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Isao Kimura (1923–1981)

Actor

Isao Kimura had featured roles in several of Akira Kurosawa's masterworks. The handsome young actor portrayed a wide range of characters under the master's guidance. He first played the war-damaged hoodlum Yusa in Stray Dog with antagonism and palpable pain; then, at the opposite end of the spectrum but with equal veracity... See full bio »

Born:

in Hiroshima, Japan

Died:

(age 58) in Tokyo, Japan
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1980 Kareinaru houmonsha (TV movie)
Iwasaki
 
1979 Ayu no uta (TV series)
Kijima
 
1978 Yokomizo Seishi Series II (TV mini-series)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
 
1974 Pastoral Hide and Seek
Film Critic
 
1974 Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Tsuchigumo Hyoei
 
1971 Confessions Among Actresses
Director Nose
 
1970 Will to Conquer
Hanpeita Takechi
 
1970 Sakariba nagashi uta: Shinjuku no onna
Funaki
 
1969 Secret Information
Goro Izawa
 
1969 Snow Country
Shimamura
 
1968 Affair in the Snow
Kazuo Imai
 
1968 Kuro tokage
Detective Akechi
 
1967 Flame and Women
Shingo, Ibuki
 
1967 Tabiji
Eikichi
 
1967 The Affair
Mitsuhuru
 
1966 The Secret of the Urn
Yagyu Genzaburo
 
1966 Aogeba tôtoshi
 
1965 A Scoundrel
Shioya Hangan
 
1965 Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryû-jima no kettô
Hon'iden Matahachi
 
1965 Shin juyuu gakkou (TV series)
 
1964 Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
 
1964 Could I But Live
 
1964 Yoru no henrin
Saito
 
1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji
Hon'iden Matahachi
 
1964 Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari
 
1963 Two-Sword Fencing Is Born
Hon'iden Matahachi
 
1963 Bushido
Hirotaro Iguchi (as Ko Kimura)
 
1963 High and Low
Detective Arai
 
1963 Seki no yatappe
 
1962 Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Hon'iden Matahachi
 
1962 Gan no tera
 
1962 Kigeki: Nippon no oba-chan
Taguchi
 
1961 Hachi-nin me no teki
 
1961 Machi
News paper editor
 
1961 Zen and Sword
Hon'iden Matahachi
 
1961 Our Marriage
 
1960 Ikinuita 16 nen: Saigo no nippon-hei
Takano, Army officer
 
1960 Hero of the Red Light District
 
1960 Shiroi gake
 
1959 Keishichô monogatari: Iryûhin nashi
 
1959 Hahakogusa
Yoshihiko Takayama
 
1959 Onna to kaizoku
Koshichi
 
1958 Summer Clouds
Okawa
 
1958 Kisetsufu no kanatani
 
1958 Anzukko
Ryokichi Urushiyama - the husband
 
1957 Jun'ai monogatari
 
1957 The Rice People
Senkichi
 
1957 Throne of Blood
Phantom samurai
 
1957 Hibô no miyako (as Ko Kimura)
 
1956 Boshizô
Shimizu
 
1956 Tengoku wa doko da
 
1956 Kyatsu o nigasuna
Takeo Fujisaki (as Ko Kimura)
 
1955 Asunaro monogatari
Kashima (as Ko Kimura)
 
1955 Ofukuro (as Ko Kimura)
 
1955 Ningen gyorai kaiten (as Ko Kimura)
 
1955 Uruwashiki saigetsu
 
1954 A Billionaire
Koroku Tate
 
1954 Seven Samurai
Katsushiro (as Ko Kimura)
 
1954 Ashizuri misaki
 
1953 Mr. Pu
 
1953 Onna hitori daichi o yuku
 
1952 Ikiru
Intern
 
1952 Boryoku
 
1952 School of Echoes
 
1952 Shinkû chitai
Kitani
 
1951 The Dancer
Nozu
 
1951 Dokkoi ikiteru
 
1951 Elegy
 
1950 Angry Street
 
1949 Stray Dog
Yusa
 
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1960 Last of the Imperial Army (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Ko Kimura

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Cancer