
Akitake Kōno
Acting
- Born:
- 1911-10-08
- Died:
- 1978-03-17
- Place of birth:
- 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

The Viper Brothers

Okatsu the Fugitive

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Broken Swords

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Farewell, My Beloved

Witness of Hiroshima

Traveling in Party

Heiji, the Detective

Invitation to Jail

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

Three Gamblers

Nerves for Victory

You and I

Japan's Most Chivalrous

Flame and the Code

Hi No Taiko

King of the Highway

Adventures of Zatoichi

The Scarlet Camellia

The Shape of Night

Ocean Floor Crime #1

Ken

The Lord's spy

Tange Sazen

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Castle of Owls

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

Fearful Witch

Umineko ga tonde
Hibari's Tale of Pathos

Mid-August Commotion

Zankokuna tsuki

Mother Country

The Escape

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

The Conspirator

Restoration Fire

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

Kanbi no san-tō shain

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Shiroi minamikaze

A Fishwife's Tale

The Harbor Lights

San kyōdai no kettō

Castle of Flames

Challenge Beneath the Waves

The Last Trump Card

Hunting Opium-Eaters

Ninja Assassins

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

The Man of Seven Faces

One Passed Through Hell

Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō

White Cliffs

The Great Road

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû

Police Precinct Part 12

When a Woman Loves

Sword of Vision

Night of the Suspicions

Tsuma no kunshō

A Dead Drifter

Souls in the Moonlight III

Happily Tied to the Road

The Hidden Treasure

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman

The Bastards of Lawless Town

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Outsiders

Points and Lines

I Want to Be a Shellfish

The Envoy

Midair Circus

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

おばこ船頭さん

死の壁の脱出

The Gion Tempest

Souls in the Moonlight II

Wind, Woman and Road

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

Samurai Nippon

Small Rats of the Edo Town

The Temptress and the Monk

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Dotanba

Flesh Smuggling

Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Kobushidake denki

Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku

Satan's Town
快傑耶茶坊

Love is Lost

Cell No. 8

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Ejima and Ikushima

The Samurai of Edo

Taira Clan Saga

振袖釼法

The Wolves

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Six Assassins

Sisters

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

The Last Women

The Black Current

The Story of Shunkin

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge

Sansho the Bailiff

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

Outlaw

Hana no shôgai

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

The Cannery Boat

Shunsetsu no mon
Seki no yatappe

Hiren tsubaki
Coming Up of Kodokan

Tower of Lilies

Chronicle of the Bulbul

August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
お洒落狂女

Castle of Carnage

治郎吉格子

Kōruisō

Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai

Lantern Under a Full Moon
Kaikyo no same

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Kazanmyaku

Till We Meet Again

Town of Violence

Koga Manshion
Chobei the Rogue

Maboroshi fujin

Koi rōka

Lady From Hell

My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain

Actress

Snow Trail

No Regrets for Our Youth

As Long as I Live

An Enemy of the People

Hinoki Butai

Three Women of the North

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Duel at Yagyu Valley

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

Battle Troop

Four Marriages

The Most Beautiful

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Military Song of the Morning Mist

Sanshiro Sugata

Kantaro of Ina

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn