Person Details

Birthday: 1923-01-25 13:24:43

Death: 1997-04-29 13:24:43

Aliases: Ko Nishimura , 西村晃

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 87

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kō Nishimura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Yojimbo
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Yojimbo

(1961) Kuma
High and Low
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High and Low

(1963) Third Creditor
Red Beard
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Red Beard

(1965) Chief retainer
The Burmese Harp
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The Burmese Harp

(1956) Baba
The Bad Sleep Well
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The Bad Sleep Well

(1960) Contract Officer Shirai
Lady Snowblood
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Lady Snowblood

(1973) Priest Dokai
The Sword of Doom
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The Sword of Doom

(1966) Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Life of a Flower
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Life of a Flower

(1963) Tada Ichiro

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2002 Self (voice)
1995 N/A
1994 N/A
N/A
1991 N/A
1990 N/A
1989 Eiji Tsuburaya
1988 Makoto Nishimura
1986 N/A
1984 Senkichi Otsubo
N/A
1983 Kentaro Hatanaka
N/A
岸井亥之吉
1982 N/A
N/A
N/A
Heizo Sekiguchi
1981 N/A
1980 N/A
沢木忠一郎
N/A
N/A
1979 N/A
Yasuzo Kariba
Glass-Eating Mime
Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
1978 Mamo (voice)
Shigetomi Katta
N/A
Sojin Kamiya
N/A
1977 N/A
Mr. Yasuhara
Kahe Shimabara
1976 N/A
Nagaoka Ryokai
1975 Tokuji Owada
N/A
Kenpeishi
N/A
1974 N/A
Old bean-seller
Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
Sentaro Watanuki
N/A
1973 Tamezo Tsukamoto
Priest Dokai
N/A
Magobei "Snake" Onishi
1972 Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
N/A
1971 N/A
1970 N/A
N/A
Migi
Kada
1969 Yanosuke Hashimoto
Munekata
N/A
Ex-husband
Printer
N/A
N/A
N/A
Makabe
1968 Sosuke Saruya
N/A
Nishizato
Detective Matoba
Yasuke
Banzou
N/A
N/A
N/A
1967 Errant samurai Daijuro
Yasujiro Endo
Man
Itakura
Uneshiro Suga
N/A
Hanada
Magobe
N/A
1966 Etanba
Tanzo Koide
N/A
Detective Sanada
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Kawanishi
1965 N/A
Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
Staff Officer
N/A
Chief retainer
Chisaka Hyobu
Tahei Narumiya
N/A
1964 N/A
N/A
Sakichi
Hiroshi Asami
N/A
Koichi Takahashi
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mizuno Izumi
1963 Killer (voice)
Kujuro Hirayama
Chubei
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kameoka, Zenji
Yamaoka
Tada Ichiro
Third Creditor
N/A
Heiroku
N/A
1962 Kizaru
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Michiharu Mitsumine
N/A
N/A
Noboru Sumikawa
N/A
Murata - Secretary of Space
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mokudō Kida
1961 N/A
Hanada
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kuma
Sotaro Uhara
Denroku
Sai
Yajima
N/A
1960 Uno
N/A
Nishimura
N/A
Contract Officer Shirai
N/A
Matakichi Nakaike
Okudaira
N/A
N/A
1959 Goro Mitamura
Ryu Konei
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1958 Tetsuji Mizutani
Pharmacist
N/A
N/A
Tominaga
N/A
Reporter
One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
N/A
Kanji Takada
N/A
N/A
1957 Acupressurist
Hikobei
N/A
Peasant
Kiyami no Shinko
Nakagawa
N/A
N/A
1956 Tax Collector
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kasuya
Baba
1955 N/A
1954 N/A
Extraordinary detective
1953 N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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