🎬Isao Kimura

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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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)	Tsuchigumo Hyoei		7.3
2	Black Lizard (1968)	Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi		4
3	The Affair (1967)	Mitsuhuru		4
4	Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)	Yagyu Genzaburo		5
5	Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)	Hon'iden Matahachi	-	-
6	Assassination (1964)	Tadasaburo Sasaki		5
7	High and Low (1963)	Detective Arai		7.8
8	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)	Hirotaro Iguchi		4
9	The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)	Atsumichi Uda	-	-
10	Hero of the Red Light District (1960)	-		5
11	Summer Clouds (1958)	Okawa		5
12	Little Peach (1958)	Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband		5
13	Rice (1957)	-		4
14	Throne of Blood (1957)	Phantom samurai		6.9
15	A Billionaire (1954)	Koroku Tate		4
16	Seven Samurai (1954)	Katsushiro Okamoto		8.5
17	Ikiru (1952)	Intern		8.9
18	Stray Dog (1949)	Yusa		7.6
19	The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)	-		4