquest
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Snow Country
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
The Shape of Night
Assassination
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Yakuza of Seki
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
High and Low
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Four Sisters
The Thinking Leaf
Our Marriage
Knightly Advice
The Temple of Wild Geese
Nippon no obaachan
Hokkaido, My Love
The Eighth Enemy
City
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
Young Lord Yakuza
Miyamoto Musashi
Daigaku buyū-den
拳銃野郎に御用心
The Harbor Lights
The Stragglers
The Brass General
Hero of the Red Light District
White Cliffs
Tokyo Detective Girl
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
Hahakogusa
The Woman and the Pirate
Summer Clouds
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Little Peach
Akutoku
The Story of Pure Love
Showdown in Blood
Price of Beauty
Rice
Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon
Throne of Blood
Tengoku wa doko da
Avalanche
The Wife is a University Student
I Saw the Killer
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Yukiko
Beautiful Days
Ofukuro
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
A Billionaire
The Valley Between Love and Death
Student Double Suicide
Cape Ashizuri
Seven Samurai
The End of a Day
At the End of the Clouds
Mr. Pu
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Vacuum Zone
Ikiru
Violence
The Yamabiko School
Sekidô matsuri
Dancing Girl
Still I Live On
Weeping Doll
Elegy
Beyond Love and Hate
The Angry Street
Stray Dog
The Love of the Actress Sumako