Isao Kimura
Actor
Biography
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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
Ikiru
as Intern 1952
High and Low
as Detective Arai 1963
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai 1957
Stray Dog
as Yusa 1949
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei 1974
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Film Critic 1974
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki 1964
Black Lizard
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi 1968
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hirotaro Iguchi 1963
The Affair
as Mitsuhuru 1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Yagyu Genzaburo 1966
Affair in the Snow
as Kazuo Imai 1968
Summer Clouds
as Okawa 1958
Little Peach
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband 1958
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Atsumichi Uda 1962
Impasse
as Shingo, Ibuki 1967