
Kō Nishimura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 25, 1923
- Died
- April 29, 1997 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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
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Filmography

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Movie · as Self (voice)

Salaryman Senka
Movie

47 Ronin
Movie

Free and Easy Special
Movie

Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
Movie · as Self

Free and Easy 4
Movie

Seventeen Ninja
Movie

ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険
TV · 1 ep

The Men Who Made Ultraman
Movie · as Eiji Tsuburaya

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie · as Makoto Nishimura

One Who Died in Vain
Movie

What if the school...?
TV · 7 eps

Kukai
Movie

The Detective
Movie · as Senkichi Otsubo
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
Movie · as 岸井亥之吉

Theater Of Life
Movie

A Hunter's Diary
Movie · as Kentaro Hatanaka

Goyou Sen Enjou
Movie

The Old Bear Hunter
Movie · as Heizo Sekiguchi

Highschool Scramble
Movie

Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
Movie
Nikutai no shokei
Movie

Kemono Michi
TV · 3 eps

Blades of the Yagyu
TV · 13 eps

The Black Hood
Movie
映画村殺人事件
Movie

The Woman
Movie

The Claws of the Divine Beast
Movie

Niji wo Oru
TV · as 沢木忠一郎 · 153 eps

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

The Strangling
Movie · as Yasuzo Kariba

Down with The Big Boss
Movie · as Glass-Eating Mime

Nomugi Pass
Movie

The Beauty in the Bathroom
Movie

Love and Faith
Movie · as Sojin Kamiya

The Incident
Movie · as Goichi Ômura

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Movie · as Shigetomi Katta

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

Love in the Mud
Movie

Hokuriku Proxy War
Movie · as Mr. Yasuhara

Japanese Godfather
Movie · as Kahe Shimabara

Yokomizo Seishi Series
TV · 1 ep

Fushoku no kōzō
TV · as Honda Yoshikazu · 1 ep

Manhunt
Movie · as Nagaoka Ryokai

Skyscraper Murder Case
Movie

Elegy
Movie · as Nobuhisa Hyodo

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Movie · as Kenpeishi

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

Without Complaint
Movie

Solar Eclipse
Movie

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

Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Old bean-seller

The Family
Movie · as Sentaro Watanuki

The Rapacious Jailbreaker
Movie · as Sukezo Kojima

The Bodyguard
TV · 26 eps

Wounded Angels
TV · as Detective Kaizu · 26 eps

Lady Snowblood
Movie · as Priest Dokai

Summer Days Across the River
Movie

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Movie · as Magobei "Snake" Onishi

Tsugaru Folksong
Movie · as Tamezo Tsukamoto

When the Night Breaks
Movie

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

The Pirates of Buban
Movie

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Movie

Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
Movie

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Movie · as Migi

Play It Cool
Movie · as Kada

Waterfront Blues
Movie

Kanto Woman Infamy
Movie

The Wild Sea
Movie · as Munekata

Quick-draw Okatsu
Movie · as Makabe

Black Rose Mansion
Movie · as Ex-husband

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie

Second Generation Young Boss
Movie · as Yanosuke Hashimoto

Lady with Seven Faces
Movie · as Printer

Goyokin
Movie

One Two Punch
Movie

喜劇 深夜族
Movie

ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
Movie · as 寺田保造

Shinjuku Plaza
Movie

Mito Komon
TV · as 水戸光圀 · 1 ep

The Neon Taiheiki
Movie

Samaritan Zatoichi
Movie · as Sosuke Saruya

Living Skeleton
Movie · as Nishizato

New Year Trip
Movie

Age of Japanese Guerrillas
Movie · as Policeman on Island

Snake Woman's Curse
Movie · as Yasuke

The Bride from Hades
Movie · as Banzou

Black Lizard
Movie · as Detective Matoba

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Movie

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
Movie

A Lavish Invitation
Movie

Shogun and His Mistress 2
Movie · as Itakura

Eleven Samurai
Movie · as Errant samurai Daijuro

Zatoichi the Outlaw
Movie · as Uneshiro Suga

Samurai Wolf II
Movie · as Magobe

Whispering Joe
Movie · as Man

The Singing Gunman
Movie

Classmates
Movie · as Hanada

Express Train
Movie

A Killer's Key
Movie · as Yasujiro Endo

Flower Cards Chivalry
Movie

The Sword of Doom
Movie · as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

The Threat
Movie · as Kawanishi

Rub Out the Past
Movie · as Tanzo Koide

Seven Gamblers
Movie

Rise Against the Sword
Movie · as Etanba

The Pornographers
Movie · as Detective Sanada

Dokonjo Taisho
Movie

Debt of Honor
Movie · as Iinuma

House of Terrors
Movie · as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback

