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

Yojimbo

Kuma

High and Low

Third Creditor

Lady Snowblood

Priest Dokai

Red Beard

Chief retainer

The Bad Sleep Well

Contract Officer Shirai

The Sword of Doom

Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'

The Burmese Harp

Baba

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

Mamo (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' MOVIE	Self (voice)
1995	Salaryman Senka MOVIE	Self
1994	47 Ronin MOVIE	Self
1994	Free and Easy Special MOVIE	Self
1991	Free and Easy 4 MOVIE	Self
1990	ベビーシッター桃子の冒険 TV	Self
1990	Seventeen Ninja MOVIE	Self
1989	The Men Who Made Ultraman MOVIE	Eiji Tsuburaya
1988	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis MOVIE	Makoto Nishimura
1986	One Who Died in Vain MOVIE	Self
1985	What if the school...? TV	Self
1984	The Detective MOVIE	Senkichi Otsubo
1984	Kukai MOVIE	Self
1983	A Hunter's Diary MOVIE	Kentaro Hatanaka
1983	Theater Of Life MOVIE	Self
1983	Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi MOVIE	岸井亥之吉
1982	Highschool Scramble MOVIE	Self
1982	Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot MOVIE	Self
1982	Goyou Sen Enjou MOVIE	Self
1982	The Old Bear Hunter MOVIE	Heizo Sekiguchi
1982	Kemono Michi TV	Self
1981	The Black Hood MOVIE	Self
1980	The Woman MOVIE	Self
1980	Niji wo Oru TV	沢木忠一郎
1980	The Claws of the Divine Beast MOVIE	Self
1980	映画村殺人事件 MOVIE	Self
1979	Nomugi Pass MOVIE	Self
1979	The Strangling MOVIE	Yasuzo Kariba
1979	Down with The Big Boss MOVIE	Glass-Eating Mime
1979	Nutcracker Fantasy MOVIE	Uncle / Street Singer / Puppeteer / Watchmaker (voice)
1978	Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo MOVIE	Mamo (voice)
1978	Japanese Godfather: Conclusion MOVIE	Shigetomi Katta
1978	Love and Faith MOVIE	Sojin Kamiya
1978	The Incident MOVIE	Goichi Ômura
1978	The Beauty in the Bathroom MOVIE	Self
1977	Fushoku no kōzō TV	Honda Yoshikazu
1977	Love in the Mud MOVIE	Self
1977	Yokomizo Seishi Series TV	Self
1977	Hokuriku Proxy War MOVIE	Mr. Yasuhara
1977	Japan's Don MOVIE	Kahe Shimabara
1976	Skyscraper Murder Case MOVIE	Self
1976	Manhunt MOVIE	Nagaoka Ryokai
1976	Elegy MOVIE	Nobuhisa Hyodo
1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss MOVIE	Tokuji Owada
1975	Solar Eclipse MOVIE	Self
1975	Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees MOVIE	Kenpeishi
1975	Without Complaint MOVIE	Self
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker MOVIE	Sukezo Kojima
1974	Jack and the Beanstalk MOVIE	Old bean-seller
1974	Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? MOVIE	Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
1974	The Family MOVIE	Sentaro Watanuki
1974	The Bodyguard TV	Self
1973	Tsugaru Folksong MOVIE	Tamezo Tsukamoto
1973	Lady Snowblood MOVIE	Priest Dokai
1973	Summer Days Across the River MOVIE	Self
1973	Hanzo the Razor: The Snare MOVIE	Magobei "Snake" Onishi
1973	When the Night Breaks MOVIE	Self
1972	Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice MOVIE	Magobei 'Snake' Onishi
1972	The Pirates of Buban MOVIE	Self
1971	Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow MOVIE	Self
1970	Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life MOVIE	Self
1970	Waterfront Blues MOVIE	Self
1970	Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival MOVIE	Migi
1970	Play It Cool MOVIE	Kada
1969	Second Generation Young Boss MOVIE	Yanosuke Hashimoto
1969	The Wild Sea MOVIE	Munekata
1969	喜劇深夜族 MOVIE	Self
1969	One Two Punch MOVIE	Self
1969	Black Rose Mansion MOVIE	Ex-husband
1969	ひばり・橋の花と喧嘩 MOVIE	寺田保造
1969	Lady with Seven Faces MOVIE	Printer
1969	Black Comedy - Ah, Fool MOVIE	Self
1969	Kanto Woman Infamy MOVIE	Self
