Acting
Isao Kimura
- Titles
- 55movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1951 to 1979, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 22top three billing
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
Seven Samurai94/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Warfare3.2average 1.2
- Melancholy6.5average 4.7
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Violence5.4average 4.2
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Catharsis6.2average 5.1
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character Study 3
- Post-War Japan 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Classic Cinema 2
- Family Relationships 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Forbidden Love 2
- Samurai Film 2
- Revenge 2
- Lone Warrior 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Chieko NaniwaActorMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple, Miyamoto Musashi, Snow Country, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, +2 more
Kinnosuke NakamuraActorMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple, Miyamoto Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn, +2 more- SShintarō MiyamotoEditorMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple, Miyamoto Musashi, Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, +2 more
Mariko OkadaActorThe Affair, Confessions Among Actresses, Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree, Dancing Girl, Impasse, +1 more
Wakaba IrieActorMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple, Miyamoto Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn, +1 more
Eiji OkadaActorVacuum Zone, The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes, Assassination, A Billionaire, Secret Information
Zenzō MatsuyamaWriterBeautiful Days, Could I But Live, Look Up, Noble One, Our Marriage, Four Sisters
Tomu UchidaWriterMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple, Miyamoto Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style- IIchirō SaitōComposerSummer Clouds, Little Peach, Dancing Girl, Four Sisters, Price of Beauty
Keiko TsushimaActorSeven Samurai, The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes, The Valley Between Love and Death, I Saw the Killer
Kaneko IwasakiActorSnow Country, Four Sisters, Yakuza of Seki, My Brother
Sadako SawamuraActorBeautiful Days, Snow Country, Dancing Girl, Our Marriage
Movies and TV shows
581980s
1 title
TV show
1970s
9 titles · average score 72
TV show · as 木島先生
as Toshihiko Kurahashi
TV show
as Father
as Tsuchigumo Hyoei
as Film Critic
as Director Nose
as Takechi Hanpeita
1960s
26 titles · average score 73
as Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi
as Kazuo Imai
as Shingo, Ibuki
as Mitsuhuru
as Yagyu Genzaburo
as Shimamura
as Hon'iden Matahachi
as Detective Arai
as Hon'iden Matahachi
as Atsumichi Uda
as Hon'iden Matahachi
as Hon'iden Matahachi
1950s
21 titles · average score 82
as Okawa
as Ryokichi Urushiyama, the husband
as Iwase Shichiro
as Takeo Fujisaki
as Imanishi
as Kashima
as Ensign Tamai
as Katsushiro Okamoto
as Koroku Tate
as Private Riichiro Kitani
as Intern
as Mizuno
1940s
1 title · average score 90
as Yusa