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Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/01/1923

Day of Death

29/04/1997
(74) years old

Place of Birth

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kō Nishimura (西村 晃 Nishimura Kō, 25 January 1923–29 April 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and Yojimbo, Kihachi Okamoto's Sword of Doom, Yoshitaro Nomura's Zero Focus, and Kon Ichik... Read More

Known For

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Salaryman Senka

Salaryman Senka

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Free and Easy Special

Free and Easy Special

Free and Easy 4

Free and Easy 4

The Men Who Made Ultraman

The Men Who Made Ultraman

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

One Who Died in Vain

One Who Died in Vain

The Detective

The Detective

Filmography

Cast

2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Creat...

as Self (voice)

1995

Salaryman Senka

1994

47 Ronin

1994

Free and Easy Special

1991

Free and Easy 4

1990

Seventeen Ninja

1989

The Men Who Made Ultraman

as Eiji Tsuburaya

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

as Makoto Nishimura

1986

One Who Died in Vain

1984

The Detective

as Senkichi Otsubo

1984

Kukai

1983

A Hunter's Diary

as Kentaro Hatanaka

1983

Theater Of Life

1983

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

as 岸井亥之吉

1982

Highschool Scramble

1982

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million ...

1982

Goyou Sen Enjou

1982

The Old Bear Hunter

as Heizo Sekiguchi

1981

The Black Hood

1980

The Woman

1980

The Claws of the Divine Beast

1980

映画村殺人事件

1979

Nomugi Pass

1979

The Strangling

as Yasuzo Kariba

1979

Down with The Big Boss

as Glass-Eating Mime

1979

Nutcracker Fantasy

as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watc...

1978

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

as Mamo (voice)

1978

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as Shigetomi Katta

1978

Love and Faith

as Sojin Kamiya

1978

The Incident

1978

The Beauty in the Bathroom

1977

Love in the Mud

1977

Hokuriku Proxy War

as Mr. Yasuhara

1977

Japan's Don

as Kahe Shimabara

1976

Skyscraper Murder Case

1976

Manhunt

as Nagaoka Ryokai

1975

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2...

as Tokuji Owada

1975

Solar Eclipse

1975

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

as Kenpeishi

1975

Without Complaint

1974

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Old bean-seller

1974

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi

1974

The Family

as Sentaro Watanuki

1973

Tsugaru Folksong

as Tamezo Tsukamoto

1973

Lady Snowblood

as Priest Dokai

1973

Summer Days Across the River

1973

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

as Magobei "Snake" Onishi

1973

When the Night Breaks

1972

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi

1972

The Pirates of Buban

1971

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1970

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life

1970

Waterfront Blues

1970

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

as Migi

1970

Play It Cool

as Kada

1969

Second Generation Young Boss

as Yanosuke Hashimoto

1969

The Wild Sea

as Munekata

1969

喜劇 深夜族

1969

One Two Punch

1969

Black Rose Mansion

as Ex-husband

1969

Lady with Seven Faces

as Printer

1969

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

1969

Kanto Woman Infamy

1969

Goyokin

1969

Quick-draw Okatsu

as Makabe

1968

Samaritan Zatoichi

as Sosuke Saruya

1968

A Lavish Invitation

1968

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

1968

Living Skeleton

as Nishizato

1968

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

as Policeman on Island

1968

Black Lizard

as Detective Matoba

1968

Snake Woman's Curse

as Yasuke

1968

The Bride from Hades

as Banzou

1968

Neon taiheiki

1968

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Th...

1968

New Year Trip

1967

Eleven Samurai

as Errant samurai Daijuro

1967

A Killer's Key

as Yasujiro Endo

1967

Whispering Joe

as Man

1967

Shogun and His Mistress 2

as Itakura

1967

Zatoichi the Outlaw

as Uneshiro Suga

1967

The Singing Gunman

1967

Classmates

as Hanada

1967

Express Train

1967

Samurai Wolf II

as Magobe

1967

Flower Cards Chivalry

1966

Rise Against the Sword

as Etanba

1966

Rub Out the Past

as Tanzo Koide

1966

Seven Gamblers

1966

Dokonjo Taisho

1966

The Pornographers

as Detective Sanada

1966

The Sword of Doom

as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

1966

The Threat

as Kawanishi

1965

Stairs of Evil

as Shimoyama

1965

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

1965

House of Terrors

as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback

1965

The Retreat from Kiska

as Staff Officer

1965

Tale of Japanese Burglars

1965

Red Beard

as Chief retainer

1965

Tale of Ninja Duty

as Chisaka Hyobu

1965

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

as Tahei Narumiya

1965

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

as 今川義元

1964

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

1964

The Spying Sorceress

1964

The Scarlet Camellia

as Sakichi

1964

The Gorgeous Geisha

1964

The Glamorous Ghost

as Hiroshi Asami

1964

Giant Rumble

1964

Intentions of Murder

as Koichi Takahashi

1964

The Desperate

as Yamaguchi

1964

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

as Enzo Tatara

1964

Life of Hishakaku 3

1964

Warrior of the Wind

as Mizuno Izumi

1964

An Impudent Man

1963

Doggie March

as Killer (voice)

