Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
22 มิถุนายน 1923
Died
4 กรกฎาคม 1981
Place of birth
Senda, Hiroshima, Japan
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.
มีชื่อเสียงจาก
8.5
Film
7เซียนซามูไร
Katsushiro Okamoto
1954
8.3
Film
ชีวิตนี้แสนสั้นนัก
Intern
1952
8.5
Film
Vacuum Zone
Private Riichiro Kitani
1952
8.4
Film
High and Low
Detective Arai
1963
0.0
Series
Ayu no uta
木島先生
1979–1980
9.0
Film
Cape Ashizuri
1954
7.1
Film
Assassination
Tadasaburo Sasaki
1964
0.0
Film
Rusty Pendant
1967
6.7
Film
The Angry Street
1950
9.0
Film
The Woman and the Pirate
幸七
1959
6.0
Film
Still I Live On
Mizuno
1951
8.5
Film
Yakuza of Seki
Morisuke of Hakoda
1963
7.6
Film
Stray Dog
Yusa
1949
Acting credits 13 titles
Ayu no uta
as 木島先生
0.0
1979–1980
Rusty Pendant
0.0
1967
Assassination
as Tadasaburo Sasaki
7.1
1964
Yakuza of Seki
as Morisuke of Hakoda
8.5
1963
High and Low
as Detective Arai
8.4
1963
The Woman and the Pirate
as 幸七
9.0
1959
Cape Ashizuri
9.0
1954
7เซียนซามูไร
as Katsushiro Okamoto
8.5
1954
Vacuum Zone
as Private Riichiro Kitani
8.5
1952
ชีวิตนี้แสนสั้นนัก
as Intern
8.3
1952
Still I Live On
as Mizuno
6.0
1951
The Angry Street
6.7
1950
Stray Dog
as Yusa
7.6
1949