1969	Goyokin MOVIE	Self
1969	Quick-draw Okatsu MOVIE	Makabe
1968	Samaritan Zatoichi MOVIE	Sosuke Saruya
1968	A Lavish Invitation MOVIE	Self
1968	Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation MOVIE	Self
1968	Living Skeleton MOVIE	Nishizato
1968	Age of Japanese Guerrillas MOVIE	Policeman on Island
1968	Black Lizard MOVIE	Detective Matoba
1968	Snake Woman's Curse MOVIE	Yasuke
1968	The Bride from Hades MOVIE	Banzou
1968	Neon taiheiki MOVIE	Self
1968	Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty MOVIE	Self
1968	New Year Trip MOVIE	Self
1967	Eleven Samurai MOVIE	Errant samurai Daijuro
1967	A Killer's Key MOVIE	Yasujiro Endo
1967	Whispering Joe MOVIE	Man
1967	Shogun and His Mistress 2 MOVIE	Itakura
1967	Zatoichi the Outlaw MOVIE	Uneshiro Suga
1967	The Singing Gunman MOVIE	Self
1967	Classmates MOVIE	Hanada
1967	Express Train MOVIE	Self
1967	Samurai Wolf II MOVIE	Magobe
1967	Flower Cards Chivalry MOVIE	Self
1966	Rub Out the Past MOVIE	Tanzo Koide
1966	Seven Gamblers MOVIE	Self
1966	Dokonjo Taisho MOVIE	Self
1966	The Pornographers MOVIE	Detective Sanada
1966	The Sword of Doom MOVIE	Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
1966	The Threat MOVIE	Kawanishi
1966	Rise Against the Sword MOVIE	Etanba
1965	Stairs of Evil MOVIE	Shimoyama
1965	The Ghost of the One Eyed Man MOVIE	Self
1965	House of Terrors MOVIE	Baron Tominaga / The Hunchback
1965	The Retreat from Kiska MOVIE	Staff Officer
1965	Tale of Japanese Burglars MOVIE	Self
1965	Red Beard MOVIE	Chief retainer
1965	Tale of Ninja Duty MOVIE	Chisaka Hyobu
1965	Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire MOVIE	Tahei Narumiya
1965	Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu MOVIE	今川義元
1964	Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall MOVIE	Self
1964	The Spying Sorceress MOVIE	Self
1964	The Scarlet Camellia MOVIE	Sakichi
1964	The Gorgeous Geisha MOVIE	Self
1964	The Glamorous Ghost MOVIE	Hiroshi Asami
1964	Giant Rumble MOVIE	Self
1964	Intentions of Murder MOVIE	Koichi Takahashi
1964	The Desperate MOVIE	Yamaguchi
1964	Edo Crime Book: Black Claws MOVIE	Enzo Tatara
1964	Life of Hishakaku 3 MOVIE	Self
1964	Mr. Giant's Victory Flag MOVIE	Self
1964	Warrior of the Wind MOVIE	Mizuno Izumi
1964	An Impudent Man MOVIE	Self
1963	Doggie March MOVIE	Killer (voice)
1963	13 Assassins MOVIE	Kujuro Hirayama
1963	Miren MOVIE	Okazaki
1963	Bamboo Doll of Echizen MOVIE	Chubei
1963	Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword MOVIE	Self
1963	A Prisoner in Search of Daughter MOVIE	Self
1963	The Life of a Horse-Trader MOVIE	Self
1963	At the Side of the Bridge 4 MOVIE	Self
1963	The Maid Story MOVIE	Self
1963	Tale of Army Brutality MOVIE	Kameoka, Zenji
1963	To Your Majesty, The Emperor MOVIE	Self
1963	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai MOVIE	Yamaoka
1963	Life of a Flower TV	Tada Ichiro
1963	High and Low MOVIE	Third Creditor
1963	Pressure of Guilt MOVIE	Self
1963	Escape from Hell MOVIE	Heiroku
1963	At the Side of the Bridge 3 MOVIE	Self
1963	Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men MOVIE	Self
1962	Ninja, A Band of Assassins MOVIE	Kizaru
1962	My Hobo MOVIE	Self
1962	Curry Rice MOVIE	Self
1962	The Body MOVIE	Self
1962	Farm Girls MOVIE	Self
1962	At the Side of the Bridge 2 MOVIE	Self
1962	Mount Hakone MOVIE	Self
1962	Let's Meet in Our Dreams MOVIE	Self
1962	I. George monogatari taiyō no ko MOVIE	Self
1962	Gang vs. Gang MOVIE	Self
1962	At the Side of the Bridge MOVIE	Self
1962	Four Sisters MOVIE	Michiharu Mitsumine
1962	Akitsu Hot Springs MOVIE	Yamiya
1962	Tokyo Bay MOVIE	Noboru Sumikawa
1962	Ika naru hoshi no moto ni MOVIE	Self
1962	Gorath MOVIE	Murata - Secretary of Space
