Isao Kimura [20830] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.652 Birthplace: Senda, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Birthday: 1923-06-22 Deathday: 1981-07-04 Age: 58 years Movies: 91 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Akira Kurosawa: 2002-10-25 Invitation from 1978-04-08 My Brother1976-12-25 Pastoral: To Die1974-12-28 Lone Wolf and Cu1974-04-24 Confessions Amon1971-11-17 Pleasure Resort 1970-05-30 Fill the Cup wit1969-10-08 Sky Scraper!1969-05-14 Where did Sharak1968-08-22 Black Lizard1968-08-14 Secret Informati1968-05-14 Affair in the Sn1968-01-31 Impasse1967-12-01 Journey1967-11-12 Rusty Pendant1967-09-14 The Affair1967-05-13 Sazen Tange and 1966-05-25 Conquest1965-11-21 Miyamoto Musashi1965-09-04 Snow Country1965-04-10 Cruel Story of t1964-12-12 The Shape of Nig1964-11-01 Assassination1964-07-04 Miyamoto Musashi1964-01-01 Yakuza of Seki1963-11-20 Miyamoto Musashi1963-08-14 Cases of Umon:1963-06-30 Bloody Record of1963-05-12 Bushido: The Cru1963-04-28 High and Low1963-03-01 Miyamoto Musashi1962-11-17 Four Sisters1962-07-01 The Thinking Lea1962-05-16 Our Marriage1962-03-18 Knightly Advice1962-01-31 The Temple of Wi1962-01-21 Nippon no obaach1962-01-03 Hokkaido, My Lov1962-01-01 The Eighth Enemy1961-12-15 City1961-10-14 The Prickly-Mout1961-08-05 Young Lord Yakuz1961-06-11 Miyamoto Musashi1961-05-27 拳銃野郎に1961-02-26 The Stragglers1960-10-05 Hero of the Red 1960-09-03 White Cliffs1960-04-05 Tokyo Detective 1959-09-23 Police Precinct:1959-09-15 Hahakogusa1959-04-22 The Woman and th1959-04-01 Summer Clouds1958-09-02 Beyond the Seaso1958-06-10 Little Peach1958-05-13 Akutoku1958-02-19 The Story of Pur1957-10-15 Showdown in Bloo1957-08-28 Price of Beauty1957-03-13 Rice1957-03-04 Throne of Blood1957-01-15 Tengoku wa doko 1956-04-23 Avalanche1956-03-22 I Saw the Killer1956-01-29 Tomorrow I'll Be1955-10-05 Yukiko1955-08-03 Beautiful Days1955-05-25 Ofukuro1955-04-10 The Sacrifice of1955-01-09 A Billionaire1954-11-22 The Valley Betwe1954-09-21 Student Double S1954-07-27 Cape Ashizuri1954-05-18 Seven Samurai1954-04-26 The End of a Day1954-02-03 At the End of th1953-06-09 Mr. Pu1953-04-15 A Lonely Woman i1953-02-20 Vacuum Zone1952-12-10 Ikiru1952-10-09 Violence1952-08-25 The Yamabiko Sch1952-05-01 Sekidô matsuri1951-12-07 Dancing Girl1951-08-17 Still I Live On1951-07-04 Weeping Doll1951-05-19 Elegy1951-02-22 Beyond Love and 1951-01-11 The Angry Street1950-05-14 Stray Dog1949-10-17 The Love of the 1947-08-16