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.

Known For

Yojimbo
High and Low
Lady Snowblood
Red Beard
The Bad Sleep Well
The Sword of Doom
Birth Location Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Born 1923-01-25
Died 1997-04-29

Movies

1994
The Men Who Made Ultraman as Eiji Tsuburaya
1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Makoto Nishimura
1988
The Detective as Senkichi Otsubo
1984
1984
A Hunter's Diary as Kentaro Hatanaka
1983
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 岸井亥之吉
1983
The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
1982
1980
The Strangling as Yasuzo Kariba
1979
Down with The Big Boss as Glass-Eating Mime
1979
Nutcracker Fantasy as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
1979
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Shigetomi Katta
1978
Love and Faith as Sojin Kamiya
1978
Hokuriku Proxy War as Mr. Yasuhara
1977
Japan's Don as Kahe Shimabara
1977
Manhunt as Nagaoka Ryokai
1976
Jack and the Beanstalk as Old bean-seller
1974
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
1974
The Family as Sentaro Watanuki
1974
Tsugaru Folksong as Tamezo Tsukamoto
1973
Lady Snowblood as Priest Dokai
1973
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
1973
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
1972
Play It Cool as Kada
1970
Second Generation Young Boss as Yanosuke Hashimoto
1969
The Wild Sea as Munekata
1969
Black Rose Mansion as Ex-husband
1969
1969
1969
Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe
1969
Samaritan Zatoichi as Sosuke Saruya
1968
Living Skeleton as Nishizato
1968
Black Lizard as Detective Matoba
1968
1968
1968
Eleven Samurai as Errant samurai Daijuro
1967
A Killer's Key as Yasujiro Endo
1967
1967
1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw as Uneshiro Suga
1967
Classmates as Hanada
1967
Samurai Wolf II as Magobe
1967
1966
Rub Out the Past as Tanzo Koide
1966
The Pornographers as Detective Sanada
1966
The Sword of Doom as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
1966
The Threat as Kawanishi
1966
The Ghost of the Hunchback as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
1965
The Retreat from Kiska as Staff Officer
1965
Red Beard as Chief retainer
1965
Tale of Ninja Duty as Chisaka Hyobu
1965
1965
1964
The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
1964
Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
1964
Warrior of the Wind as Mizuno Izumi
1964
Doggie March as Killer (voice)
1963
13 Assassins as Kujuro Hirayama
1963
1963
Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
1963
High and Low as Third Creditor
1963
Escape from Hell as Heiroku
1963
1962
1962
1962
Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
1962
Tokyo Bay as Noboru Sumikawa
1962
Gorath as Murata - Secretary of Space
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese as Mokudō Kida
1962
1961
Yojimbo as Kuma
1961
Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
1961
Blind Devotion as Denroku
1961
1961
1961
1961
1960
Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
1960
The Bad Sleep Well as Contract Officer Shirai
1960
Intimidation as Matakichi Nakaike
1960
The Lost Alibi as Okudaira
1960
My Second Brother as Goro Mitamura
1959
The Wild Reporter as Ryu Konei
1959
Crimson Wings as Tetsuji Mizutani
1958
Endless Desire as Pharmacist
1958
1958
The Seasons of Love as Reporter
1958
The Ballad of Narayama as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
1958
Stolen Desire as Kanji Takada
1958
The Flesh Is Weak as Acupressurist
1957
1957
1957
1957
Who's The Real Killer as Nakagawa
1957
Frankie the Milkman as Tax Collector
1956
1956
Fountainhead as Kasuya
1956
1956
1955
The Street Without Sun as Extraordinary detective
1954
Kō Nishimura hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows