Isao Kimura
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, also known as Ko 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 role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.
He died of esophageal cancer
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
. The first was Stray Dog
Stray Dog (film)
is a 1949 film noir police procedural directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring frequent collaborators Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura.-Plot:Action takes place during a heatwave in a bombed-out, post-war Tokyo...
(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
Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...
.
Partial filmography
- Stray DogStray Dog (film)is a 1949 film noir police procedural directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring frequent collaborators Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura.-Plot:Action takes place during a heatwave in a bombed-out, post-war Tokyo...
(1949) as Yusa the criminal - Angry Street (1950)
- Elegy (1951)
- Dancing Girl (1951)
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Katsushiro
- Ningen gyorai kaitenNingen gyorai kaitenis a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi....
(人間魚雷回天) (1955) - The Rice PeopleThe Rice PeopleThe Rice People is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara - Tsuguo Tamura* Eijirô Tono - Sakuzo* Yûko Mochizuki - Yone Yasuda* Masako Nakamura - Chiyo Yasuda* Izumi Hara - Ume Tamura* Yoshi Kato - Takezo Yasuda...
(1957) - Jun'ai monogatariJun'ai monogatariJun'ai monogatari is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival where Imai won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara* Hitomi Nakahara* Eiji Okada* Isao Kimura...
(1957) - Bushido, Samurai SagaBushido, Samurai SagaBushido, Samurai Saga is a 1963 Japanese action film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear.-Cast:...
(1963) - High and Low (天国と地獄）(1963)
- Affair In The Snow (1968) as Kazuo Imai
- Black LizardBlack Lizard (film)Black Lizard is a 1968 Japanese detective film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is based on a 1934 novel by Edogawa Rampo and its theatrical adaptation by Yukio Mishima, who, at the time, was the lover of Akihiro Maruyama, the actor who plays the notorious female criminal "Black Lizard" in...
(1968) as detective Kogoro Akechi - Secret Information (1969) as Goro Izawa
- Baby Cart 6: Go To Hell, Daigoro! (1974) as Hyouei
- Pastoral: To Die in the CountryPastoral: To Die in the Country, and also known as Pastoral Hide and Seek, is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Shūji Terayama. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kantaro Suga - Me* Hiroyuki Takano - Me, as a boy* Yoshio Harada - Arashi...
(1974)