Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura ( Japanese 木村 功 , Kimura Isao ; born June 22, 1923 in Hiroshima , † July 4, 1981 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese actor.
life and career
Isao Kimura made over 70 film and television appearances in Japan between 1947 and 1980, but his roles in Akira Kurosawa's films made him famous internationally . Directed by Kurosawa, the war-wounded criminal Yusa first played in A Stray Dog (1949). Five years later, Kimura impersonated his best-known role in Kurosawa's film classic The Seven Samurai (1954) - although he was already 30 years old at the time of filming - as the young and inexperienced samurai Katsushiro. He played his last role for Kurosawa in 1963 with Between Heaven and Hell . Kimura had its own theater at times, but it had to go bankrupt. Although he was not forced to, Kumura repaid all of his debts through further acting appearances in film, television and theater.
Isao Kimura died of esophageal cancer in 1981 at the age of 58 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1947: The love of the actress Sumako (Joyū Sumako no Koi)
- 1949: A Stray Dog (Nora Inu)
- 1952: Really living once (Ikiru)
- 1954: The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
- 1958: The castle in the cobweb forest (Kumonosu-jō)
- 1958: Iwashigumo
- 1963: Bushido - You love and you kill (Bushidō Zankoku Monogatari)
- 1963: Between Heaven and Hell (Tengoku to Jigoku)
- 1964: Ansatsu
- 1966: Tange Sazen: Hien Iaigiri
- 1971: Admitted theory of the actress (Kokuhakuteki joyûron)
- 1974: Okami - Bloody Snow ( Kozure Ōkami : Jigoku e Iku zo! Daigorō)
- 1978: Yokomizo Seishi Series (TV miniseries, four episodes)
Web links
- Isao Kimura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kimura, Isao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 木村 功 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hiroshima , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1981 |
| Place of death | Tokyo , Japan |