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: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 1923-01-25

Died: 1997-04-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	At the End of the Clouds		0
2	1954	The Street Without Sun	Extraordinary detective	0
3	1954	A Billionaire		57
4	1955	Yukiko		0
5	1956	The Burmese Harp	Baba	79
6	1956	Fountainhead	Kasuya	58
7	1956	Tengoku wa doko da		0
8	1956	Meiken monogatari		0
9	1956	Excursion to Treasure Isle		0
10	1956	Nikoyon monogatari		0
11	1956	Dotanba		60
12	1956	Frankie the Milkman	Tax Collector	90
13	1956	Lunar Eclipse		0
14	1957	Saigo no totsugeki		0
15	1957	Nikutai no hankō		0
16	1957	Who's The Real Killer	Nakagawa	0
17	1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era	Kiyami no Shinko	72
18	1957	Shiroi natsu		0
19	1957	The Temptress and the Monk	Peasant	0
20	1957	Harbor Rats		0
21	1957	The Eagle and the Hawk	Hikobei	57
22	1957	The Flesh Is Weak	Acupressurist	60
23	1958	Fangs of Night		50
24	1958	Breasts and Bullets		0
25	1958	Stolen Desire	Kanji Takada	66
26	1958	The Ballad of Narayama	One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)	75
27	1958	The Girl from Osaka		0
28	1958	The Seasons of Love	Reporter	10
29	1958	Tōkyō no basugāru		0
30	1958	Nishi Ginza Station		56
31	1958	Drunken Ghost	Daigorô	0
32	1958	The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow	Tominaga	0
33	1958	Wolves of the Night		0
34	1958	The Invisible Wall		0
35	1958	Showdown in the Storm		0
36	1958	Endless Desire	Pharmacist	65
37	1958	Crimson Wings	Tetsuji Mizutani	0
38	1959	Tokyo Romance Way		0
39	1959	The Song of the Cart		66
40	1959	The Fugitive		0
41	1959	おヤエの家つき女中		0
42	1959	Umi wa kurutte iru		0
43	1959	Tokyo no Kodoku		0
44	1959	Break Down that Wall		70
45	1959	Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero		0
46	1959	Farewell to Southern Tosa		0
47	1959	青春蛮歌		0
48	1959	The Human Cyclone		0
49	1959	The Wild Reporter	Ryu Konei	0
50	1959	My Second Brother	Goro Mitamura	64
51	1960	The Devil's Sigh		0
52	1960	Ryuji, the Gun Slinger		0
53	1960	The Lost Alibi	Okudaira	52
54	1960	Intimidation	Matakichi Nakaike	71
55	1960	The Sleeping Beast Within		67
56	1960	The Blue Beast		0
57	1960	The Call of the Foghorn	Morimoto	0
58	1960	The Bad Sleep Well	Contract Officer Shirai	77
59	1960	Sixteen years old		0
60	1960	Everything Goes Wrong	Nishimura	64
61	1960	The Angry Sea		0
62	1960	Wait for Tomorrow	Uno	0
63	1961	Aces Wild		0
64	1961	Pigs and Battleships	Yajima	71
65	1961	Hidden Fangs		0
66	1961	Killers on Parade	Sai	62
67	1961	Blind Devotion	Denroku	0
68	1961	Zero Focus	Sotaro Uhara	66
69	1961	Yojimbo	Kuma	81
70	1961	Tale of a Company Boss		0
71	1961	Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２		0
72	1961	Refresher Course for Wives		0
73	1961	A Man in Red		0
74	1961	Snow in the South Seas		0
75	1961	Tale of a Company Boss 3	Hanada	0
76	1961	The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy		0
77	1962	The Temple of Wild Geese	Mokudō Kida	63
78	1962	Woman of Design		65
79	1962	Haru no sanmyaku		0
80	1962	Kono ni uruwashi		0
81	1962	Gorath	Murata - Secretary of Space	66
82	1962	Ika naru hoshi no moto ni		0
83	1962	Tokyo Bay	Noboru Sumikawa	70
84	1962	Akitsu Hot Springs		65
85	1962	At the Side of the Bridge		0
86	1962	Four Sisters	Michiharu Mitsumine	60
87	1962	Gang vs. Gang		70
88	1962	I. George monogatari taiyō no ko		0
89	1962	Mount Hakone		0
90	1962	Yume de aimasho		0
91	1962	At the Side of the Bridge 2		0
92	1962	Chibusa o daku musume tachi		0
93	1962	The Body		65
94	1962	My Hobo		0
95	1962	Curry Rice		0
96	1962	Ninja, A Band of Assassins	Kizaru	64
97	1963	Bad Reputation of the Big Three		0
98	1963	Escape from Hell	Heiroku	62
99	1963	Pressure of Guilt		70
100	1963	High and Low	Third Creditor	83
101	1963	To Your Majesty, The Emperor		0
102	1963	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai	Yamaoka	70
103	1963	Tale of Army Brutality	Kameoka, Zenji	100
104	1963	The Maid Story		0
105	1963	The Life of a Horse-Trader		0
106	1963	A Prisoner in Search of Daughter		0
107	1963	Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword		100
108	1963	Bamboo Doll of Echizen	Chubei	76
109	1963	13 Assassins	Kujuro Hirayama	75
110	1963	Doggie March	Killer (voice)	60
111	1964	Warrior of the Wind	Mizuno Izumi	67
112	1964	An Impudent Man		0
113	1964	Life of Hishakaku 3		0
114	1964	The Desperate		70
115	1964	Edo Crime Book: Black Claws	Enzo Tatara	0
116	1964	Intentions of Murder	Koichi Takahashi	71
117	1964	The Great Duel		60
118	1964	The Glamorous Ghost	Hiroshi Asami	60
119	1964	The Scarlet Camellia	Sakichi	50
120	1964	Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall		68
121	1964	The Spying Sorceress		0
122	1965	Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu		82
