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.
Acted in 154
1970s
- 1973
Miyamoto Musashi
Kimura Sukekuro
- 1971
The Viper Brothers
Kingoro The Tattoo Master
1960s
- 1969
Okatsu the Fugitive
Movie
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Movie
Broken Swords
Movie
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Yasuke
Farewell, My Beloved
Movie
- 1968
Witness of Hiroshima
Movie
- 1967
Heiji, the Detective
Movie
Invitation to Jail
Movie
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Movie
Three Gamblers
Toyomatsu Inoue
- 1966
Stray Dog
Movie
Nerves for Victory
Movie
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Gennosuke Shioya
Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
Hi No Taiko
Movie
- 1965
King of the Highway
Movie
- 1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
Ken
Kiuchi
The Lord's spy
Movie
- 1963
Tange Sazen
Movie
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Movie
Castle of Owls
Movie
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Katagiri
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Movie
- 1962
Umineko ga tonde
Movie
Mid-August Commotion
Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Zankokuna tsuki
Movie
Mother Country
Movie
The Escape
Movie
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Movie
- 1961
The Conspirator
Movie
Restoration Fire
Heikichi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Movie
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Division chief Sawamura
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Cho
Shiroi minamikaze
Movie
The Harbor Lights
Movie
- 1960
Castle of Flames
Movie
Challenge Beneath the Waves
Movie
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Movie
Ninja Assassins
Movie
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Movie
One Passed Through Hell
Movie
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
Movie
White Cliffs
Movie
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Movie
Police Precinct Part 12
Movie
When a Woman Loves
Okada
1950s
- 1959
Sword of Vision
Okubo Hikozaemon
Night of the Suspicions
Movie
Tsuma no kunshō
Movie
A Dead Drifter
Movie
Souls in the Moonlight III
Movie
Happily Tied to the Road
Sanemon
The Hidden Treasure
Movie
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Movie
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
Movie
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Movie
- 1958
The Outsiders
Doctor Kimura
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie
The Envoy
Movie
Midair Circus
Movie
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Movie
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Furutaka Shuntaro
おばこ船頭さん
Movie
Souls in the Moonlight II
Momozo Zenriki
Wind, Woman and Road
Movie
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Movie
- 1957
Samurai Nippon
Movie
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Tôzô
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Matabei
- 1956
Dotanba
Movie
Flesh Smuggling
Movie
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Movie
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
Movie
Love is Lost
Yoshizo
Cell No. 8
Movie
- 1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
奥山好竹院
The Samurai of Edo
Movie
Taira Clan Saga
Heiroku
振袖釼法
大導寺平馬
The Wolves
Movie
Sisters
Movie
- 1954
The Story of Shunkin
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
Movie
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Movie
- 1953
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
是枝七郎左衛門
Hiren tsubaki
Movie
Tower of Lilies
Movie
- 1952
Chronicle of the Bulbul
Movie
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Junji Yoshida
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
Castle of Carnage
Movie
- 1951
Kōruisō
Movie
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai
Movie
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Movie
- 1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Movie
Kazanmyaku
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie
Town of Violence
Enomoto
1940s
- 1949
Koga Manshion
Movie
Maboroshi fujin
Movie
Koi rōka
Movie
Lady From Hell
Movie
- 1948
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Goro Kitami
- 1947
Actress
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Snow Trail
Honda
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa
As Long as I Live
Movie
An Enemy of the People
Movie
Hinoki Butai
Movie
- 1945
Three Women of the North
Movie
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Shinohara Samanosuke
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Genzaburo Higaki
- 1944
Battle Troop
Murakami
Four Marriages
Movie
The Most Beautiful
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
- 1943
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Movie
Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan
Kantaro of Ina
Movie
