Isao Kimura
1923-06-22 ( 101 years old ) in Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, 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.

Movies

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' 2002-10-25
Invitation from the Beach 1978-04-08
My Brother 1976-12-25
Pastoral: To Die in the Country 1974-12-28
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell 1974-04-24
Confessions Among Actresses 1971-11-17
Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song 1970-05-30
Fill the Cup with Blood 1969-10-08
Sky Scraper! 1969-05-14
Where did Sharaku go? 1968-08-22
Black Lizard 1968-08-14
Secret Information 1968-05-14
Affair in the Snow 1968-01-31
Impasse 1967-12-01
Journey 1967-11-12
The Affair 1967-05-13
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn 1966-05-25
Conquest 1965-11-21
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro 1965-09-04
Snow Country 1965-04-10
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall 1964-12-12
The Shape of Night 1964-11-01
Assassination 1964-07-04
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple 1964-01-01
Yakuza of Seki 1963-11-20
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style 1963-08-14
Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella 1963-06-30
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi 1963-05-12
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai 1963-04-28
High and Low 1963-03-01
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights 1962-11-17
Four Sisters 1962-07-01
The Thinking Leaf 1962-05-16
Our Marriage 1962-03-18
Knightly Advice 1962-01-31
The Temple of Wild Geese 1962-01-21
Nippon no obaachan 1962-01-03
Hokkaido, My Love 1962-01-01
The Eighth Enemy 1961-12-15
City 1961-10-14
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado 1961-08-05
Young Lord Yakuza 1961-06-11
Miyamoto Musashi 1961-05-27
The Stragglers 1960-10-05
Hero of the Red Light District 1960-09-03
White Cliffs 1960-04-05
Tokyo Detective Girl 1959-09-23
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi 1959-09-15
Hahakogusa 1959-04-22
女と海賊 1959-04-01
Summer Clouds 1958-09-02
Beyond the Seasonal Wind 1958-06-10
Little Peach 1958-05-13
Akutoku 1958-02-19
The Story of Pure Love 1957-10-15
Showdown in Blood 1957-08-28
Price of Beauty 1957-03-13
Rice 1957-03-04
Throne of Blood 1957-01-15
Tengoku wa doko da 1956-04-23
Avalanche 1956-03-22
I Saw the Killer 1956-01-29
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree 1955-10-05
Yukiko 1955-08-03
Beautiful Days 1955-05-25
Ofukuro 1955-04-10
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes 1955-01-09
A Billionaire 1954-11-22
The Valley Between Love and Death 1954-09-21
Student Double Suicide 1954-07-27
Cape Ashizuri 1954-05-18
Seven Samurai 1954-04-26
The End of a Day 1954-02-03
At the End of the Clouds 1953-06-09
Mr. Pu 1953-04-15
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land 1953-02-20
Vacuum Zone 1952-12-10
Ikiru 1952-10-09
Violence 1952-08-25
The Yamabiko School 1952-05-01
Sekidô matsuri 1951-12-07
Dancing Girl 1951-08-17
Still I Live On 1951-07-04
Weeping Doll 1951-05-19
Elegy 1951-02-22
Beyond Love and Hate 1951-01-11
The Angry Street 1950-05-14
Stray Dog 1949-10-17
The Love of the Actress Sumako 1947-08-16

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