Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Actor

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
January 25, 1923

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.

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Kō Nishimura 1
Kō Nishimura 2

Representative Works

High and Low
High and Low
8.4
/ Japanese
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
8.1
/ Japanese
Red Beard
Red Beard
8.2
/ Japanese
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
7.7
/ Japanese
47 Ronin
47 Ronin
7.4
/ Japanese
Lady Snowblood
Lady Snowblood
7.5
/ Japanese
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom
7.7
/ Japanese
13 Assassins
13 Assassins
7.5
/ Japanese
Gorath
Gorath
6.3
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

High and Low
1963Winner

Best Performance

High and Low

Yojimbo
1961Winner

Best Performance

Yojimbo

Red Beard
1965Winner

Best Performance

Red Beard

Career Highlights

The Bad Sleep Well
1960Highlight

Best Performance

The Bad Sleep Well

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
1978Highlight

Best Performance

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo