Kō Nishimura
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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| Born | January 25, 1923 |
| Died | April 15, 1997 (aged 74) |
| Other names | Akira Nishimura |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1946–1997 |
Filmography
Film
- The Burmese Harp (1956)
- Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
- Umi no yarodomo (1957)
- Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
- Kurenai no tsubasa (1958)
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
- Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960)
- Zero Focus (1961)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Gorath (1962), Murata, Minister of Space
- High and Low (1963)
- Rickshaw Man (1963 version)
- Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
- Attack Squadron! (1963)
- Unholy Desire (1964)
- Kunoichi Keshō (1964)
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)
- Ninpō-chushingura (1965)
- The Sword of Doom (1966), Shichibei[1]
- The Dancing Girl of Izu (1967 Toho version)
- Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
- Black Lizard (1968)
- The Living Skeleton (1968)
- Zatoichi, The Festival Of Fire (1970)
- Hanzo The Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
- Lady Snowblood (1973)
- Tsugaru Folk Song (1973)
- Hanzo The Razor: The Snare (1973)
- Hanzo The Razor: Who's Got the Gold (1974)
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975)
- Hokuriku Proxy War (1977), Mr. Yasuhara
- The Incident (1978)
- Nomugi Pass (1979)
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988), Makoto Nishimura
- 47 Ronin (1994), Kira Yoshinaka
TV Drama
- Taiga drama series
- Hana no Shōgai (1963)
- Akō Rōshi (1964)
- San Shimai (1967)
- Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970)
- Haru no Sakamichi (TV series) (1971)
- Kunitori Monogatari (1973)
- Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976)
- Homura Tatsu (1993)
- Mito Kōmon, Tokugawa Mitsukuni of season 14 to 21 (1983-1992)
- Lone Wolf and Cub (Yorozuya Kinnosuke version, 1974)
- Tōyama no Kin-san (1975 version)
- Momotarō-zamurai (1976)
- Ōedo Sōsamō (season 4, 1976)
- Umi wa Yomigaeru (1977), Itō Hirobumi
- Naruto Hitcho (1977)
- Shiroi Kyotō (1978), Kyosuke Takemura
- Akō Rōshi (1979)
- Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan I (1980)
- Sarutobi Sasuke (1980), Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Dai Chūshingura (1980), Kira Yoshinaka
- Daichi no Ko (1995)
Anime voice
- Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (1978), Mamo/Howard Lockewood
- Nutcracker Fantasy (1979), Uncle Drosselmeyer, Puppeteer, Street Singer, Watchmaker
Other
Honours
References
- Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
External links
- Kō Nishimura on IMDb
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