Isao Kimura

Known for ActingBorn 1923-06-22Died 1981-07-04Senda, Hiroshima, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Hokkaido, My Love

The Eighth Enemy

Price of Beauty

Secret Information

The Woman and the Pirate

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Cape Ashizuri

Elegy

Hero of the Red Light District

Yakuza of Seki

High and Low

Vacuum Zone

Seven Samurai

Ikiru

Where did Sharaku go?

Young Lord Yakuza

The Stragglers

Tengoku wa doko da

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

The Valley Between Love and Death

Violence

Throne of Blood

Summer Clouds

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Stray Dog

The End of a Day

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Miyamoto Musashi

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Assassination

Our Marriage

Sky Scraper!

Journey

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

Nippon no obaachan

Knightly Advice

City

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

Black Lizard

Ofukuro

Affair in the Snow

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Beyond Love and Hate