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Kō Nishimura1923 - 1997

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Actor

Popularity

2.6

Famous

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kō Nishimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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

2002

Documentary

as Self (voice)

0(0)

0.2

Salaryman Senka

1995

Comedy • Drama

0(0)

0.3

47 Ronin

1994

Action • Drama

7.5(21)

1.1

Free and Easy Special

1994

Comedy

7.5(2)

0.4

Free and Easy 4

1991

Comedy • Drama

7.5(2)

0.3

Seventeen Ninja

1990

0(0)

0.2

The Men Who Made Ultraman

1989

Drama • TV Movie

as Eiji Tsuburaya

10(1)

0.4

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

1988

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Makoto Nishimura

6.2(18)

0.6

One Who Died in Vain

1986

Drama

7.4(5)

0.2

The Detective

1984

as Senkichi Otsubo

0(0)

0.1

Kukai

1984

9(0)

0.2

A Hunter's Diary

1983

Mystery

as Kentaro Hatanaka

1(1)

0.2

Theater Of Life

1983

Drama

0(0)

0.3

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

1983

as 岸井亥之吉

0(0)

0.2

Highschool Scramble

1982

0(0)

0.3

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

1982

Action • Drama

0(0)

0.2

Goyou Sen Enjou

1982

Drama • TV Movie

0(0)

0.3

The Old Bear Hunter

1982

Adventure • Drama

as Heizo Sekiguchi

7.2(4)

1.3

The Black Hood

1981

Action

0(0)

0.1

The Woman

1980

0(0)

0.1

The Claws of the Divine Beast

1980

Mystery • TV Movie

6(1)

0.2

映画村殺人事件

1980

Drama • TV Movie

10(1)

0.2

Nomugi Pass

1979

Drama • History

6.3(3)

0.3

The Strangling

1979

as Yasuzo Kariba

4.9(7)

0.3

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Crime • Drama

as Glass-Eating Mime

0(0)

0.4

Nutcracker Fantasy

1979

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)

6.4(16)

0.3

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

1978

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Mamo (voice)

7(104)

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978

Crime • Drama

as Shigetomi Katta

7(2)

0.4

Love and Faith

1978

Drama

as Sojin Kamiya

6.3(5)

0.3

The Incident

1978

Drama

6.3(3)

0.4

The Beauty in the Bathroom

1978

0(0)

0.3

Love in the Mud

1977

Drama

6.6(4)

0.3

Hokuriku Proxy War

1977

Action • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Mr. Yasuhara

6.8(8)

0.5

Japan's Don

1977

Crime • Drama

as Kahe Shimabara

7.5(2)

0.3

Skyscraper Murder Case

1976

Thriller

1(1)

0.2

Manhunt

1976

Action • Crime • Drama

as Nagaoka Ryokai

6.5(20)

0.6

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

1975

Action • Crime • Drama

as Tokuji Owada

6.9(14)

0.5

Solar Eclipse

1975

Drama

6.8(6)

0.9

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

1975

Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Romance

as Kenpeishi

7.1(36)

0.7

Without Complaint

1975

Drama

0(0)

0.3

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

Action • Crime • Thriller

6.5(2)

0.6

Jack and the Beanstalk

1974

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

as Old bean-seller

6.5(38)

0.7

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

1974

Action • Drama

as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi

5.9(31)

0.3

The Family

1974

Drama

as Sentaro Watanuki

10(1)

0.2

Tsugaru Folksong

1973

Drama • Romance

as Tamezo Tsukamoto

7.2(10)

0.3

Lady Snowblood

1973

Action • Crime • Drama

as Priest Dokai

7.5(380)

1.6

Summer Days Across the River

1973

Drama

0(0)

0.2

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

1973

Action • Drama • History

as Magobei "Snake" Onishi

6.3(32)

0.7

When the Night Breaks

1973

Horror • TV Movie

0(0)

0.2

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

1972

Action • Drama

as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi

6.3(48)

1.2

The Pirates of Buban

1972

Documentary • TV Movie

6.5(6)

0.3

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1971

Drama • History • War

5.8(6)

0.8

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life

1970

Action • Crime

0(0)

0.1

Waterfront Blues

1970

Drama

0(0)