Red Beard
Movie · as Chief retainer

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Movie · as Tahei Narumiya

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
Movie

Tale of Japanese Burglars
Movie

Stairs of Evil
Movie · as Shimoyama

The Retreat from Kiska
Movie · as Staff Officer

Tale of Ninja Duty
Movie · as Chisaka Hyobu

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Movie · as 今川義元

Intentions of Murder
Movie · as Koichi Takahashi

Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
Movie

Life of Hishakaku 3
Movie

The Desperate
Movie · as Yamaguchi

The Glamorous Ghost
Movie · as Hiroshi Asami

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
Movie · as Enzo Tatara

Warrior of the Wind
Movie · as Mizuno Izumi

The Scarlet Camellia
Movie · as Sakichi

An Impudent Man
Movie

Giant Rumble
Movie

The Spying Sorceress
Movie

The Gorgeous Geisha
Movie

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie

The Life of a Horse-Trader
Movie

High and Low
Movie · as Third Creditor

13 Assassins
Movie · as Kujuro Hirayama

Escape from Hell
Movie · as Heiroku

Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Movie · as Chubei

To Your Majesty, The Emperor
Movie

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie · as Yamaoka

Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Movie

Tale of Army Brutality
Movie · as Kameoka, Zenji

The Maid Story
Movie

Doggie March
Movie · as Killer (voice)

Pressure of Guilt
Movie

A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
Movie

Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men
Movie

At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie

At the Side of the Bridge 4
Movie

Miren
Movie · as Okazaki

Attack Squadron
Movie · as Petty Officer Inaba

Apple Blossom Town
Movie

Life of a Flower
TV · as Tada Ichiro · 39 eps

Woman of Design
Movie

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Movie · as Kizaru

Haru no sanmyaku
Movie

Kono ni uruwashi
Movie

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie

The Body
Movie
My Hobo
Movie

Mount Hakone
Movie

At the Side of the Bridge
Movie

I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
Movie

Let's Meet in Our Dreams
Movie

At the Side of the Bridge 2
Movie

Curry Rice
Movie

Gorath
Movie · as Murata - Secretary of Space

Gang vs. Gang
Movie

Farm Girls
Movie · as Gosaku

Tokyo Bay
Movie · as Noboru Sumikawa

The Temple of Wild Geese
Movie · as Mokudō Kida

Four Sisters
Movie · as Michiharu Mitsumine

Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie · as Yamiya

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.2
Movie

Zero Focus
Movie · as Sotaro Uhara
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Movie

Aces Wild
Movie

Hidden Fangs
Movie

Yojimbo
Movie · as Kuma

Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Yajima
Tale of a Company Boss
Movie
Tale of a Company Boss 3
Movie · as Hanada

Killers on Parade
Movie · as Sai

Snow in the South Seas
Movie

Blind Devotion
Movie · as Denroku

Refresher Course for Wives
Movie

A Man in Red
Movie

An Angel is Chasing Me
Movie

For This We Fight
Movie

The Wind and Waves
Movie

Eternity of Love
Movie

Shiroi minamikaze
Movie

The Matsukawa Incident
Movie

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Movie

A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
Movie

The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · as Contract Officer Shirai

Sixteen years old
Movie

Intimidation
Movie · as Matakichi Nakaike

Everything Goes Wrong
Movie · as Nishimura

The Sleeping Beast Within
Movie

The Lost Alibi
Movie · as Okudaira

The Blue Beast
Movie

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie · as Yang Sanyuan

Wait for Tomorrow
Movie · as Uno

The Angry Sea
Movie

The Devil's Sigh
Movie

The Call of the Foghorn
Movie · as Morimoto

Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Movie

Showdown on Pier No.3
Movie · as Boss

Yakuza sensei
Movie

The Last Trump Card
Movie · as Chibi (Shorty)

Towering Waves
Movie

Tokyo Romance Way
Movie

The Fugitive
Movie

My Second Brother
Movie · as Goro Mitamura

Break Down that Wall
Movie

The Wild Reporter
Movie · as Ryu Konei

The Human Cyclone
Movie

The Song of the Cart
Movie

Tokyo no Kodoku
Movie

Light The Explosives
Movie · as Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)

Farewell to Southern Tosa
Movie

Umi wa kurutte iru
Movie

おヤエの家つき女中
Movie

Elegy to Youth
Movie

おヤエのママさん女中
Movie

Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru
Movie

The Invisible Wall
Movie

Stolen Desire
Movie · as Kanji Takada

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

Fangs of Night
Movie

Wolves of the Night
Movie
The Girl from Osaka
Movie

Drunken Ghost
Movie · as Daigorô

Endless Desire
Movie · as Pharmacist

The Seasons of Love
Movie · as Reporter

Crimson Wings
Movie · as Tetsuji Mizutani

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Movie · as Tominaga

Nishi Ginza Station
Movie

Breasts and Bullets
Movie

Tokyo Bus Girl
Movie

Showdown in the Storm
Movie

Zoku fûfu hyakkei
Movie · as Masakichi

Saigo no totsugeki
Movie

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

Harbor Rats
Movie

The Temptress and the Monk
Movie · as Peasant

Devil Flesh
Movie

The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie · as Hikobei

But the Flesh is Weak
Movie · as Acupressurist

Who's the Real Killer
Movie · as Nakagawa

Shiroi natsu
Movie

The Burmese Harp
Movie · as Baba

Dotanba
Movie

Where's Paradise?
Movie

Excursion to Treasure Isle
Movie
Meiken monogatari
Movie

Lunar Eclipse
Movie

Fountainhead
Movie · as Kasuya

Nikoyon monogatari
Movie

Frankie the Milkman
Movie · as Tax Collector

Saigo no sentō-ki
Movie

Avalanche
Movie

Yukiko
Movie

A Billionaire
Movie

The Street Without Sun
Movie · as Extraordinary detective

At the End of the Clouds
Movie

Vacuum Zone
Movie · as Sergeant Osumi

