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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

231

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-25

Day of Death

1997-04-29 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Also Known As

Ko Nishimura

Ко Нисимура

کو نیشیمورا

Kō Nishimura

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.

Known For

Acting

Lady Snowblood

1973

Lady Snowblood

as

Priest Dokai

47 Ronin

1994

47 Ronin

as

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

The Bad Sleep Well

as

Contract Officer Shirai

High and Low

1963

High and Low

as

Third Creditor

The Wild Sea

1969

The Wild Sea

as

Munekata

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

1983

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

as

岸井亥之吉

Dotanba

1956

Dotanba

as

Eleven Samurai

1967

Eleven Samurai

as

Errant samurai Daijuro

Quick-draw Okatsu

1969

Quick-draw Okatsu

as

Makabe

Stolen Desire

1958

Stolen Desire

as

Kanji Takada

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

1972

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

as

Magobei 'Snake' Onishi

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

1974

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?

as

Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

1973

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

as

Magobei "Snake" Onishi

My Second Brother

1959

My Second Brother

as

Goro Mitamura

Intentions of Murder

1964

Intentions of Murder

as

Koichi Takahashi

Manhunt

1976

Manhunt

as

Nagaoka Ryokai

13 Assassins

1963

13 Assassins

as

Kujuro Hirayama

The Sword of Doom

1966

The Sword of Doom

as

Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

Samaritan Zatoichi

1968

Samaritan Zatoichi

as

Sosuke Saruya

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

Zatoichi the Outlaw

as

Uneshiro Suga

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

as

Makoto Nishimura

Samurai Wolf II

1967

Samurai Wolf II

as

Magobe

Intimidation

1960

Intimidation

as

Matakichi Nakaike

Escape from Hell

1963

Escape from Hell

as

Heiroku

Tsugaru Folksong

1973

Tsugaru Folksong

as

Tamezo Tsukamoto

Black Rose Mansion

1969

Black Rose Mansion

as

Ex-husband

Living Skeleton

1968

Living Skeleton

as

Nishizato

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

as

One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)

Everything Goes Wrong

1960

Everything Goes Wrong

as

Nishimura

Zero Focus

1961

Zero Focus

as

Sotaro Uhara

The Body

1962

The Body

as

My Hobo

1962

My Hobo

as

House of Terrors

1965

House of Terrors

as

Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback

The Wild Reporter

1959

The Wild Reporter

as

Ryu Konei

Jack and the Beanstalk

1974

Jack and the Beanstalk

as

Old bean-seller

The Desperate

1964

The Desperate

as

Yamaguchi

Second Generation Young Boss

1969

Second Generation Young Boss

as

Yanosuke Hashimoto

Nutcracker Fantasy

1979

Nutcracker Fantasy

as

Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)

Yukiko

1955

Yukiko

as

The Woman

1980

The Woman

as

Aces Wild

1961

Aces Wild

as

Yojimbo

1961

Yojimbo

as

Kuma

Red Beard

1965

Red Beard

as

Chief retainer

Love and Faith

1978

Love and Faith

as

Sojin Kamiya

Gorath

1962

Gorath

as

Murata - Secretary of Space

Play It Cool

1970

Play It Cool

as

Kada

The Family

1974

The Family

as

Sentaro Watanuki

The Old Bear Hunter

1982

The Old Bear Hunter

as

Heizo Sekiguchi

Classmates

1967

Classmates

as

Hanada

Kukai

1984

Kukai

as

The Glamorous Ghost

1964

The Glamorous Ghost

as

Hiroshi Asami

Drunken Ghost

1958

Drunken Ghost

as

Daigorô

Stairs of Evil

1965

Stairs of Evil

as

Shimoyama

Endless Desire

1958

Endless Desire

as

Pharmacist

The Lost Alibi

1960

The Lost Alibi

as

Okudaira

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

1968

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

as

Policeman on Island

The Retreat from Kiska

1965

The Retreat from Kiska

as

Staff Officer

Hokuriku Proxy War

1977

Hokuriku Proxy War

as

Mr. Yasuhara

The Threat

1966

The Threat

as

Kawanishi

Tokyo Bay

1962

Tokyo Bay

as

Noboru Sumikawa

Warrior of the Wind

1964

Warrior of the Wind

as

Mizuno Izumi

The Strangling

1979

The Strangling

as

Yasuzo Kariba

Blind Devotion

1961

Blind Devotion

as

Denroku

Black Lizard

1968

Black Lizard

as

Detective Matoba

Down with The Big Boss

1979

Down with The Big Boss

as

Glass-Eating Mime

Fountainhead

1956

Fountainhead

as

Kasuya

The Temple of Wild Geese

1962

The Temple of Wild Geese

as

Mokudō Kida

A Killer's Key

1967

A Killer's Key

as

Yasujiro Endo

Rub Out the Past

1966

Rub Out the Past

as

Tanzo Koide

The Seasons of Love

1958

The Seasons of Love

as

Reporter

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as

Shigetomi Katta

Tale of Army Brutality

1963

Tale of Army Brutality

as

Kameoka, Zenji

The Detective

1984

The Detective

as

Senkichi Otsubo

Tale of Ninja Duty

1965

Tale of Ninja Duty

as

Chisaka Hyobu

A Hunter's Diary

1983

A Hunter's Diary

as

Kentaro Hatanaka

But the Flesh is Weak

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

as

Acupressurist

Four Sisters

1962

Four Sisters

as

Michiharu Mitsumine

Doggie March

1963

Doggie March

as

Killer (voice)

Goyokin

1969

Goyokin

as

The Street Without Sun

1954

The Street Without Sun

as

Extraordinary detective

The Men Who Made Ultraman

1989

The Men Who Made Ultraman

as

Eiji Tsuburaya

Who's the Real Killer

1957

Who's the Real Killer

as

Nakagawa

Japan's Don

1977

Japan's Don

as

Kahe Shimabara

Crimson Wings

1958

Crimson Wings

as

Tetsuji Mizutani

The Pornographers

1966

The Pornographers

as

Detective Sanada

Frankie the Milkman

1956

Frankie the Milkman

as

Tax Collector

Life of a Flower

Life of a Flower

as

Tada Ichiro

Niji wo Oru

Niji wo Oru

as

沢木忠一郎

Production

Crew

Directing