Akitake Kōno
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Acting Credits
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
1973
as Kimura Sukekuro
The Viper Brothers
1971
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
as Yasuke
Broken Swords
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Heiji, the Detective
1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
Traveling in Party
1967
Three Gamblers
1967
as Toyomatsu Inoue
Invitation to Jail
1967
Flame and the Code
1966
as Sadamitsu Gonda
Nerves for Victory
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Gennosuke Shioya
You and I
1966
Hi No Taiko
1966
King of the Highway
1965
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
The Shape of Night
1964
The Lord's spy
1964
Ken
1964
as Kiuchi
Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
as Katagiri
Tange Sazen
1963
Castle of Owls
1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Mid-August Commotion
1962
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
The Escape
1962
Mother Country
1962
Fearful Witch
1962
The Conspirator
1961
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
as Division chief Sawamura
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
as Cho
The Harbor Lights
1961
Restoration Fire
1961
as Heikichi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Shiroi minamikaze
1961
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
Police Precinct Part 12
1960
One Passed Through Hell
1960
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Okada
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
as Jukichi Arao
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
Castle of Flames
1960
Ninja Assassins
1960
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
The Great Road
1960
White Cliffs
1960
Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Seigo Nakatsuka
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
1960
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kôno Taii
A Dead Drifter
1959
Sword of Vision
1959
as Okubo Hikozaemon
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
The Hidden Treasure
1959
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
as Sanemon
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
1959
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
Night of the Suspicions
1959
The Outsiders
1958
as Doctor Kimura
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
Points and Lines
1958
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
as Furutaka Shuntaro
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Momozo Zenriki
The Envoy
1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
Midair Circus
1958
おばこ船頭さん
1958
The Gion Tempest
1958
as Sakakibara
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Azuma
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Tôzô
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Matabei
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Medicine seller
Samurai Nippon
1957
Flesh Smuggling
1956
Cell No. 8
1956
Dotanba
1956
Kobushidake denki
1956
快傑耶茶坊
1956
Satan's Town
1956
as Sasaki
Love is Lost
1956
as Yoshizo
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956
Sisters
1955
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Heiroku
振袖釼法
1955
as 大導寺平馬
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 奥山好竹院
Six Assassins
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
The Wolves
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Taro
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
The Story of Shunkin
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954
The Black Current
1954
The Last Women
1954
as Makimura
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai
1953
as 多田一郎
The Cannery Boat
1953
as Shibaura
Tower of Lilies
1953
Hiren tsubaki
1953
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Seki no yatappe
1953
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Outlaw
1953
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Ise
お洒落狂女
1952
as Togawa Kankyo
治郎吉格子
1952
as 久六
Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952
as Junji Yoshida
Castle of Carnage
1952
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Kōruisō
1951
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
1951
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Till We Meet Again
1950
Town of Violence
1950
as Enomoto
Kazanmyaku
1950
Kaikyo no same
1950
Lady From Hell
1949
Koi rōka
1949
Koga Manshion
1949
Chobei the Rogue
1949
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
as Goro Kitami
Snow Trail
1947
as Honda
Actress
1947
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Itokawa
As Long as I Live
1946
An Enemy of the People
1946
Hinoki Butai
1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Genzaburo Higaki
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
as Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Shinohara Samanosuke
Three Women of the North
1945
The Most Beautiful
1944
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Battle Troop
1944
as Murakami
Four Marriages
1944
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Yoshima Dan
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
as Maruge
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937