Kō Nishimura
Known for Acting · 255 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 (9)
Movies (246)
High and Low
1963
as Third Creditor
Yojimbo
1961
as Kuma
Red Beard
1965
as Chief retainer
Lady Snowblood
1973
as Priest Dokai
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Contract Officer Shirai
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
as Mamo (voice)
Four Sisters
1962
as Michiharu Mitsumine
The Burmese Harp
1956
as Baba
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Kenpeishi
47 Ronin
1994
The Sword of Doom
1966
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
Manhunt
1976
as Nagaoka Ryokai
The Song of the Cart
1959
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Farm Girls
1962
Theater Of Life
1983
Goyokin
1969
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Makoto Nishimura
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Yajima
The Blue Beast
1960
Japan's Don
1977
as Kahe Shimabara
Gorath
1962
as Murata - Secretary of Space
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Staff Officer
Doggie March
1963
as Killer (voice)
Solar Eclipse
1975
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Koichi Takahashi
The Sleeping Beast Within
1960
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Sakichi
My Second Brother
1959
as Goro Mitamura
Black Lizard
1968
as Detective Matoba
Rise Against the Sword
1966
as Etanba
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Kiyami no Shinko
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Yamaoka
Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Glass-Eating Mime
Goyou Sen Enjou
1982
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Tokuji Owada
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
as Migi
Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Ex-husband
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974
as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
Break Down that Wall
1959
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Sukezo Kojima
Warrior of the Wind
1964
as Mizuno Izumi
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
The Strangling
1979
as Yasuzo Kariba
The Pornographers
1966
as Detective Sanada
Kukai
1984
The Fugitive
1959
Endless Desire
1958
as Pharmacist
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
Nomugi Pass
1979
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Mokudō Kida
Intimidation
1960
as Matakichi Nakaike
Samurai Wolf II
1967
as Magobe
Jack and the Beanstalk
1974
as Old bean-seller
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Shigetomi Katta
Fountainhead
1956
as Kasuya
Zero Focus
1961
as Sotaro Uhara
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
as Mr. Yasuhara
Escape from Hell
1963
as Heiroku
For This We Fight
1961
13 Assassins
1963
as Kujuro Hirayama
The Incident
1978
as Goichi Ômura
The Threat
1966
as Kawanishi
Love in the Mud
1977
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Family
1974
as Sentaro Watanuki
Yukiko
1955
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Okudaira
The Wild Sea
1969
as Munekata
The Body
1962
House of Terrors
1965
as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
Free and Easy 4
1991
Eternity of Love
1961
Dotanba
1956
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Yamiya
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Kizaru
My Hobo
1962
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 今川義元
Nutcracker Fantasy
1979
as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
A Killer's Key
1967
as Yasujiro Endo
A Billionaire
1954
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
1968
Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
as Makabe
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Chubei
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
as Hikobei
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Love and Faith
1978
as Sojin Kamiya
Elegy to Youth
1959
At the End of the Clouds
1953
The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
as Printer
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
as Kameoka, Zenji
Eleven Samurai
1967
as Errant samurai Daijuro
Classmates
1967
as Hanada
Fangs of Night
1958
The Desperate
1964
as Yamaguchi
One Who Died in Vain
1986
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
Woman of Design
1962
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Acupressurist
An Impudent Man
1964
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
as Uno
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
as Nishimura
Harbor Rats
1957
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
as Yang Sanyuan
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
as Sosuke Saruya
Tengoku wa doko da
1956
Tokyo Bay
1962
as Noboru Sumikawa
Living Skeleton
1968
as Nishizato
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
as Eiji Tsuburaya
Play It Cool
1970
as Kada
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Tahei Narumiya
The Pirates of Buban
1972
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self (voice)
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 255 credits spanning from 1953 to 2002, Kō Nishimura has appeared in 246 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kō Nishimura Movies
- High and Low (1963) — as Third Creditor
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Kuma
- Red Beard (1965) — as Chief retainer
- Lady Snowblood (1973) — as Priest Dokai
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — as Contract Officer Shirai
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