0.1

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

1970

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Migi

6.7(37)

0.4

Play It Cool

1970

Action • Crime • Drama

as Kada

4.8(4)

0.5

Second Generation Young Boss

1969

Crime • Drama

as Yanosuke Hashimoto

0(0)

0.1

The Wild Sea

1969

Drama

as Munekata

0(0)

0.2

喜劇深夜族

1969

0(0)

0.1

One Two Punch

1969

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Black Rose Mansion

1969

Drama

as Ex-husband

4.5(7)

0.4

Lady with Seven Faces

1969

Comedy • Crime

as Printer

0(0)

0.2

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

1969

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Kanto Woman Infamy

1969

4(1)

0.2

Goyokin

1969

Action • Drama

7.6(60)

0.5

Quick-draw Okatsu

1969

Action • Crime

as Makabe

5.7(12)

0.2

Samaritan Zatoichi

1968

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Sosuke Saruya

6.6(35)

0.4

A Lavish Invitation

1968

Comedy • Music

0(0)

0.2

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

1968

Crime • Drama

6.8(9)

0.6

Living Skeleton

1968

Horror

as Nishizato

5.6(29)

0.5

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

1968

Comedy

as Policeman on Island

0(0)

0.1

Black Lizard

1968

Crime

as Detective Matoba

6.7(24)

0.5

Snake Woman's Curse

1968

Horror

as Yasuke

5.5(8)

0.5

The Bride from Hades

1968

Horror

as Banzou

7.4(8)

0.3

Neon taiheiki

1968

Comedy • Drama

0(0)

0.2

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

1968

0(0)

0.3

New Year Trip

1968

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Eleven Samurai

1967

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Errant samurai Daijuro

7.6(25)

0.4

A Killer's Key

1967

Crime • Thriller

as Yasujiro Endo

6.7(3)

0.3

Whispering Joe

1967

Crime • Drama

as Man

0(0)

0.1

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

as Itakura

3.5(2)

0.1

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Uneshiro Suga

6.5(34)

0.3

The Singing Gunman

1967

Action • Crime

0(0)

0.2

Classmates

1967

Drama • War

as Hanada

6.5(4)

0.4

Express Train

1967

Comedy

6(1)

0.3

Samurai Wolf II

1967

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Magobe

7.1(16)

0.4

Flower Cards Chivalry

1967

Crime • Drama

10(1)

0.2

Rise Against the Sword

1966

Action • Drama • History • War

as Etanba

6.5(8)

0.2

Rub Out the Past

1966

Crime

as Tanzo Koide

6(1)

0.3

Seven Gamblers

1966

6(1)

0.1

Dokonjo Taisho

1966

0(0)

0.1

The Pornographers

1966

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Detective Sanada

7.3(46)

0.6

The Sword of Doom

1966

Action • Drama

as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

7.7(231)

0.9

The Threat

1966

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Kawanishi

7.3(6)

0.5

Stairs of Evil

1965

as Shimoyama

5(1)

0.1

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

1965

Horror

0(0)

0.1

House of Terrors

1965

Horror

as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback

5.3(14)

0.4

The Retreat from Kiska

1965

Drama • War

as Staff Officer

8.3(3)

0.3

Tale of Japanese Burglars

1965

Comedy • Crime

6.8(6)

0.2

Red Beard

1965

Drama

as Chief retainer

8.1(375)

1.9

Tale of Ninja Duty

1965

Action

as Chisaka Hyobu

1(1)

0.4

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

1965

Action • Drama

as Tahei Narumiya

6.2(6)

0.3

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

1965

Drama

8.2(4)

0.3

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

1964

Drama • History

6.8(5)

0.1

The Spying Sorceress

1964

Action • Fantasy • Romance

0(0)

0.3

The Scarlet Camellia

1964

Crime • Drama

as Sakichi

5(4)

0.4

The Gorgeous Geisha

1964

Drama

0(0)

0.1

The Glamorous Ghost

1964

Mystery

as Hiroshi Asami

6(1)

0.3

The Great Duel

1964

6(1)

0.2

Intentions of Murder

1964

Drama

as Koichi Takahashi

7.2(48)

