Kō Nishimura

actor

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 Ichik...

Born: January 25, 1923 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Died: April 29, 1997 (age 74)

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Known For

8.6

Yojimbo

Movies & TV Credits

244 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' Movie	—	Actor	Self (voice)	2002
Salaryman Senka Movie	—	Actor	—	1995
Free and Easy Special Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1994
47 Ronin Movie	6.3	Actor	—	1994
Free and Easy 4 Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1991
ベビーシッター桃子の冒険 TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1990
Jushichinin no ninja Movie	7.3	Actor	—	1990
The Men Who Made Ultraman Movie	—	Actor	Eiji Tsuburaya	1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis Movie	5.8	Actor	Makoto Nishimura	1988
One Who Died in Vain Movie	5.7	Actor	—	1986
Kukai Movie	7.3	Actor	—	1984
The Detective Movie	—	Actor	Senkichi Otsubo	1984
Theater Of Life Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1983
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi Movie	—	Actor	岸井亥之吉	1983
Ryôjin nikki Movie	—	Actor	Kentaro Hatanaka	1983
The Old Bear Hunter Movie	7.1	Actor	Heizo Sekiguchi	1982
Highschool Scramble Movie	—	Actor	—	1982
Goyou Sen Enjou Movie	—	Actor	—	1982
Kemonomichi TV Show	—	Actor	—(3 Episodes)	1982
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1982
The Black Hood Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1981
映画村殺人事件 Movie	—	Actor	—	1980
The Woman Movie	4.7	Actor	—	1980
Niji o oru TV Show	—	Actor	沢木忠一郎(153 Episodes)	1980
Chin Shun-shin's 'The Claws of the Divine Beast' Movie	5.8	Actor	—	1980
Nomugi Pass Movie	7.4	Actor	—	1979
The Strangling Movie	6.3	Actor	Yasuzo Kariba	1979
Down with The Big Boss Movie	6.3	Actor	Glass-Eating Mime	1979
Nutcracker Fantasy Movie	6.6	Actor	Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)	1979
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo Movie	7.0	Actor	Mamo (voice)	1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion Movie	6.7	Actor	Shigetomi Katta	1978
The Incident Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1978
Love and Faith Movie	7.6	Actor	Sojin Kamiya	1978
The Beauty in the Bathroom Movie	—	Actor	—	1978
Love in the Mud Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1977
Hokuriku Proxy War Movie	6.9	Actor	Mr. Yasuhara	1977
Japan's Don Movie	6.9	Actor	Kahe Shimabara	1977
Seishi Yokomizo TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1977
腐蝕の構造 TV Show	—	Actor	Honda Yoshikazu(1 Episode)	1977
Skyscraper Murder Case Movie	—	Actor	—	1976
Manhunt Movie	6.6	Actor	Nagaoka Ryokai	1976
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees Movie	7.2	Actor	Kenpeishi	1975
Solar Eclipse Movie	7.4	Actor	—	1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss Movie	7.0	Actor	Tokuji Owada	1975
Without Complaint Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1975
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? Movie	6.3	Actor	Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi	1974
The Rapacious Jailbreaker Movie	6.8	Actor	—	1974
The Family Movie	7.7	Actor	Sentaro Watanuki	1974
Jack and the Beanstalk Movie	7.0	Actor	Old bean-seller	1974
The Bodyguard TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1974
Tsugaru Folksong Movie	6.9	Actor	Tamezo Tsukamoto	1973
Lady Snowblood Movie	7.7	Actor	Priest Dokai	1973
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare Movie	6.7	Actor	Magobei "Snake" Onishi	1973
When the Night Breaks Movie	—	Actor	—	1973
Summer Days Across the River Movie	—	Actor	—	1973
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice Movie	6.3	Actor	Magobei 'Snake' Onishi	1972
The Pirates of Buban Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1972
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1971
Play It Cool Movie	6.4	Actor	Kada	1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival Movie	7.1	Actor	Migi	1970
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life Movie	—	Actor	—	1970
Waterfront Blues Movie	—	Actor	—	1970
Goyokin Movie	7.4	Actor	—	1969
Black Rose Mansion Movie	5.8	Actor	Ex-husband	1969
Lady with Seven Faces Movie	—	Actor	Printer	1969
Quick-draw Okatsu Movie	6.6	Actor	Makabe	1969
The Wild Sea Movie	—	Actor	Munekata	1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool Movie	—	Actor	—	1969
Kanto Woman Infamy Movie	—	Actor	—	1969
Second Generation Young Boss Movie	4.9	Actor	Yanosuke Hashimoto	1969
One Two Punch Movie	—	Actor	—	1969
喜劇深夜族 Movie	—	Actor	—	1969
The Bride from Hades Movie	6.9	Actor	Banzou	1968
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1968
Snake Woman's Curse Movie	6.1	Actor	Yasuke	1968
Samaritan Zatoichi Movie	7.0	Actor	Sosuke Saruya	1968
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty Movie	6.0	Actor	—	1968
New Year Trip Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1968
Living Skeleton Movie	6.1	Actor	Nishizato	1968
Black Lizard Movie	6.7	Actor	Detective Matoba	1968
Neon taiheiki Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1968
Age of Japanese Guerrillas Movie	—	Actor	Policeman on Island	1968
A Lavish Invitation Movie	—	Actor	—	1968
A Killer's Key Movie	6.8	Actor	Yasujiro Endo	1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw Movie	6.8	Actor	Uneshiro Suga	1967
Eleven Samurai Movie	7.1	Actor	Errant samurai Daijuro	1967
Samurai Wolf II Movie	6.8	Actor	Magobe	1967
Classmates Movie	7.1	Actor	Hanada	1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2 Movie	4.7	Actor	Itakura	1967
Whispering Joe Movie	—	Actor	Man	1967
The Singing Gunman Movie	—	Actor	—	1967
Flower Cards Chivalry Movie	7.7	Actor	—	1967
Express Train Movie	6.2	Actor	—	1967
The Threat Movie	7.0	Actor	Kawanishi	1966
The Sword of Doom Movie	8.0	Actor	Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'	1966
The Pornographers Movie	7.0	Actor	Detective Sanada	1966
Seven Gamblers Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1966
Rise Against the Sword Movie	6.4	Actor	Etanba	1966
Rub Out the Past Movie	6.5	Actor	Tanzo Koide	1966
Dokonjo Taisho Movie	—	Actor	—	1966
The Retreat from Kiska Movie	7.2	Actor	Staff Officer	1965
House of Terrors Movie	6.0	Actor	Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback	1965
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man Movie	4.1	Actor	—	1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars Movie	7.7	Actor	—	1965
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire Movie	6.5	Actor	Tahei Narumiya	1965
Tale of Ninja Duty Movie	—	Actor	Chisaka Hyobu	1965
Red Beard Movie	8.4	Actor	Chief retainer	1965
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu Movie	6.5	Actor	今川義元	1965
Stairs of Evil Movie	—	Actor	Shimoyama	1965
The Spying Sorceress Movie	—	Actor	—	1964
The Glamorous Ghost Movie	6.9	Actor	Hiroshi Asami	1964
An Impudent Man Movie	—	Actor	—	1964
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1964
Warrior of the Wind Movie	6.8	Actor	Mizuno Izumi	1964
The Scarlet Camellia Movie	6.6	Actor	Sakichi	1964
Giant Rumble Movie	—	Actor	—	1964
The Desperate Movie	7.3	Actor	Yamaguchi	1964
Intentions of Murder Movie	7.4	Actor	Koichi Takahashi	1964
Life of Hishakaku 3 Movie	—	Actor	—	1964
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws Movie	—	Actor	Enzo Tatara	1964
The Gorgeous Geisha Movie	—	Actor	—	1964
Doggie March Movie	6.1	Actor	Killer (voice)	1963
13 Assassins Movie	7.3	Actor	Kujuro Hirayama	1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen Movie	7.2	Actor	Chubei	1963
Tale of Army Brutality Movie	7.2	Actor	Kameoka, Zenji	1963
Pressure of Guilt Movie	7.5	Actor	—	1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter Movie	—	Actor	—	1963
The Maid Story Movie	8.2	Actor	—	1963
High and Low Movie	8.6	Actor	Third Creditor	1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai Movie	7.2	Actor	Yamaoka	1963
Bad Reputation of the Big Three Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1963
The Life of a Horse-Trader Movie	—	Actor	—	1963
Escape from Hell Movie	7.0	Actor	Heiroku	1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1963
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword Movie	—	Actor	—	1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3 Movie	—	Actor	—	1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4 Movie	—	Actor	—	1963
Hana no shôgai TV Show	—	Actor	Tada Ichiro(39 Episodes)	1963
Akitsu Hot Springs Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins Movie	6.8	Actor	Kizaru	1962
Chibusa o daku musume tachi Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Gorath Movie	5.5	Actor	Murata - Secretary of Space	1962
Tokyo Bay Movie	7.0	Actor	Noboru Sumikawa	1962
Four Sisters Movie	7.3	Actor	Michiharu Mitsumine	1962
The Temple of Wild Geese Movie	7.0	Actor	Mokudō Kida	1962
Gang vs. Gang Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1962
Woman of Design Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1962
Kono ni uruwashi Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
My Hobo Movie	7.9	Actor	—	1962
At the Side of the Bridge Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Mount Hakone Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1962
The Body Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1962
I. George monogatari taiyō no ko Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
