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.
Awards & recognition
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · 1987
- Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actor · 1965
Filmography33 titles
High and Low
Red Beard
Yojimbo
The Burmese Harp
The Sword of Doom
The Bad Sleep Well
Lady Snowblood
Eleven Samurai
The Ballad of Narayama
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
The Bride from Hades
The Pornographers
Intimidation
Samurai Wolf II
Pigs and Battleships
Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Intentions of Murder
Samaritan Zatoichi
Endless Desire
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Everything Goes Wrong
Stolen Desire
Killers on Parade
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Zero Focus
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Fountainhead
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
The Living Skeleton
The Black Hood