1963

13 Assassins

as Kujuro Hirayama

1963

Miren

as Okazaki

1963

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

as Chubei

1963

Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword

1963

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

1963

The Life of a Horse-Trader

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 4

1963

The Maid Story

1963

Tale of Army Brutality

as Kameoka, Zenji

1963

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

as Yamaoka

1963

High and Low

as Third Creditor

1963

Pressure of Guilt

1963

Escape from Hell

as Heiroku

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963

Bad Reputation of the Big Three

1962

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

as Kizaru

1962

My Hobo

1962

Curry Rice

1962

The Body

1962

Chibusa o daku musume tachi

1962

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962

Mount Hakone

1962

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko

1962

Gang vs. Gang

1962

At the Side of the Bridge

1962

Four Sisters

as Michiharu Mitsumine

1962

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962

Tokyo Bay

as Noboru Sumikawa

1962

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962

Gorath

as Murata - Secretary of Space

1962

Kono ni uruwashi

1962

Haru no sanmyaku

1962

Woman of Design

1962

The Temple of Wild Geese

as Mokudō Kida

1961

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

1961

Tale of a Company Boss 3

as Hanada

1961

Snow in the South Seas

1961

A Man in Red

1961

Refresher Course for Wives

1961

白い南風

1961

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２

1961

Tale of a Company Boss

1961

Yojimbo

as Kuma

1961

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

1961

Zero Focus

as Sotaro Uhara

1961

Blind Devotion

as Denroku

1961

Killers on Parade

as Sai

1961

The Wind and Waves

1961

Hidden Fangs

1961

Pigs and Battleships

as Yajima

1961

Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru

1961

For This We Fight

1961

Aces Wild

1960

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

1960

Wait for Tomorrow

as Uno

1960

The Angry Sea

1960

Everything Goes Wrong

as Nishimura

1960

Sixteen years old

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as Contract Officer Shirai

1960

The Call of the Foghorn

as Morimoto

1960

The Blue Beast

1960

The Sleeping Beast Within

1960

Intimidation

as Matakichi Nakaike

1960

The Lost Alibi

as Okudaira

1960

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

The Devil's Sigh

1959

My Second Brother

as Goro Mitamura

1959

The Wild Reporter

as Ryu Konei

1959

The Human Cyclone

1959

青春蛮歌

1959

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

1959

Break Down that Wall

1959

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

Umi wa kurutte iru

1959

おヤエの家つき女中

1959

The Fugitive

1959

おヤエのママさん女中

1959

Tokyo Romance Way

1959

The Song of the Cart

1959

Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru

1958

Crimson Wings

as Tetsuji Mizutani

1958

Endless Desire

as Pharmacist

1958

Showdown in the Storm

1958

The Invisible Wall

1958

Wolves of the Night

1958

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

as Tominaga

1958

Drunken Ghost

as Daigorô

1958

Nishi Ginza Station

1958

Tōkyō no basugāru

1958

The Seasons of Love

as Reporter

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayam...

1958

The Girl from Osaka

1958

Stolen Desire

as Kanji Takada

1958

Breasts and Bullets

1958

Fangs of Night

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

as Acupressurist

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Hikobei

1957

Harbor Rats

1957

The Temptress and the Monk

as Peasant

1957

Shiroi natsu

1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as Kiyami no Shinko

1957

Who's the Real Killer

as Nakagawa

1957

Nikutai no hankō

1957

Saigo no totsugeki

1956

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Frankie the Milkman

as Tax Collector

1956

Dotanba

1956

Nikoyon monogatari

1956

Excursion to Treasure Isle

1956

Meiken monogatari

1956

Tengoku wa doko da

1956

Fountainhead

as Kasuya

1956

The Burmese Harp

as Baba

1955

Yukiko

1954

A Billionaire

1954

The Street Without Sun

as Extraordinary detective

1953

At the End of the Clouds