Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura, sometimes credited as Kō Kimura, was a Japanese stage and film actor who appeared in more than one hundred films of directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and Yoshishige Yoshida.
Biography
Kimura was born in Hiroshima City, and graduated from the Bunka Gakuin school, Tokyo, in 1943. In 1945, he lost his parents in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and was himself exposed to radiation. He joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1946, but left four years later to form the Youth Actor Club with Eiji Okada and Nobuo Kaneko.
Kimura acted in films since 1942. Notable appearances include Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Seven Samurai and Ikiru. In addition, he worked with the Seihai theatre company and made numerous television appearances. He succumbed to cancer and died in 1981, aged 58.
Hawai Mare oki kaisen – KurataThe Love of Sumako the Actress Stray Dog – Yusa the criminalAngry Street Elegy Nakinureta ningyō Dokkoi ikiteru Dancing Girl – NozuYamabiko gakkō Boryoku Ikiru – InternVacuum Zone – KitaniOnna hitori daichi o yuku Pu-san Seven Samurai – Katsushiro OkamotoOkuman choja – Koroku TateAshizuri misaki Hi no hate Ningen gyorai kaiten Ofukuro Beautiful Days Asunaro monogatari – KashimaKyatsu o nigasuna – Takeo Fujisaki Tengoku wa doko da Boshizō – ShimizuThrone of Blood – Phantom samuraiThe Rice People – SenkichiBibō no miyako Jun'ai monogatari – Doctor at Segawa HospitalAnzukko – Ryokichi Urushiyama – the husbandKisetsufu no kanatani Summer Clouds – OkawaKēdamonō no torū michi Onna to kaizoku – KoshichiHahakogusa – Yoshihiko TakayamaKeishichō monogatari: Iryūhin nashi Shiroi gake Yōtō monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri Ikinuita jūroku-nen: Saigo no Nippon-hei – Takano, Army officerKēnju yaro ni gо̄yojin Miyamoto Musashi – Hon'iden MatahachiMachi – News paper editorHachi-nin me no teki – KutsudaKnightly Advice Nippon no obaachan – TaguchiThe Temple of the Wild Geese – Atsumichi UdaWatakushi-tachi no kekkon Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights – Hon'iden MatahachiSeki no yatappe High and Low – Detective AraiBushido, Samurai Saga – Hirotaro IguchiMiyamoto Musashi: Nitо̄ryū kaigen – Hon'iden MatahachiMiyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji – Hon'iden MatahachiAssassination – Tadasaburо̄ SasakiWare hitotsubu no mugi naredo Shape of the Night – Saitо̄Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettо̄ – Hon'iden MatahachiAkutō – Shioya HanganTange Sazen: Hien iaigiri – Yagyu GenzaburoAogeba tōtoshi The Affair – MitsuhuruTabiji – EikichiFlame and Women – Shingo, IbukiBlack Lizard – Detective Kogoro AkechiAffair In The Snow – Kazuo ImaiSnow Country – ShimamuraSecret Information – Goro IzawaChōkōsō no Akebono Sakariba nagashi uta: Shinjuku no onna – FunakiTenkan no abarembo – Hanpeita TakechiConfessions Among Actresses – Director NoseLone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell – Tsuchigumo HyoeiPastoral: To Die in the Country – Film CriticNagisa no shiroi ie – Toshihiko Kurahashi