Kō Nishimura
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kō Nishimura (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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kō Nishimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 25, 1923
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 182
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Street Without Sun 1954-06-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well 2002-10-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well | Self (voice) | 2002-10-25 |
| Movie | Salaryman Senka | 1995-12-23 | |
| Movie | Free and Easy Special | 1994-07-16 | |
| Movie | 47 Ronin | 1994-10-22 | |
| Movie | Free and Easy 4 | 1991-12-23 | |
| Movie | Seventeen Ninja | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Men Who Made Ultraman | Eiji Tsuburaya | 1989-03-21 |
| Movie | Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Makoto Nishimura | 1988-01-30 |
| Movie | One Who Died in Vain | 1986-04-19 | |
| Movie | Kukai | 1984-04-13 | |
| Movie | The Detective | Senkichi Otsubo | 1984-09-22 |
| Movie | A Hunter's Diary | Kentaro Hatanaka | 1983-03-26 |
| Movie | Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi | 岸井亥之吉 | 1983-01-08 |
| Movie | Theater Of Life | 1983-01-29 | |
| Movie | The Old Bear Hunter | Heizo Sekiguchi | 1982-01-25 |
| Movie | Goyou Sen Enjou | 1982-09-10 | |
| Movie | Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo | 1982-10-22 | |
| Movie | Highschool Scramble | 1982-12-18 | |
| Movie | The Black Hood | 1981-12-03 | |
| Movie | 映画村殺人事件 | 1980-05-24 | |
| Movie | The Claws of the Divine Beast | 1980-06-20 | |
| Series | Niji wo Oru | 沢木忠一郎 | 1980-10-06 |
| Movie | Down with The Big Boss | Glass-Eating Mime | 1979-03-24 |
| Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice) | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | The Strangling | Yasuzo Kariba | 1979-06-02 |
| Movie | Nomugi Pass | 1979-06-30 | |
| Movie | Love and Faith | Sojin Kamiya | 1978-06-03 |
| Movie | The Incident | 1978-06-03 | |
| Movie | Japanese Godfather: Conclusion | Shigetomi Katta | 1978-09-09 |
| Movie | Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo | Mamo (voice) | 1978-12-16 |
| Movie | Japan's Don | Kahe Shimabara | 1977-01-22 |
| Movie | Love in the Mud | 1977-07-30 | |
| Movie | Hokuriku Proxy War | Mr. Yasuhara | 1977-02-26 |
| Movie | Manhunt | Nagaoka Ryokai | 1976-02-11 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Murder Case | 1976-04-03 | |
| Movie | Without Complaint | 1975-02-01 | |
| Movie | Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees | Kenpeishi | 1975-05-31 |
| Movie | Solar Eclipse | 1975-09-06 | |
| Movie | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Tokuji Owada | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | The Family | Sentaro Watanuki | 1974-01-26 |
| Movie | Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? | Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi | 1974-02-09 |
| Series | The Bodyguard | 1974-01-01 | |
| Movie | Jack and the Beanstalk | Old bean-seller | 1974-07-20 |
| Movie | The Rapacious Jailbreaker | 1974-12-07 | |
| Movie | Lady Snowblood | Priest Dokai | 1973-12-01 |
| Movie | Hanzo the Razor: The Snare | Magobei "Snake" Onishi | 1973-08-11 |
| Movie | Tsugaru Folksong | Tamezo Tsukamoto | 1973-12-20 |
| Movie | The Pirates of Buban | 1972-01-01 | |
| Movie | Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | Magobei 'Snake' Onishi | 1972-12-30 |
| Movie | Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow | 1971-06-12 | |
| Movie | Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | Migi | 1970-08-12 |
| Movie | Play It Cool | Kada | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Waterfront Blues | 1970-10-03 | |
| Movie | Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life | 1970-11-14 | |
| Movie | Goyokin | 1969-05-01 | |
| Movie | Quick-draw Okatsu | Makabe | 1969-04-10 |
| Movie | Kanto Woman Infamy | 1969-05-01 | |
| Movie | Black Comedy - Ah, Fool | 1969-06-14 | |
| Movie | Lady with Seven Faces | Printer | 1969-06-21 |
| Movie | One Two Punch | 1969-08-09 | |
| Movie | The Wild Sea | Munekata | 1969-10-15 |
| Movie | Black Rose Mansion | Ex-husband | 1969-07-30 |
| Movie | Neon taiheiki | 1968-04-13 | |
| Movie | The Bride from Hades | Banzou | 1968-06-15 |
| Movie | Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty | 1968-01-13 | |
| Movie | New Year Trip | 1968-01-03 | |
| Movie | Living Skeleton | Nishizato | 1968-11-09 |
| Movie | Snake Woman's Curse | Yasuke | 1968-07-12 |
| Movie | Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation | 1968-11-22 | |
| Movie | Samaritan Zatoichi | Sosuke Saruya | 1968-12-28 |
| Movie | Black Lizard | Detective Matoba | 1968-07-31 |
| Movie | Express Train | 1967-06-03 | |
| Movie | Flower Cards Chivalry | 1967-03-10 | |
| Movie | Classmates | Hanada | 1967-06-03 |
| Movie | Samurai Wolf II | Magobe | 1967-05-13 |
| Movie | Zatoichi the Outlaw | Uneshiro Suga | 1967-08-12 |
| Movie | A Killer's Key | Yasujiro Endo | 1967-12-02 |
| Movie | Eleven Samurai | Errant samurai Daijuro | 1967-12-16 |
| Movie | Shogun and His Mistress 2 | Itakura | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | The Sword of Doom | Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle' | 1966-02-25 |
| Movie | The Threat | Kawanishi | 1966-02-17 |
| Movie | The Pornographers | Detective Sanada | 1966-03-12 |
| Movie | Seven Gamblers | 1966-07-09 | |
| Movie | Rub Out the Past | Tanzo Koide | 1966-08-26 |
| Movie | Rise Against the Sword | Etanba | 1966-11-25 |
| Movie | Red Beard | Chief retainer | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1965-01-03 | |
| Movie | Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire | Tahei Narumiya | 1965-01-12 |
| Movie | Tale of Ninja Duty | Chisaka Hyobu | 1965-02-25 |
| Movie | Tale of Japanese Burglars | 1965-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Ghost of the Hunchback | Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback | 1965-08-01 |
| Movie | The Ghost of the One Eyed Man | 1965-09-04 | |
| Movie | The Retreat from Kiska | Staff Officer | 1965-07-04 |
| Movie | An Impudent Man | 1964-01-15 | |
| Movie | Warrior of the Wind | Mizuno Izumi | 1964-01-15 |
| Movie | Intentions of Murder | Koichi Takahashi | 1964-06-28 |
| Movie | The Desperate | 1964-04-18 | |
| Movie | Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall | 1964-12-12 | |
| Movie | The Scarlet Camellia | Sakichi | 1964-11-21 |
| Movie | The Glamorous Ghost | Hiroshi Asami | 1964-10-03 |
| Movie | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Yamaoka | 1963-04-28 |
| Movie | Tale of Army Brutality | Kameoka, Zenji | 1963-06-14 |
| Movie | High and Low | Third Creditor | 1963-03-01 |
| Movie | Escape from Hell | Heiroku | 1963-01-27 |
| Movie | The Maid Story | 1963-06-16 | |
| Movie | Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 | |
| Series | Life of a Flower | Tada Ichiro | 1963-04-07 |
| Movie | Bamboo Doll of Echizen | Chubei | 1963-10-05 |
| Movie | The Life of a Horse-Trader | 1963-08-14 | |
| Movie | Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword | 1963-08-31 | |
| Movie | 13 Assassins | Kujuro Hirayama | 1963-12-07 |
| Movie | Doggie March | Killer (voice) | 1963-12-21 |
| Movie | A Prisoner in Search of Daughter | 1963-08-27 | |
| Movie | Gorath | Murata - Secretary of Space | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | Tokyo Bay | Noboru Sumikawa | 1962-05-27 |
| Movie | Woman of Design | 1962-01-28 | |
| Movie | Akitsu Hot Springs | 1962-06-15 | |
| Movie | The Temple of Wild Geese | Mokudō Kida | 1962-01-21 |
| Movie | Kono ni uruwashi | 1962-03-18 | |
| Movie | Gang vs. Gang | 1962-07-13 | |
| Movie | My Hobo | 1962-11-23 | |
| Movie | Four Sisters | Michiharu Mitsumine | 1962-07-01 |
| Movie | The Body | 1962-11-08 | |
| Movie | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Kizaru | 1962-12-01 |
| Movie | Chibusa o daku musume tachi | 1962-10-07 | |
| Movie | Mount Hakone | 1962-09-15 | |
| Movie | Zero Focus | Sotaro Uhara | 1961-03-19 |
| Movie | Yojimbo | Kuma | 1961-04-25 |
| Movie | Tale of a Company Boss | 1961-05-21 | |
| Movie | Pigs and Battleships | Yajima | 1961-01-21 |
| Movie | Blind Devotion | Denroku | 1961-03-08 |
| Movie | Killers on Parade | Sai | 1961-02-19 |
| Movie | Refresher Course for Wives | 1961-08-13 | |
| Movie | Tale of a Company Boss 3 | Hanada | 1961-11-01 |
| Movie | The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy | 1961-12-06 | |
| Movie | Snow in the South Seas | 1961-09-29 | |
| Movie | A Man in Red | 1961-09-12 | |
| Movie | Intimidation | Matakichi Nakaike | 1960-03-23 |
| Movie | The Lost Alibi | Okudaira | 1960-03-13 |
| Movie | Ryuji, the Gun Slinger | 1960-02-14 | |
| Movie | The Sleeping Beast Within | 1960-04-09 | |
| Movie | The Devil's Sigh | 1960-01-09 | |
| Movie | The Bad Sleep Well | Contract Officer Shirai | 1960-09-15 |
| Movie | Everything Goes Wrong | Nishimura | 1960-10-08 |
| Movie | Wait for Tomorrow | Uno | 1960-10-26 |
| Movie | Sixteen years old | 1960-10-01 | |
| Movie | Umi wa kurutte iru | 1959-05-09 | |
| Movie | Tokyo Romance Way | 1959-02-11 | |
| Movie | The Song of the Cart | 1959-02-11 | |
| Movie | Break Down that Wall | 1959-06-23 | |
| Movie | Farewell to Southern Tosa | 1959-08-02 | |
| Movie | My Second Brother | Goro Mitamura | 1959-10-28 |
| Movie | The Wild Reporter | Ryu Konei | 1959-09-27 |
| Movie | The Human Cyclone | 1959-09-20 | |
| Movie | The Ballad of Narayama | One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited) | 1958-06-01 |
| Movie | Stolen Desire | Kanji Takada | 1958-05-20 |
| Movie | Fangs of Night | 1958-01-15 | |
| Movie | Breasts and Bullets | 1958-01-29 | |
| Movie | The Girl from Osaka | 1958-06-01 | |
| Movie | The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow | Tominaga | 1958-09-02 |
| Movie | The Seasons of Love | Reporter | 1958-06-10 |
| Movie | The Invisible Wall | 1958-10-15 | |
| Movie | Endless Desire | Pharmacist | 1958-11-18 |
| Movie | Nishi Ginza Station | 1958-07-29 | |
| Movie | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Kiyami no Shinko | 1957-07-14 |
| Movie | Who's The Real Killer | Nakagawa | 1957-07-03 |
| Movie | The Temptress and the Monk | Peasant | 1957-08-14 |
| Movie | Nikutai no hankō | 1957-05-08 | |
| Movie | Harbor Rats | 1957-08-21 | |
| Movie | The Flesh Is Weak | Acupressurist | 1957-10-29 |
| Movie | The Eagle and the Hawk | Hikobei | 1957-09-29 |
| Movie | Tengoku wa doko da | 1956-04-23 | |
| Movie | The Burmese Harp | Baba | 1956-01-21 |
| Movie | Meiken monogatari | 1956-06-19 | |
| Movie | Fountainhead | Kasuya | 1956-02-26 |
| Movie | Excursion to Treasure Isle | 1956-07-20 | |
| Movie | Nikoyon monogatari | 1956-09-11 | |
| Movie | Frankie the Milkman | Tax Collector | 1956-12-05 |
| Movie | Dotanba | 1956-11-10 | |
| Movie | Yukiko | 1955-08-03 | |
| Movie | The Street Without Sun | Extraordinary detective | 1954-06-24 |
| Movie | A Billionaire | 1954-11-22 |