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Kō Nishimura

Actor · 157 credits · 28 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Sword of Doom (1966)

Frequent collaborators: Shoichi Ozawa, Jun Hamamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshi Katō, Nobuo Kaneko

Best Kō Nishimura movies by genre

Movies (157 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Sword of Doom

    1966 · ★ 7.7 (270 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Action

    1

  2. The Bad Sleep Well

    1960 · ★ 7.7 (287 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. The Burmese Harp

    1956 · ★ 7.8 (174 votes)

    Drama, War

    3

  4. The Ballad of Narayama

    1958 · ★ 7.5 (89 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

    1978 · ★ 7.0 (123 votes)

    Animation, Adventure, Comedy

    5

  6. The Pornographers

    1966 · ★ 7.3 (57 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Second Generation Young Boss

    1969

    Drama, Crime

    7

  8. Intimidation

    1960 · ★ 7.0 (21 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    8

  9. The Maid Story

    1963

    Comedy

    9

  10. Seven Gamblers

    1966 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    10

  11. 13 Assassins

    1963 · ★ 7.5 (42 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Action

    11

  12. New Year Trip

    1968

    Comedy

    12

  13. Express Train

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    13

  14. Eleven Samurai

    1967 · ★ 7.5 (27 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    14

  15. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    1970 · ★ 6.8 (46 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Drama

    15

  16. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    1975 · ★ 7.0 (40 votes)

    Drama, Horror, Fantasy

    16

  17. Zero Focus

    1961 · ★ 6.6 (17 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    17

  18. The Threat

    1966 · ★ 7.3 (6 votes)

    Crime, Action, Thriller

    18

  19. Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    1963 · ★ 7.8 (13 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Skyscraper Murder Case

    1976 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Thriller

    20

  21. The Bride from Hades

    1968 · ★ 7.3 (13 votes)

    Horror

    21

  22. Manhunt

    1976 · ★ 6.2 (24 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    22

  23. The Retreat from Kiska

    1965 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, War

    23

  24. Jack and the Beanstalk

    1974 · ★ 6.4 (41 votes)

    Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

    24

  25. The Strangling

    1979 · ★ 4.4 (8 votes)

    25

  26. Samaritan Zatoichi

    1968 · ★ 6.8 (43 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Drama

    26

  27. Living Skeleton

    1968 · ★ 5.4 (30 votes)

    Horror, Crime, Thriller

    27

  28. Nishi Ginza Station

    1958 · ★ 5.6 (16 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    28

  29. Theater Of Life

    1983

    Drama

    29

  30. Gang vs. Gang

    1962 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Crime

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.