Kō Nishimura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 January 1923 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- 29 April 1997
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 255
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self (voice)
- 1995Salaryman Senka
- 199447 Ronin
- 1994Free and Easy Special
- 1993Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto as Self
- 1991Free and Easy 4
- 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
- 1981The Black Hood
- 1980The Woman
- 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
- 1978The Incident as Goichi Ômura
- 1978Love and Faith as Sojin Kamiya
- 1978The Beauty in the Bathroom
- 1977Love in the Mud
- 1977Hokuriku Proxy War as Mr. Yasuhara
- 1977Japan's Don as Kahe Shimabara
- 1976Skyscraper Murder Case
- 1976Elegy as Nobuhisa Hyodo
- 1976Manhunt as Nagaoka Ryokai
- 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 as Sukezo Kojima
- 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
- 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
- 1969Shinjuku Plaza
- 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
- 1966Debt of Honor as Iinuma
- 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
- 1964Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
- 1964The Spying Sorceress
- 1964The Scarlet Camellia as Sakichi
- 1964The Gorgeous Geisha
- 1964The Glamorous Ghost as Hiroshi Asami
- 1964Giant Rumble
- 1964Intentions of Murder as Koichi Takahashi
- 1964Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Enzo Tatara
- 1964The Desperate as Yamaguchi
- 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
- 1963Apple Blossom Town
- 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
- 1963High and Low as Third Creditor
- 1963Pressure of Guilt
- 1963Escape from Hell as Heiroku
- 1963At the Side of the Bridge 3
- 1963Attack Squadron as Petty Officer Inaba
- 1963Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men
- 1962Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Kizaru
- 1962Curry Rice
- 1962My Hobo
- 1962The Body
- 1962Farm Girls as Gosaku
- 1962At the Side of the Bridge 2
- 1962Let's Meet in Our Dreams
- 1962Mount Hakone
- 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
- 1961A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
- 1961Tale of a Company Boss 3 as Hanada
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961A Man in Red
- 1961Shiroi minamikaze
- 1961Refresher Course for Wives
- 1961Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２
- 1961Tale of a Company Boss
- 1961The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
- 1961Yojimbo as Kuma
- 1961Eternity of Love
- 1961Zero Focus as Sotaro Uhara
- 1961Blind Devotion as Denroku
- 1961Killers on Parade as Sai
- 1961The Wind and Waves
- 1961Hidden Fangs
- 1961The Matsukawa Incident
- 1961An Angel is Chasing Me
- 1961Pigs and Battleships as Yajima
- 1961For This We Fight
- 1961Aces Wild
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- 1960Towering Waves
- 1960Wait for Tomorrow as Uno
- 1960The Angry Sea
- 1960Everything Goes Wrong as Nishimura
- 1960Sixteen years old
- 1960Yakuza sensei
- 1960The Last Trump Card as Chibi (Shorty)
- 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 as Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
- 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
- 1958Zoku fûfu hyakkei as Masakichi
- 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
- 1956Where's Paradise?
- 1956Avalanche
- 1956Fountainhead as Kasuya
- 1956The Burmese Harp as Baba
- 1955Yukiko
- 1954A Billionaire
- 1954The Street Without Sun as Extraordinary detective
- 1953At the End of the Clouds
- 1952Vacuum Zone as Sergeant Osumi