0.7

The Desperate

1964

Crime • Drama

as Yamaguchi

7(2)

0.1

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws

1964

as Enzo Tatara

0(0)

0.1

Life of Hishakaku 3

1964

0(0)

0.2

Warrior of the Wind

1964

Drama • History

as Mizuno Izumi

6.7(8)

0.2

An Impudent Man

1964

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Doggie March

1963

Action • Adventure • Animation • Drama • Fantasy

as Killer (voice)

4.8(4)

0.3

13 Assassins

1963

Action • Adventure

as Kujuro Hirayama

7.4(39)

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

1963

Drama

as Chubei

7.6(11)

0.1

Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword

1963

Comedy

10(1)

0.3

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter

1963

0(0)

0.1

The Life of a Horse-Trader

1963

0(0)

0.2

The Maid Story

1963

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Tale of Army Brutality

1963

Drama • War

as Kameoka, Zenji

10(1)

0.3

To Your Majesty, The Emperor

1963

Comedy • War

0(0)

0.2

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

Action • Drama • History

as Yamaoka

7(23)

0.6

High and Low

1963

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Third Creditor

8.3(976)

3.3

Pressure of Guilt

1963

Mystery

7(1)

0.2

Escape from Hell

1963

Crime • Drama

as Heiroku

6.2(5)

0.3

Bad Reputation of the Big Three

1963

0(0)

0.2

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

Action

as Kizaru

6.4(24)

0.3

My Hobo

1962

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Curry Rice

1962

Drama

0(0)

0.2

The Body

1962

Drama

6.5(2)

0.5

Chibusa o daku musume tachi

1962

Drama

0(0)

0.3

At the Side of the Bridge 2

1962

0(0)

0.1

Mount Hakone

1962

Drama

0(0)

0.1

Yume de aimasho

1962

0(0)

0.3

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko

1962

0(0)

0.2

Gang vs. Gang

1962

Crime

7(2)

0.2

At the Side of the Bridge

1962

0(0)

0.2

Four Sisters

1962

Drama

as Michiharu Mitsumine

6(1)

0.1

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962

Drama • Romance

6.5(25)

0.5

Tokyo Bay

1962

Drama • Mystery

as Noboru Sumikawa

7(1)

0.2

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962

0(0)

0.1

Gorath

1962

Action • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Murata - Secretary of Space

6.6(20)

0.8

Kono ni uruwashi

1962

0(0)

0.1

Haru no sanmyaku

1962

0(0)

0.2

Woman of Design

1962

Drama

6.5(2)

0.3

The Temple of Wild Geese

1962

Drama

as Mokudō Kida

6.3(11)

0.3

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

1961

Comedy • Music

0(0)

0.1

Tale of a Company Boss 3

1961

Comedy

as Hanada

0(0)

0.2

Snow in the South Seas

1961

Comedy • Drama • War

0(0)

0.2

A Man in Red

1961

Crime • Drama

0(0)

0.1

Refresher Course for Wives

1961

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２

1961

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

Tale of a Company Boss

1961

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Yojimbo

1961

Drama • Thriller

as Kuma

8.1(1,532)

2.4

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

1961

Drama

0(0)

0.3

Zero Focus

1961

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Sotaro Uhara

6.6(17)

0.3

Blind Devotion

1961

Drama • Romance

as Denroku

0(0)

0.1

Killers on Parade

1961

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Sai

6.2(13)

0.4

The Wind and Waves

1961

0(0)

0.1

Hidden Fangs

1961

0(0)

0.2

Pigs and Battleships

1961

Crime • Drama

as Yajima

7.1(60)

0.6

Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru

1961

Action • Comedy

0(0)

0.1

For This We Fight

1961

0(0)

0.2

Aces Wild

1961

Comedy • Drama

0(0)

0.1

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

1960

Drama

0(0)

0.1

Wait for Tomorrow

1960

Comedy • Drama

as Uno

0(0)

0.2

The Angry Sea

1960

Drama

0(0)

0.1

Everything Goes Wrong

1960

Crime • Drama

as Nishimura

6.4(16)

0.3

Sixteen years old

1960

Drama • Romance

0(0)

