Isao Kimura
Birthdate: Jun 22, 1923
Birthplace: Hiroshima, Japan
Died: Jul 4, 1981
Isao Kimura had featured roles in several of Akira Kurosawa's masterworks. The handsome young actor portrayed a wide range of characters under the master's guidance. He first played the war-damaged hoodlum Yusa in Stray Dog with antagonism and palpable pain; then, at the opposite end of the spectrum but with equal veracity, Kimura played the innocent, hero-worshiping, faun-like apprentice Katsushiro in Seven Samurai. Although Kimura was 31 when he did the latter role, he looked the part perfectly, and portrayed the wide-eyed teenage warrior with sympathy and passion.
After a long film career in film, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He worked arduously for years to pay off all its debts, but shortly after completing this self-imposed task he became ill, and died much too young at 58 years old. It is, therefore, fair to say that Isao Kimura led his life with the same sense of honor that he so often portrayed in his films.
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- 2021 |
The Affair
asMitsuhuru
Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.
- 1978 | Invitation from the Beachas Toshihiko Kurahashi
- 1976 | Otôtoas Father
- 1975 | Isho: Shiroi shôjoas Yasuaki Ninomiya
- 1971 | Confessions Among Actressesas Director Nose
- 1970 | Sakariba nagashi uta: Shinjuku no onnaas Funaki
- 1970 | Will to Conqueras Hanpeita Takechi
- 1969 | Tarekomias Goro Izawa
- 1969 | Yakuza hijoshi-chi no sakazuki
- 1968 | Affair in the Snowas Kazuo Imai
- 1968 | Black Lizardas Detective Akechi
- 1967 | Flame and Womenas Shingo, Ibuki
- 1967 | Rusty Pendant
- 1967 | Tabijias Eikichi
- 1966 | Aogeba tôtoshias Tatsuo Kurokawa
- 1966 | Man's Hot Blood
- 1966 | The Secret of the Urnas Yagyu Genzaburo
- 1965 | Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Islandas Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1965 | Snow Countryas Shimamura
- 1965 | The Conquestas Shioya Hangan
- 1964 | Assassinationas Tadasaburô Sasaki
- 1964 | Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari
- 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Templeas Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1964 | The Shape of Nightas Saitô
- 1963 | Bushidoas Hirotaro Iguchi
- 1963 | Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Styleas Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1963 | Seki no yatappe
- 1963 | High and Lowas Detective Arai
- 1962 | Knightly Advice
- 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hillas Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1962 | Our Marriage
- 1962 | Sanroku
- 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geeseas Atsumichi Uda
- 1962 | Waga ai Hokkaidôas Narrator
- 1961 | Hachi-nin me no tekias Kutsuda
- 1961 | Kênju yaro ni gôyojin
- 1961 | Machias News paper editor
- 1961 | Miyamoto Musashias Hon'iden Matahachi
- 1961 | The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
- 1960 | Hero of the Red Light District
- 1960 | Last of the Imperial Army
- 1960 | Shiroi gake
- 1960 | The Stragglersas Takano, Army officer
- 1959 | Futô no nâwabarî
- 1959 | Hahakogusaas Yoshihiko Takayama
- 1959 | Keishichô monogatari: Iryûhin nashi
- 1959 | Kêdamonô no torû michi
- 1959 | Onna to kaizokuas Koshichi
- 1958 | Akutoku
- 1958 | Kisetsufu no kanatani
- 1958 | Little Peachas Ryokichi Urushiyama - the husband
- 1958 | Summer Cloudsas Okawa
- 1957 | Bibô no miyako
- 1957 | Jun'ai monogatarias Doctor at Segawa Hsopital
- 1957 | Riceas Senkichi
- 1957 | Satsujin-sha o nogasu na
- 1957 | Satsujinsha o nigasuna
- 1956 | Kyatsu o nigasunaas Takeo Fujisaki
- 1956 | Michi
- 1956 | Nadare
- 1956 | Okusama wa daigakuseias Noboru Hiyoshi
- 1956 | Tengoku wa doko da
- 1956 |
Seven Samurai
asKatsushiro
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
- 1955 | Asunaro monogatarias Kashima
- 1955 | Beautiful Daysas Dr. Imanishi
- 1955 | Bôryoku gai
- 1955 | Furyô shônen no haha
- 1955 | Ningen gyorai kaiten
- 1955 | Ofukuro
- 1955 | Yukiko
- 1954 | A Billionaireas Koroku Tate
- 1954 | Ai: L'amour
- 1954 | Ashizuri misakias Masao Asai
- 1954 | Gakusei shinjû
- 1954 | The Valley Between Love and Deathas Kanji Sakata
- 1953 | Beyond the Clouds
- 1953 | Mr. Pu
- 1953 | Onna hitori daichi o yuku
- 1952 | School of Echoes
- 1952 | Sentimental Journalist
- 1952 | Shinkû chitaias Kitani
- 1952 | Violence
- 1951 | Dancing Girlas Nozu
- 1951 | Dokkoi ikiteru
- 1951 | Nakinureta ningyô
- 1951 | Sekidô matsuri
- 1949 | Stray Dogas Shinjiro Yusa
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