Kō Nishimura or Akira Nishimura (西村晃, Nishimura Kō, Sapporo, Hokkaido, January 25, 1923 - April 29, 1997)^[1] was a Japanese actor.

Partial filmographyEdit

• [1955-08-03] Yukiko
• [1959-06-09] Umi wa kurutteiru
• [1959-08-02] Nangoku tosa o ato ni shite
• [1960-09-15] The Bad Sleep Well
• [1961-04-25] Yojimbo
• [1961-11-01] Far beyond the Waves
• [1961-12-06] Kanpai! Gokigen yarō
• [1962-12-01] Shinobi no Mono
• [1963-03-01] High and Low
• [1963-12-07] The Thirteen Assassins
• [1964-06-28] Intentions of Murder
• [1964-09-05] Ōgenka
• [1965-04-03] Red Beard
• [1965-09-04] The Ghost of the One Eyed Man
• [1967-06-03] The Diaries of Kamikaze
• [1967-08-12] Zatoichi 16: Zatoichi the Outlaw
• [1967-11-01] The Women Around the Shogun
• [1968-07-12] Snake Woman's Curse
• [1968-12-22] Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
• [1968-12-28] Zatoichi 19: Samaritan Zatoichi
• [1969-04-10] Quick-Draw Okatsu
• [1969-05-01] Goyokin
• [1969-11-01] Sworn Brothers
• [1970-05-01] Play It Cool
• [1970-08-12] Zatoichi 21: Zatoichi at the Fire Festival
• [1970-11-14] Soft-Boiled Goro
• [1973-08-11] Hanzo the Razor 2: The Snare
• [1973-12-01] Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld
• [1975-11-01] New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Boss's Head
• [1984-04-14] Kukai
• [1988-01-30] Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
• [1994-10-22] 47 Ronin

Awards and NominationsEdit

• Blue Ribbon Awards^[2]
  • 1965 Won Best Supporting Actor for Intentions of Murder (1964)
• Japanese Academy Awards
  • 1998 Won Career Award
• Mainichi Film Concours
  • 1965 Won Best Actor for Intentions of Murder (1964)
  • 1983 Won Best Actor for The Old Bear Hunter (1982)

BibliographyEdit

• Kō Nishimura at the Internet Movie Database
• 西村晃 at the Japanese Movie Database
• 西村晃 at www.allcinema.net
• 西村晃 at Kinema Jumpo

NotesEdit

1. ↑ "西村晃" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
2. ↑ "Awards for Kô Nishimura" at IMDb.