Kō Nishimura
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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
Acting History
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)
1995Salaryman Senka
199447 Ronin
1994Free and Easy Special
1991Free and Easy 4
1990ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険
1990Seventeen Ninja
1989The Men Who Made Ultraman as Eiji Tsuburaya
1988Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Makoto Nishimura
1986One Who Died in Vain
1984The Detective as Senkichi Otsubo
1984Kukai
1983A Hunter's Diary as Kentaro Hatanaka
1983Theater Of Life
1983Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 岸井亥之吉
1982Highschool Scramble
1982Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1982Goyou Sen Enjou
1982The Old Bear Hunter as Heizo Sekiguchi
1982Kemono Michi
1981The Black Hood
1980The Woman
1980Niji wo Oru as 沢木忠一郎
1980The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980映画村殺人事件
1979Nomugi Pass
1979The Strangling as Yasuzo Kariba
1979Down with The Big Boss as Glass-Eating Mime
1979Nutcracker Fantasy as Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
1978Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo as Mamo (voice)
1978Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Shigetomi Katta
1978Love and Faith as Sojin Kamiya
1978The Incident as Goichi Ômura
1978The Beauty in the Bathroom
1977Fushoku no kōzō as Honda Yoshikazu
1977Love in the Mud
1977Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977Hokuriku Proxy War as Mr. Yasuhara
1977Japan's Don as Kahe Shimabara
1976Skyscraper Murder Case
1976Manhunt as Nagaoka Ryokai
1976Elegy as Nobuhisa Hyodo
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Tokuji Owada
1975Solar Eclipse
1975Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees as Kenpeishi
1975Without Complaint
1974The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974Jack and the Beanstalk as Old bean-seller
1974Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? as Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
1974The Family as Sentaro Watanuki
1974The Bodyguard
1973Tsugaru Folksong as Tamezo Tsukamoto
1973Lady Snowblood as Priest Dokai
1973Summer Days Across the River
1973Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Magobei "Snake" Onishi
1973When the Night Breaks
1972Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice as Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
1972The Pirates of Buban
1971Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1970Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
1970Waterfront Blues
1970Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as Migi
1970Play It Cool as Kada
1969Second Generation Young Boss as Yanosuke Hashimoto
1969The Wild Sea as Munekata
1969喜劇 深夜族
1969One Two Punch
1969Black Rose Mansion as Ex-husband
1969ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩 as 寺田保造
1969Lady with Seven Faces as Printer
1969Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969Goyokin
1969Kanto Woman Infamy
1969Quick-draw Okatsu as Makabe
1968Samaritan Zatoichi as Sosuke Saruya
1968A Lavish Invitation
1968Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968Living Skeleton as Nishizato
1968Age of Japanese Guerrillas as Policeman on Island
1968Black Lizard as Detective Matoba
1968Snake Woman's Curse as Yasuke
1968The Bride from Hades as Banzou
1968Neon taiheiki
1968Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
1968New Year Trip
1967Eleven Samurai as Errant samurai Daijuro
1967A Killer's Key as Yasujiro Endo
1967Whispering Joe as Man
1967Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Itakura
1967Zatoichi the Outlaw as Uneshiro Suga
1967The Singing Gunman
1967Classmates as Hanada
1967Express Train
1967Samurai Wolf II as Magobe
1967Flower Cards Chivalry
1966Rub Out the Past as Tanzo Koide
1966Seven Gamblers
1966Dokonjo Taisho
1966The Pornographers as Detective Sanada
1966The Sword of Doom as Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
1966The Threat as Kawanishi
1966Rise Against the Sword as Etanba
1965Stairs of Evil as Shimoyama
1965The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965House of Terrors as Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
1965The Retreat from Kiska as Staff Officer
1965Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965Red Beard as Chief retainer
1965Tale of Ninja Duty as Chisaka Hyobu
1965Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire as Tahei Narumiya
