Kō Nishimura
Known for
Acting
Life
1923 – 1997 (aged 74)
Born in
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Credits
View on IMDb263 acting credits
Biography
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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
Yojimbo
25 Apr 1961
High and Low
01 Mar 1963
Lady Snowblood
01 Dec 1973
Red Beard
04 Mar 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
19 Sep 1960
The Sword of Doom
25 Feb 1966
The Burmese Harp
21 Jan 1956
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
16 Dec 1978
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Filmography
1995
1991
1990
- ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険1 episode
- Seventeen Ninja
1989
- The Men Who Made Ultramanas Eiji Tsuburaya
1988
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolisas Makoto Nishimura
1985
- What if the school...?7 episodes
1984
- The Detectiveas Senkichi Otsubo
- Kukai
1983
- A Hunter's Diaryas Kentaro Hatanaka
- Theater Of Life
- Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichias 岸井亥之吉
1982
- Highschool Scramble
- Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
- Goyou Sen Enjou
- The Old Bear Hunteras Heizo Sekiguchi
- Kemono Michi3 episodes
1981
1980
- The Woman
- Niji wo Oruas 沢木忠一郎153 episodes
- The Claws of the Divine Beast
- 映画村殺人事件
1979
- Nomugi Pass
- The Stranglingas Yasuzo Kariba
- Down with The Big Bossas Glass-Eating Mime
- Nutcracker Fantasyas Uncle
1978
- Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamoas Mamo (voice)
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusionas Shigetomi Katta
- Love and Faithas Sojin Kamiya
- The Incidentas Goichi Ômura
- The Beauty in the Bathroom
1977
- Fushoku no kōzōas Honda Yoshikazu1 episode
- Love in the Mud
- Yokomizo Seishi Series1 episode
- Hokuriku Proxy Waras Mr. Yasuhara
- Japan's Donas Kahe Shimabara
1976
- Skyscraper Murder Case
- Manhuntas Nagaoka Ryokai
- Elegyas Nobuhisa Hyodo
1975
1974
- The Rapacious Jailbreakeras Sukezo Kojima
- Wounded Angelsas Detective Kaizu26 episodes
- Jack and the Beanstalkas Old bean-seller
- Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
- The Familyas Sentaro Watanuki
- The Bodyguard26 episodes
1973
- Tsugaru Folksongas Tamezo Tsukamoto
- Lady Snowbloodas Priest Dokai
- Summer Days Across the River
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snareas Magobei "Snake" Onishi
- When the Night Breaks
1972
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justiceas Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
- The Pirates of Buban
1970
1969
- Shinjuku Plaza
- Second Generation Young Bossas Yanosuke Hashimoto
- The Wild Seaas Munekata
- 喜劇 深夜族
- One Two Punch
- Mito Komonas 水戸光圀1 episode
- Black Rose Mansionas Ex-husband
- ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩as 寺田保造
- Lady with Seven Facesas Printer
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
- Kanto Woman Infamy
- Goyokin
- Quick-draw Okatsuas Makabe
1968
- Samaritan Zatoichias Sosuke Saruya
- A Lavish Invitation
- Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
- Living Skeletonas Nishizato
- Age of Japanese Guerrillasas Policeman on Island
- Black Lizardas Detective Matoba
- Snake Woman's Curseas Yasuke
- The Bride from Hadesas Banzou
- Neon taiheiki
- Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
- New Year Trip
1967
- Eleven Samuraias Errant samurai Daijuro
- A Killer's Keyas Yasujiro Endo
- Whispering Joeas Man
- Shogun and His Mistress 2as Itakura
- Zatoichi the Outlawas Uneshiro Suga
- The Singing Gunman
- Classmatesas Hanada
- Express Train
- Samurai Wolf IIas Magobe
- Flower Cards Chivalry
1966
- Debt of Honoras Iinuma
- Rub Out the Pastas Tanzo Koide
- Seven Gamblers
- Dokonjo Taisho
- The Pornographersas Detective Sanada
- The Sword of Doomas Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- The Threatas Kawanishi
- Rise Against the Swordas Etanba
1965
- Stairs of Evilas Shimoyama
- The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
- House of Terrorsas Baron Tominaga
- The Retreat from Kiskaas Staff Officer
- Tale of Japanese Burglars
- Red Beardas Chief retainer
- Tale of Ninja Dutyas Chisaka Hyobu
- Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fireas Tahei Narumiya
