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Isao Kimura

Name in Native Language: "木村功" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 06/22/1923 († 58, 07/04/1981) | Senda, Hiroshima (Japan)
Isao Kimura (木村 功, Kimura Isao, 22 June 1923 – 4 July 1981), 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | History

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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Ikiru

Certification unknown

1952 | 4.2/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife ...

Throne of Blood

Certification unknown

1957 | 4.0/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, History
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A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom. ...

High and Low

Certification unknown

1963 | 4.2/5 | 2h 22min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Seven Samurai

NR

1954 | 4.3/5 | 3h 27min
Action, Drama
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Movies with Isao Kimura as Actor(68)

as Toshihiko Kurahashi1978 Invitation from the Beach
as Film Critic1974 Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei1974 Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
as Director Nose1971 Confessions Among Actresses
1969 Fill the Cup with Blood
1969 Sky Scraper!
as Goro Izawa1968 Secret Information
as Kazuo Imai1968 Affair in the Snow
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi1968 Black Lizard
as Mitsuhuru1967 The Affair
1967 Journey
as Shingo, Ibuki1967 Impasse
as Yagyu Genzaburo1966 Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Shimamura1965 Snow Country
as Hon'iden Matahachi1965 Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Inspector Enya1965 Conquest
as Tadasaburo Sasaki1964 Assassination
as Hon'iden Matahachi1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Saitô1964 The Shape of Night
1964 Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
as Morisuke of Hakoda1963 Yakuza of Seki
as Tomokichi1963 Cases of Umon:Ａ Woman with An Umbrella
as Hirotaro Iguchi1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Hon'iden Matahachi1963 Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Detective Arai1963 High and Low
1963 Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
as Hon'iden Matahachi1962 Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Atsumichi Uda1962 The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 Knightly Advice
as Yutaka Matsumoto1962 Our Marriage
as Shoji Ohtsu1962 Four Sisters
1962 Nippon no obaachan
as Kutsuda1961 The Eighth Enemy
as Hon'iden Matahachi1961 Miyamoto Musashi
1961 City
1961 Young Lord Yakuza
1960 The Stragglers
1960 Hero of the Red Light District
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband1958 Little Peach
as Okawa1958 Summer Clouds
as Iwase Shichiro1958 Akutoku
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
as Segawa Hospital doctor1957 The Story of Pure Love
as Kazuhiko Uematsu1957 Price of Beauty
1957 Rice
as Phantom samurai1957 Throne of Blood
as Takeo Fujisaki1956 I Saw the Killer
1956 Tengoku wa doko da
1955 Ofukuro
as Ensign Tamai1955 The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955 Beautiful Days
1954 The End of a Day
1954 Cape Ashizuri
as Koroku Tate1954 A Billionaire
as Katsushiro Okamoto1954 Seven Samurai
1953 Mr. Pu
1953 At the End of the Clouds
1953 A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Kitani1952 Vacuum Zone
1952 The Yamabiko School
as Intern1952 Ikiru
as Nozu1951 Dancing Girl
as Mizuno1951 Still I Live On
as Nomine1951 Weeping Doll
1951 Elegy
1950 The Angry Street
as Yusa1949 Stray Dog
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako

TV Shows/Series with Isao Kimura as Actor(2)

as 木島先生1979 Ayu no uta
1978 Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

Full Name: Isao Kimura
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 06/22 1923 (June) in Senda, Hiroshima (Japan)
Died: Saturday, 07/04 1981 (July) in Tokyo (aged: 58)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Spouses (current/former): Kozue Kimura
Other names for Isao Kimura (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"木村功"
"Kō Kimura"
"Исао Кимура"
"きむら いさお" (Kana/Japanese)
Isao Kimura frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (17x, Crew)
Eijirō Tōno (11x, Actor)
Kinji Nakamura (11x, Actor)
Eiji Okada (10x, Actor)
Masao Oda (10x, Actor)
Sadako Sawamura (10x, Actress)
Yoshi Katō (10x, Actor)
Tomu Uchida (10x, Crew)
Minoru Chiaki (9x, Actor)
Kusuo Abe (9x, Actor)
Yoshishige Yoshida (9x, Crew)
Hidehisa Suga (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:128817, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024