
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

Lady Snowblood
1973
as Priest Dokai

Red Beard
1965
as Chief retainer

Yojimbo
1961
as Kuma

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Contract Officer Shirai

Farm Girls
1962

Four Sisters
1962
as Michiharu Mitsumine

The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980

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

The Song of the Cart
1959

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Kenpeishi

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

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

The Burmese Harp
1956
as Baba

Solar Eclipse
1975

Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Yajima

Theater Of Life
1983

The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Sakichi

Rise Against the Sword
1966
as Etanba

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Makoto Nishimura

Gorath
1962
as Murata - Secretary of Space

Japan's Don
1977
as Kahe Shimabara

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962

47 Ronin
1994

Goyokin
1969

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Sukezo Kojima

Intentions of Murder
1964
as Koichi Takahashi

Black Lizard
1968
as Detective Matoba

Doggie March
1963
as Killer (voice)

Manhunt
1976
as Nagaoka Ryokai

Endless Desire
1958
as Pharmacist

Down with The Big Boss
1979
as Glass-Eating Mime

13 Assassins
1963
as Kujuro Hirayama

The Blue Beast
1960

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

Jack and the Beanstalk
1974
as Old bean-seller

The Sleeping Beast Within
1960

My Second Brother
1959
as Goro Mitamura

The Family
1974
as Sentaro Watanuki
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961

Eleven Samurai
1967
as Errant samurai Daijuro

Warrior of the Wind
1964
as Mizuno Izumi

A Billionaire
1954

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
My Hobo
1962

Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
as Mr. Yasuhara

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968

The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Staff Officer

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Kizaru

The Fugitive
1959

Intimidation
1960
as Matakichi Nakaike

Free and Easy 4
1991

Break Down that Wall
1959

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

The Lost Alibi
1960
as Okudaira

Goyou Sen Enjou
1982

Fountainhead
1956
as Kasuya

Dotanba
1956

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
as 今川義元

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
as Shigetomi Katta

The Strangling
1979
as Yasuzo Kariba

Nomugi Pass
1979

Yukiko
1955

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

The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
as Eiji Tsuburaya

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Mokudō Kida

The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978

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

Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Chubei

Love in the Mud
1977

Eternity of Love
1961

Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
as Makabe

Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962

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

Everything Goes Wrong
1960
as Nishimura

The Pornographers
1966
as Detective Sanada

Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
as Policeman on Island

Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
as Sosuke Saruya

Stolen Desire
1958
as Kanji Takada

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Yamaoka

One Who Died in Vain
1986

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
as Migi

Escape from Hell
1963
as Heiroku

For This We Fight
1961

The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
as Hikobei

Black Rose Mansion
1969
as Ex-husband

At the Side of the Bridge
1962

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

Zero Focus
1961
as Sotaro Uhara

The Body
1962

The Wild Sea
1969
as Munekata

A Killer's Key
1967
as Yasujiro Endo

Samurai Wolf II
1967
as Magobe

Pressure of Guilt
1963

Tengoku wa doko da
1956

Killers on Parade
1961
as Sai

The Old Bear Hunter
1982
as Heizo Sekiguchi

Elegy to Youth
1959

Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Itakura

Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Yamiya
映画村殺人事件
1980

Kukai
1984

Tokyo Bay
1962
as Noboru Sumikawa

Seventeen Ninja
1990

Woman of Design
1962

The Incident
1978
as Goichi Ômura

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965

Play It Cool
1970
as Kada

Fangs of Night
1958

An Impudent Man
1964

The Bride from Hades
1968
as Banzou

Blind Devotion
1961
as Denroku

Harbor Rats
1957

The Angry Sea
1960

The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Peasant

Mount Hakone
1962

Frankie the Milkman
1956
as Tax Collector

Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960

Love and Faith
1978
as Sojin Kamiya
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
- Lady Snowblood (1973) — as Priest Dokai
- Red Beard (1965) — as Chief retainer
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Kuma
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — as Contract Officer Shirai
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