Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Known for

Acting

Born

January 25, 1923

Birthplace

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Died

April 29, 1997 (aged 74)

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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Best known work

Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961
High and Low
High and Low
1963
Lady Snowblood
Lady Snowblood
1973
Red Beard
Red Beard
1965
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom
1966
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp
1956
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
Goyokin
Goyokin
1969

Filmography

  1. 2002

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

    as Self (voice)

  2. 1995

  3. 1994

  4. 1994

  5. 1993

  6. 1991

  7. 1990

    ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険TV
  8. 1990

  9. 1989

    The Men Who Made Ultraman

    as Eiji Tsuburaya

  10. 1988

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    as Makoto Nishimura

  11. 1986

  12. 1985

  13. 1984

    The Detective

    as Senkichi Otsubo

  14. 1984

  15. 1983

    A Hunter's Diary

    as Kentaro Hatanaka

  16. 1983

  17. 1983

  18. 1982

  19. 1982

  20. 1982

  21. 1982

    The Old Bear Hunter

    as Heizo Sekiguchi

  22. 1982

  23. 1981

  24. 1980

  25. 1980

    Niji wo OruTV

    as 沢木忠一郎 (153 episodes)

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