1962	Kono ni uruwashi MOVIE	Self
1962	Haru no sanmyaku MOVIE	Self
1962	Woman of Design MOVIE	Self
1962	The Temple of Wild Geese MOVIE	Mokudō Kida
1961	The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy MOVIE	Self
1961	Tale of a Company Boss 3 MOVIE	Hanada
1961	Snow in the South Seas MOVIE	Self
1961	A Man in Red MOVIE	Self
1961	Refresher Course for Wives MOVIE	Self
1961	白い南風 MOVIE	Self
1961	Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２ MOVIE	Self
1961	Tale of a Company Boss MOVIE	Self
1961	Yojimbo MOVIE	Kuma
1961	Eternity of Love MOVIE	Self
1961	Zero Focus MOVIE	Sotaro Uhara
1961	Blind Devotion MOVIE	Denroku
1961	Killers on Parade MOVIE	Sai
1961	The Wind and Waves MOVIE	Self
1961	Hidden Fangs MOVIE	Self
1961	The Matsukawa Incident MOVIE	Self
1961	Pigs and Battleships MOVIE	Yajima
1961	An Angel is Chasing Me MOVIE	Self
1961	For This We Fight MOVIE	Self
1961	Aces Wild MOVIE	Self
1960	Chikuhō no kodomotachi MOVIE	Self
1960	Wait for Tomorrow MOVIE	Uno
1960	The Angry Sea MOVIE	Self
1960	Everything Goes Wrong MOVIE	Nishimura
1960	Sixteen years old MOVIE	Self
1960	Yakuza sensei MOVIE	Self
1960	The Bad Sleep Well MOVIE	Contract Officer Shirai
1960	The Call of the Foghorn MOVIE	Morimoto
1960	The Blue Beast MOVIE	Self
1960	Showdown on Pier No.3 MOVIE	Boss
1960	The Sleeping Beast Within MOVIE	Self
1960	Intimidation MOVIE	Matakichi Nakaike
1960	The Lost Alibi MOVIE	Okudaira
1960	Ryuji, the Gun Slinger MOVIE	Yang Sanyuan
1960	The Devil's Sigh MOVIE	Self
1959	My Second Brother MOVIE	Goro Mitamura
1959	The Wild Reporter MOVIE	Ryu Konei
1959	The Human Cyclone MOVIE	Self
1959	Elegy to Youth MOVIE	Self
1959	Farewell to Southern Tosa MOVIE	Self
1959	Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero MOVIE	Self
1959	Break Down that Wall MOVIE	Self
1959	Tokyo no Kodoku MOVIE	Self
1959	Umi wa kurutte iru MOVIE	Self
1959	おヤエの家つき女中 MOVIE	Self
1959	The Fugitive MOVIE	Self
1959	おヤエのママさん女中 MOVIE	Self
1959	Tokyo Romance Way MOVIE	Self
1959	The Song of the Cart MOVIE	Self
1959	Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru MOVIE	Self
1958	Crimson Wings MOVIE	Tetsuji Mizutani
1958	Endless Desire MOVIE	Pharmacist
1958	Showdown in the Storm MOVIE	Self
1958	The Invisible Wall MOVIE	Self
1958	Wolves of the Night MOVIE	Self
1958	The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow MOVIE	Tominaga
1958	Drunken Ghost MOVIE	Daigorô
1958	Nishi Ginza Station MOVIE	Self
1958	Tokyo Bus Girl MOVIE	Self
1958	The Seasons of Love MOVIE	Reporter
1958	The Ballad of Narayama MOVIE	One of the villagers who Teaches Narayama's Manners (uncredited)
1958	The Girl from Osaka MOVIE	Self
1958	Stolen Desire MOVIE	Kanji Takada
1958	Breasts and Bullets MOVIE	Self
1958	Fangs of Night MOVIE	Self
1957	But the Flesh is Weak MOVIE	Acupressurist
1957	The Eagle and the Hawk MOVIE	Hikobei
1957	Harbor Rats MOVIE	Self
1957	The Temptress and the Monk MOVIE	Peasant
1957	Shiroi natsu MOVIE	Self
1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era MOVIE	Kiyami no Shinko
1957	Who's the Real Killer MOVIE	Nakagawa
1957	Devil Flesh MOVIE	Self
1957	Saigo no totsugeki MOVIE	Self
1956	Lunar Eclipse MOVIE	Self
1956	Frankie the Milkman MOVIE	Tax Collector
1956	Dotanba MOVIE	Self
1956	Saigo no sentō-ki MOVIE	Self
1956	Nikoyon monogatari MOVIE	Self
1956	Excursion to Treasure Isle MOVIE	Self
1956	Meiken monogatari MOVIE	Self
1956	Tengoku wa doko da MOVIE	Self
1956	Fountainhead MOVIE	Kasuya
1956	The Burmese Harp MOVIE	Baba
1955	Yukiko MOVIE	Self
1954	A Billionaire MOVIE	Self
1954	The Street Without Sun MOVIE	Extraordinary detective
1953	At the End of the Clouds MOVIE	Self
	Mito Komon TV	水戸光圀

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