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Isao Kimura is a Actor Japonais born on 22 june 1923 at Naka-ku (Japon)

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura
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Nationality Japon
Birth 22 june 1923 at Naka-ku (Japon)
Death 4 july 1981 (at 58 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Isao Kimura (木村 功, Kimura Isao, July 22, 1923 – June 4, 1981), 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 role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.

He died of esophageal cancer.

Biography

Isao Kimura a tourné dans plus de 110 films entre 1942 et 1978.

Il a notamment tourné pour Akira Kurosawa, dont Les Sept Samouraïs, l'un de ses rôles les plus connus.

Best films

Seven Samurai (1954)
(Actor)

Usually with

Tomu Uchida
Tomu Uchida
(6 films)
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
(8 films)
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
(6 films)
Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Isao Kimura (28 films)

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Actor

Pastoral: To Die in the Country, 1h55
Directed by Shūji Terayama
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Yoshio Harada, Masumi Harukawa, Isao Kimura, Kaoru Yachigusa
Roles Film Critic
Rating76% 3.8402853.8402853.8402853.8402853.840285
Dans un décor onirique un enfant tombe amoureux de sa voisine et décide de partir de chez lui. Le film s'arrête et le spectateur découvre qu'il assiste à une projection. S'ensuit une réflexion sur le temps et la mémoire en un dialogue entre le réalisateur et son moi enfant.
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, 1h23
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Isao Kimura, Gō Katō, Renji Ishibashi
Roles Tsuchigumo Hyoei
Rating72% 3.6450053.6450053.6450053.6450053.645005
The swordsman Ogami Ittō is confronted by a secretive branch of the Yagyū clan that practices black magic, including the ability to burrow through the earth. He encounters Kaori, a female expert with knives. And there's Hyouei, an illegitimate son of Yagyū Retsudo who kills anyone Ittō and Daigoro come into contact with. It culminates in a final battle between Ittō and the combined clan groups under Retsudo on a snow-capped mountain in northern Japan, in which the baby cart becomes a sled. Ittō defeats the entire army, shooting, stabbing, slashing, dismembering, and beheading the entire army. But the one-eyed Retsudo again gets away, vowing to kill Ittō another time.
Black Lizard, 1h26
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Akihiro Miwa, Isao Kimura, Kikko Matsuoka, Kō Nishimura, Koichi Sato, Tetsurō Tanba
Roles Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
Rating68% 3.4352253.4352253.4352253.4352253.435225
Le film est construit autour d'Akihiro Miwa, célèbre artiste travesti, qui interprète le rôle d'une dangereuse criminelle surnommée « le Lézard noir ». Isao Kimura, qui interprète le détective privé Akechi Kogoro, est le héros masculin du film.
Affair in the Snow, 1h37
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura, Miyoko Akaza, Yukio Ninagawa
Roles Kazuo Imai
Rating69% 3.478713.478713.478713.478713.47871
Gérante d'un salon de coiffure à Sapporo, Yuriko part en voyage avec Sugino, son amant. Alors qu'ils roulent dans le froid et la neige, Yuriko lui avoue qu'elle est venue avec l'intention de rompre avec lui. Persuadé qu'il y a un autre homme, rongé par la jalousie, Sugino décide de la tuer au lac de Shikotsuko. Mais Yuriko lui apprend qu'elle est enceinte...
Conquest
Conquest (1965)
, 1h59
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Nobuko Otowa, Kyōko Kishida, Eitarō Ozawa, Isao Kimura, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Roles Inspector Enya
Rating68% 3.449763.449763.449763.449763.44976
A bad man ("Akuto") wants to sleep with a woman (Kyoko Kishida). He spies on her with the help of Jiju (Nobuko Otowa). Then the woman's husband Rokuro decides to leave the court. He initially tells his wife to stay behind. The bad guy intends to sleep with the woman but she goes with her husband. Jiju leaves with them. The bad man orders his soldiers to follow them, and kill everyone except the woman. The bad man's soldiers catch up with them. One by one each of them combats the soldiers and dies, until finally only Rokuro is left. He fights bravely but is overwhelmed and finally dies.
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, 2h1
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chiezō Kataoka, Ken Takakura, Isao Kimura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa
Roles Hon'iden Matahachi
Rating70% 3.5131453.5131453.5131453.5131453.513145
Cinquième volet de la série de films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi, réalisés par Tomu Uchida
Assassination, 1h44
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Assassinat, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tetsurō Tanba, Eiji Okada, Shima Iwashita, Isao Kimura, Eitarō Ozawa, Keiji Sada
Roles Tadasaburo Sasaki
Rating70% 3.5397953.5397953.5397953.5397953.539795
Japon, 1863. Hachirō Kiyokawa bien que roturier est un redoutable bretteur, violent et connu pour sa proximité avec les nationalistes qui souhaitent le retour au pouvoir de l'empereur Kōmei au détriment du shogun Tokugawa. Aussi lorsque Hachirō Kiyokawa est relaxé du meurtre d'un policier et que le ministre du shogun lui confie la tâche de lever une milice (le Rōshi gumi) pour combattre les troubles à Kyoto, la cité impériale, au nom du shogun, amis comme ennemis s'interrogent sur les motivations de ce samouraï retors...
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple, 2h8
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Eijirō Tōno, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Rentarō Mikuni
Roles Hon'iden Matahachi
Rating71% 3.558053.558053.558053.558053.55805
Quatrième volet de la série de films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi réalisés par Tomu Uchida
High and Low, 2h23
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura
Roles Detective Arai
Rating83% 4.198814.198814.198814.198814.19881
A wealthy executive named Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is in a struggle to gain control of a company called National Shoes. One faction wants the company to make cheap, low quality shoes for the impulse market as opposed to the sturdy but unfashionable shoes currently being produced. Gondo believes that the long-term future of the company will be best served by well made shoes with modern styling, though this plan is unpopular because it means lower profits in the short term. He has secretly set up a leveraged buyout to gain control of the company, mortgaging all he has.
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style, 1h44
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Michiyo Kogure, Ken Takakura
Roles Hon'iden Matahachi
Rating67% 3.3746453.3746453.3746453.3746453.374645
Troisième volet de la série de films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi, réalisés par Tomu Uchida
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, 1h50
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Isao Kimura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Rentarō Mikuni, Michiyo Kogure
Roles Hon'iden Matahachi
Rating71% 3.5628053.5628053.5628053.5628053.562805
Deuxième volet de la série des films consacrés à la légende de Miyamoto Musashi réalisés par Tomu Uchida
Miyamoto Musashi, 1h50
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kazami, Isao Kimura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Rentarō Mikuni
Roles Hon'iden Matahachi
Rating69% 3.478613.478613.478613.478613.47861
Premier volet des six films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi qui, doué d'une force extraordinaire, choisit la voie du sabre et commence un long apprentissage fait d'ascétisme et de duels à mort.