Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura is an actor, born 1923. Their work on CrossBinge spans films and TV, including Seven Samurai, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
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…
Films (42)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Ikiru (1952)
- High and Low (1963)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
- The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
- The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)
- Snow Country (1965)
- Assassination (1964)
- The Story of Pure Love (1957)
- Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
- The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
- The Angry Street (1950)
- Black Lizard (1968)
- A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
- Elegy (1951)
- Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)
- Young Lord Yakuza (1961)
- Summer Clouds (1958)
- Affair in the Snow (1968)
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
- Mr. Pu (1953)
- Vacuum Zone (1952)
- A Billionaire (1954)
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)