Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura
Native name	西村 晃
Born	January 25, 1923 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Died	April 15, 1997 (aged 74) Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Akira Nishimura
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946–1997

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).

Filmography

Film

• The Burmese Harp (1956)
• Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
• Umi no yarodomo (1957)
• Arashi no naka o tsuppashire (1958)
• The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
• Kurenai no tsubasa (1958)
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
• Zero Focus (1961)
• Yojimbo (1961)
• Gorath (1962), Murata, Minister of Space
• High and Low (1963)
• Rickshaw Man (1963 version)
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)
• The Sword of Doom (1966), Shichibei^[1]
• The Dancing Girl of Izu (1967 Toho version)
• Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
• Black Lizard (1968)
• The Living Skeleton (1968)
• Zatoichi, The Festival Of Fire (1970)
• Hanzo The Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
• Lady Snowblood (1973)
• Hanzo The Razor: The Snare (1973)
• Hanzo The Razor: Who's Got the Gold (1974)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975)
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988), Makoto Nishimura
• 47 Ronin (1994), Kira Yoshinaka

TV Drama

• Taiga drama series
  • Hana no Shōgai (1963)
  • Akō Rōshi (1964)
  • San Shimai (1967)
  • Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970)
  • Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
  • Kunitori Monogatari (1973)
  • Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976)
  • Homura Tatsu (1993)
• Mito Kōmon, Tokugawa Mitsukuni of season 14 to 21 (1983-1992)
• Lone Wolf and Cub (Yorozuya Kinnosuke version, 1974)
• Tōyama no Kin-san (1975 version)
• Momotarō-zamurai (1976)
• Ōedo Sōsamō (season 4, 1976)
• Umi wa Yomigaeru (1977), Itō Hirobumi
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978 version)
• Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan I (1980)
• Sarutobi Sasuke (1980), Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Daichi no Ko (1995)

Anime voice

• Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo (1978), Mameaux
• Nutcracker Fantasy (1979), Uncle Drosselmeyer, Puppeteer, Street Singer, Watchmaker

Other

• Quiz Derby

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1987)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1994)

References

1. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

External links

• Kō Nishimura at the Internet Movie Database