--- name: "Isao Kimura" canonical: "https://film.one/person/isao-kimura" fi1m_id: "isao-kimura" imdb_id: "nm0454087" tmdb_id: 20830 wikidata_id: "Q63525" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 June 1923" died: "4 July 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 91 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-25T07:47:35.914219+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Isao Kimura ## Identity Isao Kimura - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/isao-kimura - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** isao-kimura - **IMDb ID:** nm0454087 - **TMDB ID:** 20830 - **Wikidata ID:** Q63525 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Kimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20830 Actor. Born 22 June 1923 in Senda, Hiroshima, Japan. Died 4 July 1981. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 June 1923, Senda, Hiroshima, Japan - **Died:** 4 July 1981 - **Active:** 1952–1963 - **Also known as:** Kō Kimura, Исао Кимура, ایسائو کیمورا - **Frequently works with:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://film.one/person/akira-kurosawa.md), [Hideo Oguni](https://film.one/person/hideo-oguni.md), [Toshirō Mifune](https://film.one/person/toshiro-mifune.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 91, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 92 (3), 1960s 90 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 91 to 86 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $565m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Kimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20830 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Seven Samurai*](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) (95), [*High and Low*](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) (90) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Isao Kimura, also credited as Kō Kimura, was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, including several directed by Akira Kurosawa. Born in Sendamachi, Hiroshima, on 22 June 1923, Kimura graduated from Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo in 1943. He joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1946 and later co-founded the Youth Actor Club (Gekidan Seihai). His film roles include Yusa in *Stray Dog* (1949), an intern in *Ikiru* (1952), Katsushiro Okamoto in *Seven Samurai* (1954), a phantom samurai in *Throne of Blood* (1957) and Detective Arai in *High and Low* (1963). He also appeared in films by Mikio Naruse and in the *Lone Wolf and Cub* series. Kimura died of oesophageal cancer in Tokyo on 4 July 1981. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Detective Arai — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Phantom samurai — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Katsushiro Okamoto — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) ## Complete filmography (108) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Nukata no Ōkimi* (1980), series, Actor - *Ayu no uta* (1979), series, as 木島先生 - *Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada* (1978), series, Actor - *Invitation from the Beach* (1978), as Toshihiko Kurahashi - *Fuyu no Undokai* (1977), series, Actor - *My Brother* (1976), as Father - *遺書 白い少女* (1976), Actor - *Pastoral: To Die in the Country* (1974), as Film Critic - *Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell* (1974), as Tsuchigumo Hyoei - *Confessions Among Actresses* (1971), as Director Nose - *Will to Conquer* (1970), as Takechi Hanpeita - *Pleasure Resort Troubadour's Song* (1970), Actor - *Fill the Cup with Blood* (1969), Actor - *Sky Scraper!* (1969), Actor - *Where did Sharaku go?* (1968), Actor - *Black Lizard* (1968), as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi - *Secret Information* (1968), as Goro Izawa - *Affair in the Snow* (1968), as Kazuo Imai - *Impasse* (1967), as Shingo, Ibuki - *The Journey* (1967), as Eikichi Ito - *Rusty Pendant* (1967), Actor - *The Affair* (1967), as Mitsuhuru - *Look Up, Noble One* (1966), as Tatsuo Kurokawa - *Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn* (1966), as Yagyu Genzaburo - *Conquest* (1965), as Inspector Enya - *Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro* (1965), as Hon'iden Matahachi - *Snow Country* (1965), as Shimamura - *Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall* (1964), Actor - *The Shape of Night* (1964), as Saitô - *Camellia Gate* (1964), Actor - *Could I But Live* (1964), as Professor Hiraoka - *Assassination* (1964), as Tadasaburo Sasaki - *Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple* (1964), as Hon'iden Matahachi - *Yakuza of Seki* (1963), as Morisuke of Hakoda - *Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style* (1963), as Hon'iden Matahachi - *Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella* (1963), as Tomokichi - *Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi* (1963), Actor - *Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai* (1963), as Hirotaro Iguchi - *High and Low* (1963), as Detective Arai — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights* (1962), as Hon'iden Matahachi - *Four Sisters* (1962), as Shoji Ohtsu - *The Thinking Leaf* (1962), Actor - *Our Marriage* (1962), as Yutaka Matsumoto - *Knightly Advice* (1962), Actor - *The Temple of Wild Geese* (1962), as Atsumichi Uda - *Nippon no obaachan* (1962), Actor - *Hokkaido, My Love* (1962), Actor - *The Eighth Enemy* (1961), as Kutsuda - *City* (1961), Actor - *The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado* (1961), Actor - *Young Lord Yakuza* (1961), Actor - *Miyamoto Musashi* (1961), as Hon'iden Matahachi - *Daigaku buyū-den* (1961), Actor - *The Harbor Lights* (1961), Actor - *Beware of The Gunman* (1961), Actor - *The Stragglers* (1960), Actor - *The Brass General* (1960), Actor - *Hero of the Red Light District* (1960), Actor - *White Cliffs* (1960), Actor - *Tokyo Detective Girl* (1959), Actor - *Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene* (1959), Actor - *Hahakogusa* (1959), as Yoshihiko Takayama - *The Woman and the Pirate* (1959), as 幸七 - *Summer Clouds* (1958), as Okawa - *Beyond the Seasonal Wind* (1958), Actor - *Little Peach* (1958), as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband - *Vice* (1958), as Iwase Shichiro - *The Story of Pure Love* (1957), as Segawa Hospital doctor - *Showdown in Blood* (1957), Actor - *Price of Beauty* (1957), as Kazuhiko Uematsu - *Rice* (1957), Actor - *Police Precinct: Crime at High Noon* (1957), Actor - *Throne of Blood* (1957), as Phantom samurai — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes* (1956), Actor - *Where's Paradise?* (1956), Actor - *Avalanche* (1956), Actor - *The Wife is a University Student* (1956), as Noboru Hiyoshi (Keiko’s Husband) - *I Saw the Killer* (1956), as Takeo Fujisaki - *Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree* (1955), as Kashima - *Yukiko* (1955), Actor - *Beautiful Days* (1955), as Imanishi - *Ofukuro* (1955), Actor - *The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes* (1955), as Ensign Tamai - *A Billionaire* (1954), as Koroku Tate - *The Valley Between Love and Death* (1954), as Kanji Sakata - *Student Double Suicide* (1954), Actor - *Cape Ashizuri* (1954), Actor - *Seven Samurai* (1954), as Katsushiro Okamoto — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *The End of a Day* (1954), Actor - *At the End of the Clouds* (1953), Actor - *Mr. Pu* (1953), Actor - *A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land* (1953), Actor - *Vacuum Zone* (1952), as Private Riichiro Kitani - *Ikiru* (1952), as Intern — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) - *Violence* (1952), Actor - *The Yamabiko School* (1952), Actor - *Sekidô matsuri* (1951), Actor - *Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai* (1951), Actor - *Dancing Girl* (1951), as Nozu - *Still I Live On* (1951), as Mizuno - *The Love Letter Trial* (1951), Actor - *Weeping Doll* (1951), as Nomine - *Elegy* (1951), Actor - *Beyond Love and Hate* (1951), Actor - *The Angry Street* (1950), Actor - *Stray Dog* (1949), as Yusa - *The Love of the Actress Sumako* (1947), Actor - *The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya* (1942), Actor ## Gallery - ![Isao Kimura](https://film.one/media/person/59909/gallery-e38bbcea7b25.jpg) Isao Kimura — 映画世界社 (Eiga Sekai Publications, Inc.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Isao_Kimura_1954_Scan10004_160913.jpg/1280px-Isao_Kimura_1954_Scan10004_160913.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Isao Kimura and Eiji Okada in Shinku chitai (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/59909/gallery-a858e2ef7c63.jpg) Isao Kimura and Eiji Okada in Shinku chitai (1952) — Shinsei Eiga, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Isao_Kimura_and_Eiji_Okada_in_Shinku_chitai_%281952%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![木村功。『サンケイグラフ』1955年4月24日号用に撮影された写真。](https://film.one/media/person/59909/gallery-155cb40aacdc.jpg) 木村功。『サンケイグラフ』1955年4月24日号用に撮影された写真。 — 産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Kimura-Isao-1.jpg/1280px-Kimura-Isao-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『七人の侍』 (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/59909/gallery-a85b19b68a0c.jpg) 『七人の侍』 (1954) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Kinema-Junpo-1963-April-special-6.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1963-April-special-6.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『真空地帯』 (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/59909/gallery-46fc8f8560bd.jpg) 『真空地帯』 (1952) — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Kinema-Junpo-1963-October-special-4.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1963-October-special-4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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