123	1965	Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire	Tahei Narumiya	62
124	1965	Tale of Ninja Duty	Chisaka Hyobu	10
125	1965	Red Beard	Chief retainer	81
126	1965	Tale of Japanese Burglars		68
127	1965	The Retreat from Kiska	Staff Officer	83
128	1965	House of Terrors	Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback	57
129	1965	The Ghost of the One Eyed Man		0
130	1965	Stairs of Evil	Shimoyama	50
131	1966	The Threat	Kawanishi	68
132	1966	The Sword of Doom	Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'	77
133	1966	The Pornographers	Detective Sanada	73
134	1966	Dokonjo Taisho		0
135	1966	Seven Gamblers		60
136	1966	Rub Out the Past	Tanzo Koide	60
137	1966	Rise Against the Sword	Etanba	65
138	1967	Flower Cards Chivalry		100
139	1967	Samurai Wolf II	Magobe	71
140	1967	Classmates	Hanada	65
141	1967	Express Train		60
142	1967	The Singing Gunman		0
143	1967	Zatoichi the Outlaw	Uneshiro Suga	65
144	1967	Shogun and His Mistress 2	Itakura	35
145	1967	Whispering Joe	Man	0
146	1967	A Killer's Key	Yasujiro Endo	60
147	1967	Eleven Samurai	Errant samurai Daijuro	76
148	1968	New Year Trip		0
149	1968	Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty		0
150	1968	Neon taiheiki		0
151	1968	The Bride from Hades	Banzou	74
152	1968	Snake Woman's Curse	Yasuke	61
153	1968	Black Lizard	Detective Matoba	67
154	1968	Age of Japanese Guerrillas	Policeman on Island	0
155	1968	Living Skeleton	Nishizato	55
156	1968	Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation		68
157	1968	Samaritan Zatoichi	Sosuke Saruya	66
158	1969	Quick-draw Okatsu	Makabe	57
159	1969	Kanto Woman Infamy		40
160	1969	Goyokin		75
161	1969	Black Comedy - Ah, Fool		0
162	1969	Lady with Seven Faces	Printer	0
163	1969	Black Rose Mansion	Ex-husband	45
164	1969	One Two Punch		0
165	1969	The Wild Sea	Munekata	0
166	1969	Second Generation Young Boss	Yanosuke Hashimoto	0
167	1970	Play It Cool	Kada	48
168	1970	Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival	Migi	67
169	1970	Waterfront Blues		0
170	1970	Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life		0
171	1971	Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow		58
172	1972	The Pirates of Buban		65
173	1972	Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice	Magobei 'Snake' Onishi	63
174	1973	When the Night Breaks		0
175	1973	Hanzo the Razor: The Snare	Magobei "Snake" Onishi	63
176	1973	Summer Days Across the River		0
177	1973	Lady Snowblood	Priest Dokai	75
178	1973	Tsugaru Folksong	Tamezo Tsukamoto	72
179	1974	The Family	Sentaro Watanuki	100
180	1974	Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?	Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi	59
181	1974	Jack and the Beanstalk	Old bean-seller	65
182	1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker		65
183	1975	Without Complaint		0
184	1975	Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees	Kenpeishi	71
185	1975	Solar Eclipse		68
186	1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss	Tokuji Owada	69
187	1976	Manhunt	Nagaoka Ryokai	65
188	1976	Skyscraper Murder Case		10
189	1977	Japan's Don	Kahe Shimabara	75
190	1977	Hokuriku Proxy War	Mr. Yasuhara	68
191	1977	Love in the Mud		66
192	1978	The Beauty in the Bathroom		0
193	1978	Love and Faith	Sojin Kamiya	63
194	1978	The Incident		63
195	1978	Japanese Godfather: Conclusion	Shigetomi Katta	70
196	1978	Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo	Mamo (voice)	71
197	1979	Nutcracker Fantasy	Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)	65
198	1979	Down with The Big Boss	Glass-Eating Mime	0
199	1979	The Strangling	Yasuzo Kariba	49
200	1979	Nomugi Pass		63
201	1980	映画村殺人事件		100
202	1980	The Claws of the Divine Beast		60
203	1980	The Woman		0
204	1981	The Black Hood		0
205	1982	The Old Bear Hunter	Heizo Sekiguchi	70
206	1982	Goyou Sen Enjou		0
207	1982	Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo		0
208	1982	Highschool Scramble		0
209	1983	Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi	岸井亥之吉	0
210	1983	Theater Of Life		0
211	1983	A Hunter's Diary	Kentaro Hatanaka	10
212	1984	Kukai		90
213	1984	The Detective	Senkichi Otsubo	0
214	1986	One Who Died in Vain		74
215	1988	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis	Makoto Nishimura	62
216	1989	The Men Who Made Ultraman	Eiji Tsuburaya	100
217	1990	Seventeen Ninja		0
218	1991	Free and Easy 4		75
219	1994	Free and Easy Special		75
220	1994	47 Ronin		75
221	1995	Salaryman Senka		0
222	2002	Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'	Self (voice)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Life of a Flower	Tada Ichiro	70
2		もしも、学校が…!?		0
3	1974	The Bodyguard		0
4	1977	Yokomizo Seishi Series		70
5	1980	Niji wo Oru	沢木忠一郎	0
6	1982	Kemono Michi		0
7	1990	ベビーシッター桃子の冒険		0