Akitake Kōno
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1911
- Died
- March 17, 1978 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Nagasaki, Japan
Biography
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
Filmography
Miyamoto Musashi
Movie · as Kimura Sukekuro
The Viper Brothers
Movie · as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Movie · as Yasuke
Broken Swords
Movie
Farewell, My Beloved
Movie
Okatsu the Fugitive
Movie
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Movie
Witness of Hiroshima
Movie
Heiji, the Detective
Movie
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Movie
Traveling in Party
Movie
Three Gamblers
Movie · as Toyomatsu Inoue
Invitation to Jail
Movie
Flame and the Code
Movie · as Sadamitsu Gonda
Nerves for Victory
Movie
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Movie · as Gennosuke Shioya
You and I
Movie
Hi No Taiko
Movie
Stray Dog
Movie
King of the Highway
Movie
The Scarlet Camellia
Movie
Adventures of Zatoichi
Movie · as Intendant Gorota Kajima
The Shape of Night
Movie
The Lord's spy
Movie
Ken
Movie · as Kiuchi
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Movie
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Movie
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Movie · as Katagiri
Tange Sazen
Movie
Castle of Owls
Movie
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Movie
Mid-August Commotion
Movie · as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Zankokuna tsuki
Movie
Umineko ga tonde
Movie
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Movie
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Movie
The Escape
Movie
Mother Country
Movie
Fearful Witch
Movie
The Conspirator
Movie
A Fishwife's Tale
Movie
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Movie · as Division chief Sawamura
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Movie · as Cho
The Harbor Lights
Movie
Restoration Fire
Movie · as Heikichi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Movie
Shiroi minamikaze
Movie
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Movie
Police Precinct Part 12
Movie
One Passed Through Hell
Movie
When a Woman Loves
Movie · as Okada
The Man of Seven Faces
Movie · as Jukichi Arao
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Movie
Castle of Flames
Movie
Ninja Assassins
Movie
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Movie
The Great Road
Movie
White Cliffs
Movie
Challenge Beneath the Waves
Movie
The Last Trump Card
Movie · as Seigo Nakatsuka
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
Movie
San kyōdai no kettō
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · as Kôno Taii
A Dead Drifter
Movie
Sword of Vision
Movie · as Okubo Hikozaemon
Souls in the Moonlight III
Movie
The Hidden Treasure
Movie
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Movie
Happily Tied to the Road
Movie · as Sanemon
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
Movie
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Movie
Night of the Suspicions
Movie
Tsuma no kunshō
Movie
The Outsiders
Movie · as Doctor Kimura
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Movie
Points and Lines
Movie
Wind, Woman and Road
Movie
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Movie · as Furutaka Shuntaro
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Movie
Souls in the Moonlight II
Movie · as Momozo Zenriki
The Envoy
Movie
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie
Midair Circus
Movie
おばこ船頭さん
Movie
The Gion Tempest
Movie · as Sakakibara
死の壁の脱出
Movie · as Azuma
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Movie · as Tôzô
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie · as Matabei
The Temptress and the Monk
Movie · as Medicine seller
Samurai Nippon
Movie
Flesh Smuggling
Movie
Cell No. 8
Movie
Dotanba
Movie
Kobushidake denki
Movie
快傑耶茶坊
Movie
Satan's Town
Movie · as Sasaki
Love is Lost
Movie · as Yoshizo
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Movie
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
Movie
Sisters
Movie
Taira Clan Saga
Movie · as Heiroku
振袖釼法
Movie · as 大導寺平馬
Ejima and Ikushima
Movie · as 奥山好竹院
Six Assassins
Movie
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Movie
The Wolves
Movie
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Movie
The Samurai of Edo
Movie
Sansho the Bailiff
Movie · as Taro
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Movie
The Story of Shunkin
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
Movie
The Black Current
Movie
The Last Women
Movie · as Makimura
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Movie · as 是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai
Movie · as 多田一郎
The Cannery Boat
Movie · as Shibaura
Tower of Lilies
Movie
Hiren tsubaki
Movie
Coming Up of Kodokan
Movie
Seki no yatappe
Movie
Shunsetsu no mon
Movie
Outlaw
Movie
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Movie · as Ise
お洒落狂女
Movie · as Togawa Kankyo
治郎吉格子
Movie · as 久六
Chronicle of the Bulbul
Movie
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Movie · as Junji Yoshida
Castle of Carnage
Movie
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Movie
Kōruisō
Movie
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
Movie
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie
Town of Violence
Movie · as Enomoto
Kazanmyaku
Movie
Kaikyo no same
Movie
Lady From Hell
Movie
Koi rōka
Movie
Koga Manshion
Movie
Chobei the Rogue
Movie
Maboroshi fujin
Movie
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Movie · as Goro Kitami
Snow Trail
Movie · as Honda
Actress
Movie · as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
No Regrets for Our Youth
Movie · as Itokawa
As Long as I Live
Movie
An Enemy of the People
Movie
Hinoki Butai
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Movie · as Genzaburo Higaki
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Movie · as Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Movie · as Shinohara Samanosuke
Three Women of the North
Movie
The Most Beautiful
Movie · as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Battle Troop
Movie · as Murakami
Four Marriages
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata
Movie · as Yoshima Dan
Kantaro of Ina
Movie
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Movie · as Maruge
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Movie
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Movie