Kō Nishimura
Known for Acting · 257 credits
- Born
- 1923-01-25
- Died
- 1997-04-29
- Place of birth
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as
- Ko Nishimura · Ко Нисимура · کو نیشیمورا
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
TV Shows (10)
Movies (247)
High and Low
1963
as Third Creditor
Yojimbo
1961
as Kuma
The Angry Sea
1960
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
Blind Devotion
1961
as Denroku
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
as Mamo (voice)
Red Beard
1965
as Chief retainer
Debt of Honor
1966
as Iinuma
My Hobo
1962
A Man in Red
1961
Frankie the Milkman
1956
as Tax Collector
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
1970
Neon taiheiki
1968
Lady Snowblood
1973
as Priest Dokai
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Contract Officer Shirai
The Invisible Wall
1958
The Burmese Harp
1956
as Baba
Giant Rumble
1964
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Kenpeishi
The Pornographers
1966
as Detective Sanada
The Sword of Doom
1966
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Gorath
1962
as Murata - Secretary of Space
Goyokin
1969
Theater Of Life
1983
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Yajima
Yakuza sensei
1960
Manhunt
1976
as Nagaoka Ryokai
13 Assassins
1963
as Kujuro Hirayama
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Makoto Nishimura
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Yamaoka
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Itakura
Solar Eclipse
1975
47 Ronin
1994
Eleven Samurai
1967
as Errant samurai Daijuro
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
1993
as Self
Seven Gamblers
1966
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
Black Lizard
1968
as Detective Matoba
Mount Hakone
1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Kizaru
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
My Second Brother
1959
as Goro Mitamura
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Koichi Takahashi
Killers on Parade
1961
as Sai
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
as Sosuke Saruya
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Tokuji Owada
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
as Migi
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Kiyami no Shinko
The Bride from Hades
1968
as Banzou
Samurai Wolf II
1967
as Magobe
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Staff Officer
Living Skeleton
1968
as Nishizato
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
as Mr. Yasuhara
Jack and the Beanstalk
1974
as Old bean-seller
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
as Hikobei
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
Endless Desire
1958
as Pharmacist
Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Ex-husband
Express Train
1967
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
as Yasuke
The Singing Gunman
1967
Nutcracker Fantasy
1979
as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Extraordinary detective
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Tahei Narumiya
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
as Uneshiro Suga
Japan's Don
1977
as Kahe Shimabara
Zero Focus
1961
as Sotaro Uhara
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Shigetomi Katta
Warrior of the Wind
1964
as Mizuno Izumi
Doggie March
1963
as Killer (voice)
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Yamiya
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974
as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
A Billionaire
1954
A Killer's Key
1967
as Yasujiro Endo
The Incident
1978
as Goichi Ômura
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Sukezo Kojima
Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Glass-Eating Mime
One Who Died in Vain
1986
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 今川義元
Tsugaru Folksong
1973
as Tamezo Tsukamoto
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
The Body
1962
The Threat
1966
as Kawanishi
Nomugi Pass
1979
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
as Kameoka, Zenji
The Family
1974
as Sentaro Watanuki
Intimidation
1960
as Matakichi Nakaike
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
as Uno
Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
as Makabe
Love in the Mud
1977
Yukiko
1955
Goyou Sen Enjou
1982
House of Terrors
1965
as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
The Blue Beast
1960
Tokyo Bay
1962
as Noboru Sumikawa
Fountainhead
1956
as Kasuya
The Girl from Osaka
1958
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965
Classmates
1967
as Hanada
Free and Easy Special
1994
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Mokudō Kida
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Chubei
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Sakichi
喜劇 深夜族
1969
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Chibi (Shorty)
Woman of Design
1962
Stolen Desire
1958
as Kanji Takada
Play It Cool
1970
as Kada
Nishi Ginza Station
1958
Farm Girls
1962
Hidden Fangs
1961
The Call of the Foghorn
1960
as Morimoto
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Kukai
1984
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Fangs of Night
1958
Stairs of Evil
1965
as Shimoyama
The Strangling
1979
as Yasuzo Kariba
About Kō Nishimura
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. With 257 credits spanning from 1953 to 2002, Kō Nishimura has appeared in 247 films and 10 TV shows.
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- High and Low (1963) — as Third Creditor
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Kuma
- The Angry Sea (1960)
- The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy (1961)
- Blind Devotion (1961) — as Denroku
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