Role Actor Name Isao Kimura | Occupation Actor Other names Ko Kimura | |
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Movies Seven Samurai, To Live, Assassination, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Anzukko Similar People Keiko Tsushima, Tomu Uchida, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Tadashi Imai | ||
Isao Kimura (木村 功, Kimura Isao, July 22, 1923 – June 4, 1981), 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 role was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro.
He died of esophageal cancer.
Partial filmography
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