Akitake Kōno
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-10-08
Day of Death
1978-03-17 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Nagasaki, Japan
Akitake Kōno
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
Acting
(1973)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Kimura Sukekuro
(1971)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
as Yasuke
(1969)
(1969)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Three Gamblers
as Toyomatsu Inoue
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Gennosuke Shioya
(1966)
(1966)
Flame and the Code
as Sadamitsu Gonda
(1965)
(1964)
Ken
as Kiuchi
(1964)
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
as Katagiri
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
寛美の三等社員
as Division chief Sawamura
(1961)
(1961)
Restoration Fire
as Heikichi
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Man of Seven Faces
as Jukichi Arao
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii
(1959)
(1959)
Sword of Vision
as Okubo Hikozaemon
(1959)
(1959)
Happily Tied to the Road
as Sanemon
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
When a Woman Loves
as Okada
(1958)
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Momozo Zenriki
(1958)
(1958)
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
as Furutaka Shuntaro
(1958)
The Outsiders
as Doctor Kimura
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Matabei
(1957)
Small Rats of the Edo Town
as Tôzô
(1957)
The Temptress and the Monk
as Medicine seller
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Love is Lost
as Yoshizo
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Satan's Town
as Sasaki
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
as Heiroku
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
振袖釼法
as 大導寺平馬
(1955)
Ejima and Ikushima
as 奥山好竹院
(1954)
Sansho the Bailiff
as Taro
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
The Last Women
as Makimura
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
(1953)
The Cannery Boat
as Shibaura
(1953)
Hana no shôgai
as 多田一郎
(1953)
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 是枝七郎左衛門
(1952)
(1952)
お洒落狂女
as Togawa Kankyo
(1952)
(1952)
治郎吉格子
as 久六
(1951)
(1950)
(1950)
Street of Violence
as Enomoto
(1950)
(1949)
(1947)
Snow Trail
as Honda
(1947)
Actress
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
(1946)
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Itokawa
(1946)
(1946)
(1945)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki
(1945)
Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Shinohara Samanosuke
(1945)
(1945)
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kazuma Hochino
(1944)
The Most Beautiful
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
(1944)
Battle Troop
as Murakami
(1944)
(1943)
Sanshiro Sugata
as Yoshima Dan
(1943)
(1943)
(1943)
Military Song of the Morning Mist
as Maruge
(1937)