Actor

Kō Nishimura

January 25, 1923 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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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Tatsuya Nakadai
5 titles together
Yojimbo, High and Low, The Sword of Doom
Shintarō Katsu
5 titles together
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival, Zatoichi the Outlaw
Eijirō Tōno
4 titles together
Yojimbo, High and Low, Goyokin
Takeshi Katō
4 titles together
Yojimbo, High and Low, Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Kei Satō
4 titles together
The Sword of Doom, Hanzo the Razor: The Snare, Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Yoshi Katō
4 titles together
Intentions of Murder, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Kō Nishimura

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