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasuas 今川義元
1964
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
- The Spying Sorceress
- The Scarlet Camelliaas Sakichi
- The Gorgeous Geisha
- The Glamorous Ghostas Hiroshi Asami
- Giant Rumble
- Intentions of Murderas Koichi Takahashi
- The Desperateas Yamaguchi
- Edo Crime Book: Black Clawsas Enzo Tatara
- Life of Hishakaku 3
- Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- Warrior of the Windas Mizuno Izumi
- An Impudent Man
1963
- Doggie Marchas Killer (voice)
- 13 Assassinsas Kujuro Hirayama
- Mirenas Okazaki
- Bamboo Doll of Echizenas Chubei
- Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
- A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
- Apple Blossom Town
- The Life of a Horse-Trader
- At the Side of the Bridge 4
- The Maid Story
- Tale of Army Brutalityas Kameoka, Zenji
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samuraias Yamaoka
- Life of a Floweras Tada Ichiro39 episodes
- High and Lowas Third Creditor
- Pressure of Guilt
- Escape from Hellas Heiroku
- At the Side of the Bridge 3
- Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men
- Attack Squadronas Petty Officer Inaba
1962
- Ninja, A Band of Assassinsas Kizaru
- My Hobo
- Curry Rice
- The Body
- Farm Girlsas Gosaku
- At the Side of the Bridge 2
- Mount Hakone
- Let's Meet in Our Dreams
- I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
- Gang vs. Gang
- At the Side of the Bridge
- Four Sistersas Michiharu Mitsumine
- Akitsu Hot Springsas Yamiya
- Tokyo Bayas Noboru Sumikawa
- Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- Gorathas Murata - Secretary of Space
- Kono ni uruwashi
- Haru no sanmyaku
- Woman of Design
- The Temple of Wild Geeseas Mokudō Kida
1961
- The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
- A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
- Tale of a Company Boss 3as Hanada
- Snow in the South Seas
- A Man in Red
- Refresher Course for Wives
- Shiroi minamikaze
- Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
- Tale of a Company Boss
- The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
- Yojimboas Kuma
- Eternity of Love
- Zero Focusas Sotaro Uhara
- Blind Devotionas Denroku
- Killers on Paradeas Sai
- The Wind and Waves
- Hidden Fangs
- The Matsukawa Incident
- Pigs and Battleshipsas Yajima
- An Angel is Chasing Me
- For This We Fight
- Aces Wild
1960
- Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- Towering Waves
- Wait for Tomorrowas Uno
- The Angry Sea
- Everything Goes Wrongas Nishimura
- Sixteen years old
- Yakuza sensei
- The Last Trump Cardas Chibi (Shorty)
- The Bad Sleep Wellas Contract Officer Shirai
- The Call of the Foghornas Morimoto
- The Blue Beast
- Showdown on Pier No.3as Boss
- The Sleeping Beast Within
- Intimidationas Matakichi Nakaike
- The Lost Alibias Okudaira
- Ryuji, the Gun Slingeras Yang Sanyuan
- The Devil's Sigh
1959
- My Second Brotheras Goro Mitamura
- The Wild Reporteras Ryu Konei
- The Human Cyclone
- Elegy to Youth
- Farewell to Southern Tosa
- Light The Explosivesas Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
- Break Down that Wall
- Tokyo no Kodoku
- Umi wa kurutte iru
- おヤエの家つき女中
- The Fugitive
- おヤエのママさん女中
- Tokyo Romance Way
- The Song of the Cart
- Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru
1958
- Crimson Wingsas Tetsuji Mizutani
- Endless Desireas Pharmacist
- Zoku fûfu hyakkeias Masakichi
- Showdown in the Storm
- The Invisible Wall
- Wolves of the Night
- The Man Who Wagers Tomorrowas Tominaga
- Drunken Ghostas Daigorô
- Nishi Ginza Station
- Tokyo Bus Girl
- The Seasons of Loveas Reporter
- The Ballad of Narayamaas One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
- The Girl from Osaka
- Stolen Desireas Kanji Takada
- Breasts and Bullets
- Fangs of Night
1957
- But the Flesh is Weakas Acupressurist
- The Eagle and the Hawkas Hikobei
- Harbor Rats
- The Temptress and the Monkas Peasant
- Shiroi natsu
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Eraas Kiyami no Shinko
- Who's the Real Killeras Nakagawa
- Devil Flesh
- Saigo no totsugeki
1956
1955
1954
- A Billionaire
- The Street Without Sunas Extraordinary detective
1952
- Vacuum Zoneas Sergeant Osumi