1965Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as 今川義元
1964The Spying Sorceress
1964Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964The Scarlet Camellia as Sakichi
1964The Gorgeous Geisha
1964The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
1964Giant Rumble
1964Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
1964The Desperate as Yamaguchi
1964Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Enzo Tatara
1964Life of Hishakaku 3
1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964Warrior of the Wind as Mizuno Izumi
1964An Impudent Man
1963Doggie March as Killer (voice)
196313 Assassins as Kujuro Hirayama
1963Miren as Okazaki
1963Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Chubei
1963Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963The Life of a Horse-Trader
1963At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963The Maid Story
1963Tale of Army Brutality as Kameoka, Zenji
1963To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Yamaoka
1963Life of a Flower as Tada Ichiro
1963High and Low as Third Creditor
1963Pressure of Guilt
1963Escape from Hell as Heiroku
1963At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men
1962Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Kizaru
1962My Hobo
1962Curry Rice
1962The Body
1962Chibusa o daku musume tachi
1962At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962Mount Hakone
1962Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
1962Gang vs. Gang
1962Four Sisters as Michiharu Mitsumine
1962At the Side of the Bridge
1962Akitsu Hot Springs as Yamiya
1962Tokyo Bay as Noboru Sumikawa
1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962Gorath as Murata - Secretary of Space
1962Kono ni uruwashi
1962Haru no sanmyaku
1962Woman of Design
1962The Temple of Wild Geese as Mokudō Kida
1961The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961Tale of a Company Boss 3 as Hanada
1961Snow in the South Seas
1961A Man in Red
1961Refresher Course for Wives
1961白い南風
1961Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
1961Tale of a Company Boss
1961Yojimbo as Kuma
1961Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
1961Blind Devotion as Denroku
1961Killers on Parade as Sai
1961The Wind and Waves
1961Hidden Fangs
1961Pigs and Battleships as Yajima
1961Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru
1961For This We Fight
1961Aces Wild
1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960Wait for Tomorrow as Uno
1960The Angry Sea
1960Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
1960Sixteen years old
1960The Bad Sleep Well as Contract Officer Shirai
1960The Call of the Foghorn as Morimoto
1960The Blue Beast
1960Showdown on Pier No.3 as Boss
1960The Sleeping Beast Within
1960Intimidation as Matakichi Nakaike
1960The Lost Alibi as Okudaira
1960Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as Yang Sanyuan
1960The Devil's Sigh
1959My Second Brother as Goro Mitamura
1959The Wild Reporter as Ryu Konei
1959The Human Cyclone
1959Elegy to Youth
1959Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959Break Down that Wall
1959Tokyo no Kodoku
1959Umi wa kurutte iru
1959おヤエの家つき女中
1959The Fugitive
1959おヤエのママさん女中
1959Tokyo Romance Way
1959The Song of the Cart
1959Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru
1958Crimson Wings as Tetsuji Mizutani
1958Endless Desire as Pharmacist
1958Showdown in the Storm
1958The Invisible Wall
1958Wolves of the Night
1958The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Tominaga
1958Drunken Ghost as Daigorô
1958Nishi Ginza Station
1958Tokyo Bus Girl
1958The Seasons of Love as Reporter
1958The Ballad of Narayama as One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
1958The Girl from Osaka
1958Stolen Desire as Kanji Takada
1958Breasts and Bullets
1958Fangs of Night
1957But the Flesh is Weak as Acupressurist
1957The Eagle and the Hawk as Hikobei
1957Harbor Rats
1957The Temptress and the Monk as Peasant
1957Shiroi natsu
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kiyami no Shinko
1957Who's the Real Killer as Nakagawa
1957Devil Flesh
1957Saigo no totsugeki
1956Lunar Eclipse
1956Frankie the Milkman as Tax Collector
1956Dotanba
1956Saigo no sentō-ki
1956Nikoyon monogatari
1956Excursion to Treasure Isle
1956Meiken monogatari
1956Tengoku wa doko da
1956Fountainhead as Kasuya
1956The Burmese Harp as Baba
1955Yukiko
1954A Billionaire
1954The Street Without Sun as Extraordinary detective
1953At the End of the Clouds
—What if the school...?
—Mito Komon as 水戸光圀