Kō Nishimura
Department: Acting
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
Woman of Design
1962
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Tokyo Romance Way
1959
Lady Snowblood
1973
47 Ronin
1994
The Life of a Horse-Trader
1963
Kanto Woman Infamy
1969
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
The Burmese Harp
1956
High and Low
1963
The Wild Sea
1969
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
Dotanba
1956
Eleven Samurai
1967
The Invisible Wall
1958
Summer Days Across the River
1973
Neon taiheiki
1968
Saigo no totsugeki
1957
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
1970
Quick-draw Okatsu
1969
Stolen Desire
1958
The Beauty in the Bathroom
1978
Sixteen years old
1960
The Fugitive
1959
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
1974
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
My Second Brother
1959
Intentions of Murder
1964
Salaryman Senka
1995
Manhunt
1976
13 Assassins
1963
The Sword of Doom
1966
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Samurai Wolf II
1967
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
1961
Break Down that Wall
1959
Intimidation
1960
Escape from Hell
1963
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Tsugaru Folksong
1973
Black Rose Mansion
1969
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Living Skeleton
1968
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
Zero Focus
1961
The Body
1962
My Hobo
1962
映画村殺人事件
1980
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
1964
A Billionaire
1954
Tengoku wa doko da
1956
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Mount Hakone
1962
House of Terrors
1965
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
The Wild Reporter
1959
Jack and the Beanstalk
1974
The Desperate
1964
Second Generation Young Boss
1969
Nutcracker Fantasy
1979
Yukiko
1955
The Woman
1980
Aces Wild
1961
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
Fangs of Night
1958
I. George monogatari taiyō no ko
1962
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
Free and Easy Special
1994
Goyou Sen Enjou
1982
The Human Cyclone
1959
Wolves of the Night
1958
Hidden Fangs
1961
Curry Rice
1962
Whispering Joe
1967
Yojimbo
1961
Red Beard
1965
Love and Faith
1978
Gorath
1962
Play It Cool
1970
The Family
1974
The Singing Gunman
1967
Waterfront Blues
1970
The Sleeping Beast Within
1960
Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
The Old Bear Hunter
1982
Classmates
1967
Kukai
1984
Express Train
1967
New Year Trip
1968
Pigs and Battleships
1961
The Song of the Cart
1959
The Girl from Osaka
1958
Excursion to Treasure Isle
1956
Meiken monogatari
1956
The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
1965
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Love in the Mud
1977
Edo Crime Book: Black Claws
1964
Drunken Ghost
1958
Tale of a Company Boss
1961
Tale of a Company Boss 3
1961
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
Stairs of Evil
1965
Endless Desire
1958
Killers on Parade
1961
The Lost Alibi
1960
The Blue Beast
1960
Harbor Rats
1957
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
Lunar Eclipse
1956
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959
Age of Japanese Guerrillas
1968
Snake Woman's Curse
1968
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
Seventeen Ninja
1990
The Incident
1978
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
The Threat
1966
Gang vs. Gang
1962
Farm Girls
1962
Tokyo Bay
1962
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Warrior of the Wind
1964
The Bride from Hades
1968
The Strangling
1979
Blind Devotion
1961
Free and Easy 4
1991
Black Lizard
1968
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Down with The Big Boss
1979
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
Theater Of Life
1983
Devil Flesh
1957
Fountainhead
1956
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
1968
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
Without Complaint
1975
A Killer's Key
1967
Rub Out the Past
1966
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
Solar Eclipse
1975
The Seasons of Love
1958
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Skyscraper Murder Case
1976
The Maid Story
1963
The Detective
1984
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
Seven Gamblers
1966
A Hunter's Diary
1983
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Rise Against the Sword
1966
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
Four Sisters
1962
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978
Doggie March
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
A Prisoner in Search of Daughter
1963
One Who Died in Vain
1986
Highschool Scramble
1982
A Man in Red
1961
Nomugi Pass
1979
Giant Rumble
1964
The Spying Sorceress
1964
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
The Angry Sea
1960
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
1968
The Black Hood
1981
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
Goyokin
1969
The Pirates of Buban
1972
One Two Punch
1969
The Street Without Sun
1954
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
Who's the Real Killer
1957
Japan's Don
1977
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
Crimson Wings
1958
The Pornographers
1966
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot
1982
Frankie the Milkman
1956
Nishi Ginza Station
1958
The Claws of the Divine Beast
1980
At the End of the Clouds
1953
Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men
1963
Breasts and Bullets
1958
The Devil's Sigh
1960
The Call of the Foghorn
1960
おヤエの家つき女中
1959
Tokyo Bus Girl
1958
When the Night Breaks
1973
Shiroi natsu
1957
Elegy to Youth
1959
Showdown in the Storm
1958
Dokonjo Taisho
1966
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
An Angel is Chasing Me
1961
The Gorgeous Geisha
1964
For This We Fight
1961
The Wind and Waves
1961
A Lavish Invitation
1968
Eternity of Love
1961
おヤエのママさん女中
1959
喜劇 深夜族
1969
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru
1959
白い南風
1961
Miren
1963
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
Elegy
1976
ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩
1969
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Yakuza sensei
1960
The Matsukawa Incident
1961
Life of a Flower
1963
What if the school...?
1985
The Bodyguard
1974
Kemono Michi
1982
Niji wo Oru
1980
ベビーシッター 桃子の冒険
1990
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
Fushoku no kōzō
1977
Mito Komon
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