Seven Samurai
1954
star 8.5
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection fr...
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Acting
Isao Kimura
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Isao Kimura (木村 功 Kimura Isao), 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 collaboration with Kurosawa was in Seven Samurai as the youngest of the samurai, Katsushiro. During his career he also appeared in several films directed by Mikio Naruse as well as appearing in the famous Lone Wolf and Cub film series. In addition to a film career spanning almost thirty years, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He died of esophageal cancer at 57 years old.
Filmography
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High and Low
1963
star 8.4
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but dem...
Ikiru
1952
star 8.3
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Le...
Ayu no uta
1979
The 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two brothers, Emperor...
Throne of Blood
1957
star 7.9
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their...
Stray Dog
1949
star 7.6
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Despe...
Assassination
1964
star 7.2
In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex gam...
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
1978
Kindaichi becomes involved in the case of an actress whose husbands keep dying mysteriously — and her new fianc...
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
star 6.8
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of...
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
star 6.7
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. H...
Little Peach
1958
star 6.1
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitors, until sh...
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
star 9.0
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
1974
star 7.1
With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and...
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
star 7.3
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi...
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
star 10.0
Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail...
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
star 7.3
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend....
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
star 6.5
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, di...
Black Lizard
1968
star 6.9
A detective tries to outwit an art loving thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquis...
Four Sisters
1962
star 6.0
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their...
Summer Clouds
1958
star 7.6
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview he...
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
star 6.0
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored....
Mr. Pu
1953
star 6.7
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
star 7.0
Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako...
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
star 7.0
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle,...
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
star 7.0
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being u...
The Shape of Night
1964
star 6.6
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with on...
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
star 7.5
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing u...
Hero of the Red Light District
1960
star 8.7
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot...
The Affair
1967
star 6.5
As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After...
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
star 7.0
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the...
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
star 9.0
Japanese drama film.
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
star 8.0
A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to...
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
star 7.0
A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Se...
The Story of Pure Love
1957
star 6.8
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society...
Rice
1957
star 6.8
A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to...