
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

Farm Girls
1962

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Kenpeishi

The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980

The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
as Mamo (voice)

The Burmese Harp
1956
as Baba

Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Chubei

Doggie March
1963
as Killer (voice)

The Sword of Doom
1966
as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Yajima

47 Ronin
1994

Gorath
1962
as Murata - Secretary of Space

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Makoto Nishimura

Intentions of Murder
1964
as Koichi Takahashi

13 Assassins
1963
as Kujuro Hirayama

Goyokin
1969

The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Sakichi

Four Sisters
1962
as Michiharu Mitsumine

Rise Against the Sword
1966
as Etanba

Black Lizard
1968
as Detective Matoba

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Kiyami no Shinko

Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Glass-Eating Mime

Eleven Samurai
1967
as Errant samurai Daijuro

Manhunt
1976
as Nagaoka Ryokai

Solar Eclipse
1975

Theater Of Life
1983

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968

My Second Brother
1959
as Goro Mitamura

Japan's Don
1977
as Kahe Shimabara

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Tokuji Owada

The Song of the Cart
1959

The Family
1974
as Sentaro Watanuki

Nomugi Pass
1979

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
as Migi

Intimidation
1960
as Matakichi Nakaike
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961

Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
as Mr. Yasuhara

Jack and the Beanstalk
1974
as Old bean-seller

Kukai
1984

Endless Desire
1958
as Pharmacist

The Pornographers
1966
as Detective Sanada

Killers on Parade
1961
as Sai

Nutcracker Fantasy
1979
as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)

Samurai Wolf II
1967
as Magobe

The Sleeping Beast Within
1960

The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
as Eiji Tsuburaya

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Shigetomi Katta

The Incident
1978
as Goichi Ômura

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
My Hobo
1962

One Who Died in Vain
1986

Snake Woman's Curse
1968
as Yasuke

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965

Stolen Desire
1958
as Kanji Takada

Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
as Uneshiro Suga

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Kizaru

Love in the Mud
1977

The Blue Beast
1960

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 今川義元

Tsugaru Folksong
1973
as Tamezo Tsukamoto
映画村殺人事件
1980

Warrior of the Wind
1964
as Mizuno Izumi

The Bride from Hades
1968
as Banzou

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962

Yukiko
1955

The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Staff Officer

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971

Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Sukezo Kojima

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974
as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi

The Body
1962

Tale of Army Brutality
1963
as Kameoka, Zenji

Dotanba
1956

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Yamaoka

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
as Magobei "Snake" Onishi

The Angry Sea
1960

Break Down that Wall
1959

The Fugitive
1959

The Strangling
1979
as Yasuzo Kariba

For This We Fight
1961

The Black Hood
1981

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Tahei Narumiya

A Killer's Key
1967
as Yasujiro Endo

Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
as Sosuke Saruya
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
as 岸井亥之吉

The Lost Alibi
1960
as Okudaira

A Billionaire
1954

Free and Easy 4
1991

Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
as Makabe

The Threat
1966
as Kawanishi

The Street Without Sun
1954
as Extraordinary detective

Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Ex-husband

Life of Hishakaku 3
1964

Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Itakura

Eternity of Love
1961

Goyou Sen Enjou
1982

The Desperate
1964
as Yamaguchi

Escape from Hell
1963
as Heiroku

The Pirates of Buban
1972

House of Terrors
1965
as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Mokudō Kida

Elegy to Youth
1959

Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960

A Man in Red
1961

Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
as Policeman on Island

The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Peasant

Classmates
1967
as Hanada

The Call of the Foghorn
1960
as Morimoto

Everything Goes Wrong
1960
as Nishimura

Blind Devotion
1961
as Denroku

But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Acupressurist

An Impudent Man
1964

Wolves of the Night
1958

Pressure of Guilt
1963

Harbor Rats
1957
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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