Akitake Kōno
Acting·October 8, 1911·† March 17, 1978 — 66 years old·Nagasaki, Japan
Akitake Kōno (河野 秋武 Kōno Akitake, 8 October 1911 – 17 March 1978) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.
Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.
Known For
Sansho the Bailiff
1954·8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959·8.1
Sanshiro Sugata
1943·6.5
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952·6.7
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946·6.9
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945·6.0
The Most Beautiful
1944·5.5
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964·6.7
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957·7.0
Taira Clan Saga
1955·6.8
Snow Trail
1947·7.0
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969·6.8
Filmography · 147
—The Gion TempestSakakibara1973Miyamoto MusashiKimura Sukekuro1971The Viper BrothersKingoro The Tattoo Master1969Okatsu the Fugitive1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21969Broken Swords1969Crimson Bat, the Blind SwordswomanYasuke1969Farewell, My Beloved1967Traveling in Party1967Heiji, the Detective1967Invitation to Jail1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance1967Three GamblersToyomatsu Inoue1966Nerves for Victory1966You and I1966Japan's Most ChivalrousGennosuke Shioya1966Flame and the CodeSadamitsu Gonda1965King of the Highway1964Adventures of ZatoichiIntendant Gorota Kajima1964The Scarlet Camellia1964The Shape of Night1964Ocean Floor Crime #11964KenKiuchi1964The Lord's spy1963Tange Sazen1963Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai1963Castle of Owls1963Tokyo Untouchable: EscapeKatagiri1963Kizu-darake no futeki-sha1962Fearful Witch1962Umineko ga tonde1962Hibari's Tale of Pathos1962Mid-August CommotionCommander of Eastern Army Yamanaka1962Zankokuna tsuki1962Mother Country1962The Escape1962Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey1961The Conspirator1961Restoration FireHeikichi1961Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia1961Kanbi no san-tō shainDivision chief Sawamura1961Officer Morgan and a Man of MysteryCho1961Shiroi minamikaze1961A Fishwife's Tale1961The Harbor Lights1960Castle of Flames1960Challenge Beneath the Waves1960The Last Trump CardSeigo Nakatsuka1960Hunting Opium-Eaters1960Ninja Assassins1960Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy1960The Man of Seven FacesJukichi Arao1960One Passed Through Hell1960Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō1960White Cliffs1960The Great Road1960Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû1960Police Precinct Part 121960When a Woman LovesOkada1959Sword of VisionOkubo Hikozaemon1959Night of the Suspicions1959A Dead Drifter1959Souls in the Moonlight III1959Happily Tied to the RoadSanemon1959The Hidden Treasure1959The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight1959The Big Scoop: The Third Woman1959The Bastards of Lawless Town1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveKôno Taii1958The OutsidersDoctor Kimura1958Points and Lines1958I Want to Be a Shellfish1958The Envoy1958Midair Circus1958Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi1958The Shogun’s Guard, ShinsengumiFurutaka Shuntaro1958おばこ船頭さん1958死の壁の脱出Azuma1958Souls in the Moonlight IIMomozo Zenriki1958Wind, Woman and Road1958Tales of Young Genji Kuro 21957Samurai Nippon1957Small Rats of the Edo TownTôzô1957The Temptress and the MonkMedicine seller1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraMatabei1956Dotanba1956Flesh Smuggling1956Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku1956Kobushidake denki1956Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku1956Satan's TownSasaki1956快傑耶茶坊1956Love is LostYoshizo1956Cell No. 81955Policeman's Diary, Part 21955Ejima and Ikushima奥山好竹院1955The Samurai of Edo1955Taira Clan SagaHeiroku1955振袖釼法大導寺平馬1955The Wolves1955The Dancer and Two Warriors1955Six Assassins1955Sisters1954Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi1954The Last WomenMakimura1954The Black Current1954The Story of Shunkin1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge1954Sansho the BailiffTaro1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love1953Hana no shôgai多田一郎1953Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha是枝七郎左衛門1953The Cannery BoatShibaura1953Hiren tsubaki1953Tower of Lilies1952Chronicle of the Bulbul1952August 15, 1945, New Dawn For JapanJunji Yoshida1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailIse1952お洒落狂女Togawa Kankyo1952治郎吉格子久六1951Lantern Under a Full Moon1950Listen to the Voices of the Sea1950Till We Meet Again1950Town of ViolenceEnomoto1949Koga Manshion1949Koi rōka1949Lady From Hell1948My Love on the Other Side of the MountainGoro Kitami1947ActressHaruyoshi Kobayashi1947Snow TrailHonda1946No Regrets for Our YouthItokawa1946As Long as I Live1946An Enemy of the People1946Hinoki Butai1945Three Women of the North1945A Tale of Archery at the SanjusangendoKazuma Hochino1945Duel at Yagyu ValleyShinohara Samanosuke1945Sanshiro Sugata, Part TwoGenzaburo Higaki1944Battle TroopMurakami1944Four Marriages1944The Most BeautifulFire and drum band instructor (uncredited)1943Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky1943Military Song of the Morning MistMaruge1943Sanshiro SugataYoshima Dan1943Kantaro of Ina1937Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn