Akitake Kōno
Acting

Akitake Kōno

Born 8 October 1911 · Nagasaki, Japan · Died 17 March 1978

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
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Sanshiro Sugata
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
No Regrets for Our Youth
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Adventures of Zatoichi
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Taira Clan Saga
Snow Trail
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Ken
Miyamoto Musashi
The Viper Brothers
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Broken Swords
Farewell, My Beloved
Okatsu the Fugitive
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Witness of Hiroshima
Heiji, the Detective
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Traveling in Party
Three Gamblers
Invitation to Jail
Flame and the Code
Nerves for Victory
Japan's Most Chivalrous
You and I
Hi No Taiko
King of the Highway
The Scarlet Camellia
Adventures of Zatoichi
The Shape of Night
The Lord's spy
Ken
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Tange Sazen
Castle of Owls
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Mid-August Commotion
Zankokuna tsuki
Umineko ga tonde
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
The Escape
Mother Country
Fearful Witch
The Conspirator
A Fishwife's Tale
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
The Harbor Lights
Restoration Fire
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Shiroi minamikaze
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Police Precinct Part 12
One Passed Through Hell
When a Woman Loves
The Man of Seven Faces
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Castle of Flames
Ninja Assassins
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
The Great Road
White Cliffs
Challenge Beneath the Waves
The Last Trump Card
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
San kyōdai no kettō
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
A Dead Drifter
Sword of Vision
Souls in the Moonlight III
The Hidden Treasure
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Happily Tied to the Road
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Night of the Suspicions
Tsuma no kunshō
The Outsiders
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Points and Lines
Wind, Woman and Road
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Souls in the Moonlight II
The Envoy
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Midair Circus
おばこ船頭さん
The Gion Tempest
死の壁の脱出
Small Rats of the Edo Town
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
The Temptress and the Monk
Samurai Nippon
Flesh Smuggling
Cell No. 8
Dotanba
Satan's Town
Love is Lost
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
Sisters
Taira Clan Saga
振袖釼法
Ejima and Ikushima
Six Assassins
The Dancer and Two Warriors
The Wolves
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
The Samurai of Edo
Sansho the Bailiff
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
The Story of Shunkin
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
The Black Current
The Last Women
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Hana no shôgai
The Cannery Boat
Tower of Lilies
Hiren tsubaki
Shunsetsu no mon
Outlaw
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
治郎吉格子
Chronicle of the Bulbul
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Castle of Carnage
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Kōruisō
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Till We Meet Again
Town of Violence
Kazanmyaku
Lady From Hell
Koi rōka
Koga Manshion
Maboroshi fujin
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Snow Trail
Actress
No Regrets for Our Youth
As Long as I Live
An Enemy of the People
Hinoki Butai
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Three Women of the North
Battle Troop
Four Marriages
Sanshiro Sugata
Kantaro of Ina
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Akitake Kōno · Midrow