- Acting films
- 23
- Acting avg
- 7.60
- Peak run
- 1949’63
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Isao by the numbers
Average
7.60
10 rated films
Vote weighted
7.77
bigger films count more
Median
7.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
28y
1947 to 1974
Total votes
8.97K
across every film
Best
8.5
Seven Samurai
Worst
7.6
Stray Dog
Newest first
Filmography
| 1974 |  Pastoral: To Die in the Country | Film Critic | 7.5 | 116 |
| 1974 |  Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell | Tsuchigumo Hyoei | 7.1 | 134 |
| 1971 |  Confessions Among Actresses | Director Nose | · | 13 |
| 1968 |  Black Lizard | Kogoro Akechi / Matsukichi | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1968 |  Affair in the Snow | Kazuo Imai | · | 15 |
| 1967 | Impasse | Shingo, Ibuki | · | 14 |
| 1967 |  The Affair | Mitsuhuru | · | 22 |
| 1966 | Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn | Yagyu Genzaburo | · | 17 |
| 1964 | The Shape of Night | Saitô | · | 6 |
| 1964 |  Assassination | Tadasaburo Sasaki | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple | Hon'iden Matahachi | · | 13 |
| 1963 |  Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Hirotaro Iguchi | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1963 |  High and Low | Detective Arai | 8.4 | 1,210 |
| 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights | Hon'iden Matahachi | · | 14 |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese | Atsumichi Uda | · | 16 |
| 1961 | Miyamoto Musashi | Hon'iden Matahachi | · | 14 |
| 1960 |  Hero of the Red Light District | · | · | 11 |
| 1958 |  Summer Clouds | Okawa | · | 16 |
| 1957 |  Throne of Blood | Phantom samurai | 7.9 | 1,032 |
| 1954 |  Seven Samurai | Katsushiro Okamoto | 8.5 | 4,406 |
Better together?
Isao Kimura's regulars
- Kinnosuke NakamuraCo-star · 4 films
- Mariko OkadaCo-star · 4 films
- Tomu UchidaDirector and actor · 4 films
- Yoshishige YoshidaDirector and actor · 4 films
- Chieko NaniwaCo-star · 3 films
- Wakaba IrieCo-star · 3 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Isao Kimura and Kinnosuke Nakamura movies · Isao Kimura and Mariko Okada movies · Tomu Uchida and Isao Kimura movies · Yoshishige Yoshida and Isao Kimura movies
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