カレーライス Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Yume de aimasho Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Haru no sanmyaku Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2 Movie	—	Actor	—	1962
Zero Focus Movie	6.8	Actor	Sotaro Uhara	1961
Killers on Parade Movie	6.3	Actor	Sai	1961
Snow in the South Seas Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1961
Blind Devotion Movie	6.1	Actor	Denroku	1961
Yojimbo Movie	8.4	Actor	Kuma	1961
A Man in Red Movie	7.3	Actor	—	1961
Pigs and Battleships Movie	7.2	Actor	Yajima	1961
Refresher Course for Wives Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２ Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Aces Wild Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1961
若い狼 Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Tale of a Company Boss Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Tale of a Company Boss 3 Movie	—	Actor	Hanada	1961
Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
The Wind and Waves Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
For This We Fight Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Eternity of Love Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
白い南風 Movie	—	Actor	—	1961
Intimidation Movie	7.0	Actor	Matakichi Nakaike	1960
The Lost Alibi Movie	7.3	Actor	Okudaira	1960
Wait for Tomorrow Movie	6.7	Actor	Uno	1960
The Bad Sleep Well Movie	8.1	Actor	Contract Officer Shirai	1960
The Sleeping Beast Within Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1960
The Angry Sea Movie	7.3	Actor	—	1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1960
Sixteen years old Movie	—	Actor	—	1960
Everything Goes Wrong Movie	6.6	Actor	Nishimura	1960
The Blue Beast Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1960
The Call of the Foghorn Movie	6.6	Actor	Morimoto	1960
The Devil's Sigh Movie	—	Actor	—	1960
筑豊のこどもたち Movie	—	Actor	—	1960
The Song of the Cart Movie	7.4	Actor	—	1959
My Second Brother Movie	6.7	Actor	Goro Mitamura	1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1959
Break Down that Wall Movie	7.1	Actor	—	1959
The Human Cyclone Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1959
Tokyo Romance Way Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
The Fugitive Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
Tokyo no Kodoku Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1959
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero Movie	6.9	Actor	—	1959
The Wild Reporter Movie	—	Actor	Ryu Konei	1959
青春蛮歌 Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
おヤエの家つき女中 Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
Umi wa kurutte iru Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
おヤエのママさん女中 Movie	—	Actor	—	1959
Crimson Wings Movie	5.9	Actor	Tetsuji Mizutani	1958
Stolen Desire Movie	6.6	Actor	Kanji Takada	1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow Movie	—	Actor	Tominaga	1958
Endless Desire Movie	7.0	Actor	Pharmacist	1958
The Seasons of Love Movie	6.1	Actor	Reporter	1958
Nishi Ginza Station Movie	5.9	Actor	—	1958
Breasts and Bullets Movie	—	Actor	—	1958
Fangs of Night Movie	5.4	Actor	—	1958
Wolves of the Night Movie	—	Actor	—	1958
The Invisible Wall Movie	7.2	Actor	—	1958
The Ballad of Narayama Movie	7.6	Actor	One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)	1958
Drunken Ghost Movie	—	Actor	Daigorô	1958
The Girl from Osaka Movie	—	Actor	—	1958
Tōkyō no basugāru Movie	—	Actor	—	1958
Showdown in the Storm Movie	—	Actor	—	1958
Nikutai no hankō Movie	—	Actor	—	1957
Who's the Real Killer Movie	7.2	Actor	Nakagawa	1957
Harbor Rats Movie	6.5	Actor	—	1957
The Temptress and the Monk Movie	5.7	Actor	Peasant	1957
The Eagle and the Hawk Movie	6.7	Actor	Hikobei	1957
The Flesh Is Weak Movie	6.3	Actor	Acupressurist	1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era Movie	7.1	Actor	Kiyami no Shinko	1957
Saigo no totsugeki Movie	—	Actor	—	1957
Shiroi natsu Movie	—	Actor	—	1957
Nikoyon monogatari Movie	—	Actor	—	1956
The Burmese Harp Movie	8.1	Actor	Baba	1956
Excursion to Treasure Isle Movie	6.0	Actor	—	1956
Fountainhead Movie	6.3	Actor	Kasuya	1956
Frankie the Milkman Movie	6.8	Actor	Tax Collector	1956
Tengoku wa doko da Movie	—	Actor	—	1956
Lunar Eclipse Movie	—	Actor	—	1956
Meiken monogatari Movie	—	Actor	—	1956
Dotanba Movie	—	Actor	—	1956
Yukiko Movie	—	Actor	—	1955
A Billionaire Movie	6.7	Actor	—	1954
The Street Without Sun Movie	6.2	Actor	Extraordinary detective	1954
At the End of the Clouds Movie	—	Actor	—	1953
月は地球を廻ってる Movie	—	Actor	—	—
みれん Movie	—	Actor	Okazaki	—
What if the school...? TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	—

Kō Nishimura

Known For

High and Low

Lady Snowblood

Red Beard

Yojimbo

Movies & TV Credits