Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

234

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-25

Deathday

1997-04-29 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Also Known As

Ko Nishimura
Ко Нисимура
کو نیشیمورا

Kō Nishimura

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 Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (where he was credited as Akira Nishimura).

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Known For

8.1%

Yojimbo

Apr 25, 1961

8.3%

High and Low

Mar 1, 1963

7.5%

Lady Snowblood

Dec 1, 1973

8.1%

Red Beard

Apr 3, 1965

7.7%

The Bad Sleep Well

Sep 19, 1960

7.7%

The Sword of Doom

Feb 25, 1966

7.9%

The Burmese Harp

Jan 21, 1956

7.1%

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

Dec 16, 1978

7.5%

The Ballad of Narayama

Jun 1, 1958

7.1%

Pigs and Battleships

Jan 21, 1961

7.5%

Goyokin

May 1, 1969

6.3%

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Dec 30, 1972

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2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)

1995

Salaryman Senka

1994		47 Ronin
1994		Free and Easy Special

1991

Free and Easy 4

1990		ベビーシッター桃子の冒険
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 Ryo
1982		Goyou Sen Enjou
1982		The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
1982		Kemono Michi

1981

The Black Hood

1980		The Woman
1980		Niji wo Oru as 沢木忠一郎
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 / Watchmaker (voice)

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		Corrosed Syndicate as Honda Yoshikazu
1977		Love in the Mud
1977		Yokomizo Seishi Series
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: Head of the Boss 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
1974		The Bodyguard

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		One Two Punch
1969		Black Rose Mansion as Ex-husband
1969		Lady with Seven Faces as Printer
1969		Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969		Goyokin
1969		Kanto Woman Infamy
1969		Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe

1968		Samaritan Zatoichi as Sosuke Saruya
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 Their Specialty
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

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		The Great Duel
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		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		The Maid Story
1963		Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
1963		Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Yamaoka
1963		To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963		Life of a Flower as Tada Ichiro
1963		High and Low as Third Creditor
1963		Pressure of Guilt
1963		Escape from Hell as Heiroku
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		Yume de aimasho
1962		I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
1962		Gang vs. Gang
1962		Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
1962		At the Side of the Bridge
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		Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
1961		Tale of a Company Boss
1961		Yojimbo as Kuma
1961		Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
1961		Blind Devotion as Denroku
1961		Killers on Parade as Sai
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		The Song of the Cart
1959		Tokyo Romance Way

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 Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
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