Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura | |
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 Kimura in 1954 | |
| Born | 22 June 1923 Sendamachi, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Died | 4 July 1981 (aged 58) Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Kō Kimura |
| Occupation | Actor |
Isao Kimura (木村 功, Kimura Isao, 22 June 1923 – 4 July 1981), sometimes credited as Kō Kimura,[1] was a Japanese stage and film actor[2][3] who appeared in more than one hundred films of directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai and Yoshishige Yoshida.[4]
Biography
[edit]Kimura was born in Hiroshima City,[3][5] 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.[3] He joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1946, but left four years later to form the Youth Actor Club (Gekidan Seihai) with Eiji Okada and Nobuo Kaneko.[2][3]
Kimura acted in films since 1942.[4] Notable appearances include Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Seven Samurai and Ikiru.[2][3] In addition, he worked with the Seihai theatre company and made numerous television appearances.[3] He succumbed to cancer and died in 1981, aged 58.[2][3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Hawai Mare oki kaisen (1942) – Kurata
- The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947)
- Stray Dog (1949) – Yusa the criminal
- Angry Street (1950)
- Elegy (1951)
- Nakinureta ningyō (1951)
- Dokkoi ikiteru (1951)
- Dancing Girl (1951) – Nozu
- Yamabiko gakkō (1952)
- Boryoku (1952)
- Ikiru (1952) – Intern
- Vacuum Zone (1952) – Kitani
- Onna hitori daichi o yuku (1953)
- Pu-san (1953)
- Seven Samurai (1954) – Katsushiro Okamoto
- Okuman choja (1954) – Koroku Tate
- Ashizuri misaki (1954)
- Hi no hate (1954)
- Ningen gyorai kaiten (1955)
- Ofukuro (1955)
- Beautiful Days (1955)
- Asunaro monogatari (1955) – Kashima
- Kyatsu o nigasuna (1956) – Takeo Fujisaki
- Tengoku wa doko da (1956)
- Boshizō (1956) – Shimizu
- Throne of Blood (1957) – Phantom samurai
- The Rice People (1957) – Senkichi
- Bibō no miyako (1957)
- Jun'ai monogatari (1957) – Doctor at Segawa Hospital
- Anzukko (1958) – Ryokichi Urushiyama – the husband
- Kisetsufu no kanatani (1958)
- Summer Clouds (1958) – Okawa
- Kēdamonō no torū michi (1959)
- Onna to kaizoku (1959) – Koshichi
- Hahakogusa (1959) – Yoshihiko Takayama
- Keishichō monogatari: Iryūhin nashi (1959)
- Shiroi gake (1960)
- Yōtō monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960)
- Ikinuita jūroku-nen: Saigo no Nippon-hei (1960) – Takano, Army officer
- Kēnju yaro ni gо̄yojin (1961)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961) – Hon'iden Matahachi
- Machi (1961) – News paper editor
- Hachi-nin me no teki (1961) – Kutsuda
- Knightly Advice (1962)
- Nippon no obaachan (1962) – Taguchi
- The Temple of the Wild Geese (1962) – Atsumichi Uda
- Watakushi-tachi no kekkon (1962)
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) – Hon'iden Matahachi
- Seki no yatappe (1963)
- High and Low (1963) – Detective Arai
- Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) – Hirotaro Iguchi
- Miyamoto Musashi: Nitо̄ryū kaigen (1963) – Hon'iden Matahachi
- Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji (1964) – Hon'iden Matahachi
- Assassination (1964) – Tadasaburо̄ Sasaki
- Ware hitotsubu no mugi naredo (1964)
- Shape of the Night (1964) – Saitо̄
- Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964)
- Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettо̄ (1965) – Hon'iden Matahachi
- Akutō (1965) – Shioya Hangan
- Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri (1966) – Yagyu Genzaburo
- Aogeba tōtoshi (1966)
- The Affair (1967) – Mitsuhuru
- Tabiji (1967) – Eikichi
- Flame and Women (1967) – Shingo, Ibuki
- Black Lizard (1968) – Detective Kogoro Akechi
- Affair In The Snow (1968) – Kazuo Imai
- Snow Country (1969) – Shimamura
- Secret Information (1969) – Goro Izawa
- Chōkōsō no Akebono (1969)
- Sakariba nagashi uta: Shinjuku no onna (1970) – Funaki
- Tenkan no abarembo (1970) – Hanpeita Takechi
- Confessions Among Actresses (1971) – Director Nose
- Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) – Tsuchigumo Hyoei
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) – Film Critic
- Nagisa no shiroi ie (1978) – Toshihiko Kurahashi
References
[edit]- ^ Price, Stephen (1999). The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa (Revised and Expanded ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691010465.
- ^ a b c d "木村功 (Kimura Isao)" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "木村 功 (Kimura Isao)" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b "木村功 (Kimura Isao)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "木村功 (Kimura Isao)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Isao Kimura at IMDb
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