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
- Acting
- Born
- 1923-01-25 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- 1997-04-29
Known for
- Yojimbo (1961) — Kuma
- High and Low (1963) — Third Creditor
- Lady Snowblood (1973) — Priest Dokai
- Red Beard (1965) — Chief retainer
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Contract Officer Shirai
- The Sword of Doom (1966) — Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
- The Burmese Harp (1956) — Baba
- Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) — Mamo (voice)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1958) — One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
- Goyokin (1969)
- Pigs and Battleships (1961) — Yajima
- The Pornographers (1966) — Detective Sanada
- Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972) — Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
- Intentions of Murder (1964) — Koichi Takahashi
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) — Migi
- 13 Assassins (1963) — Kujuro Hirayama