0.1

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Contract Officer Shirai

7.7(260)

The Call of the Foghorn

1960

Action • Crime

as Morimoto

0(0)

0.2

The Blue Beast

1960

Drama • Thriller

7(1)

0.2

The Sleeping Beast Within

1960

Action • Crime

6.6(11)

0.2

Intimidation

1960

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Matakichi Nakaike

7.1(19)

0.2

The Lost Alibi

1960

Thriller

as Okudaira

5.2(6)

0.2

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

Action • Crime

0(0)

0.2

The Devil's Sigh

1960

0(0)

0.2

My Second Brother

1959

Drama

as Goro Mitamura

6.4(7)

0.2

The Wild Reporter

1959

Action • Drama

as Ryu Konei

0(0)

0.1

The Human Cyclone

1959

Action • Crime

0(0)

0.1

青春蛮歌

1959

0(0)

0.2

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959

Action

0(0)

0.2

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

1959

Action • Drama

0(0)

0.1

Break Down that Wall

1959

Drama

7(1)

0.2

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

Drama

0(0)

0.1

Umi wa kurutte iru

1959

Drama

0(0)

0.1

おヤエの家つき女中

1959

0(0)

The Fugitive

1959

Crime • Drama

0(0)

0.2

おヤエのママさん女中

1959

0(0)

0.1

Tokyo Romance Way

1959

0(0)

0.2

The Song of the Cart

1959

Drama

6.6(9)

0.2

Crimson Wings

1958

Action

as Tetsuji Mizutani

0(0)

0.1

Endless Desire

1958

Drama

as Pharmacist

6.5(12)

0.2

Showdown in the Storm

1958

Drama

0(0)

0.1

The Invisible Wall

1958

Crime • Mystery

0(0)

0.2

Wolves of the Night

1958

Crime • Drama

0(0)

0.2

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

1958

Crime • Drama

as Tominaga

0(0)

0.2

Drunken Ghost

1958

Comedy • Horror

as Daigorô

0(0)

0.1

Nishi Ginza Station

1958

Comedy • Drama

5.6(16)

0.1

Tōkyō no basugāru

1958

0(0)

0.1

The Seasons of Love

1958

Drama

as Reporter

1(1)

0.1

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

Drama

as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

7.5(82)

0.7

The Girl from Osaka

1958

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Stolen Desire

1958

Comedy • Drama

as Kanji Takada

6.6(12)

0.2

Breasts and Bullets

1958

0(0)

0.1

Fangs of Night

1958

5(1)

0.2

But the Flesh is Weak

1957

Drama • Family

as Acupressurist

6(2)

0.2

The Eagle and the Hawk

1957

Action • Adventure • Crime • Drama

as Hikobei

5.7(7)

0.2

Harbor Rats

1957

Action • Drama

0(0)

0.3

The Temptress and the Monk

1957

Drama • Fantasy • Horror

as Peasant

0(0)

0.2

Shiroi natsu

1957

Drama

0(0)

0.1

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

Comedy

as Kiyami no Shinko

7.2(35)

0.5

Who's the Real Killer

1957

as Nakagawa

0(0)

0.3

Nikutai no hankō

1957

0(0)

0.2

Saigo no totsugeki

1957

War

0(0)

0.2

Lunar Eclipse

1956

Drama

0(0)

0.2

Frankie the Milkman

1956

Comedy

as Tax Collector

9(1)

0.1

Dotanba

1956

Drama

6(1)

0.1

Nikoyon monogatari

1956

Drama

0(0)

0.2

Excursion to Treasure Isle

1956

Adventure • Comedy • Music

0(0)

0.2

Meiken monogatari

1956

Family

0(0)

0.1

Tengoku wa doko da

1956

Drama

0(0)

0.2

Fountainhead

1956

Drama

as Kasuya

5.8(8)

0.3

The Burmese Harp

1956

Drama • War

as Baba

7.9(155)

1.3

Yukiko

1955

Drama

0(0)

0.2

A Billionaire

1954

Comedy • Drama

5.7(3)

0.3

The Street Without Sun

1954

Drama

as Extraordinary detective

0(0)

0.2

At the End of the Clouds

1953

Drama • War

0(0)

0.1