Akitake Kōno
Acting
Born October 8, 1911 · 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 · 40 titles
Sansho the Bailiff
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Fearful Witch
As Long as I Live
When a Woman Loves
The Harbor Lights
Castle of Flames
The Black Current
King of the Highway
Flame and the Code
Four Marriages
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Sanshiro Sugata
Actress
No Regrets for Our Youth
Ejima and Ikushima
Battle Troop
Police Precinct Part 12
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
The Scarlet Camellia
The Most Beautiful
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Taira Clan Saga
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Points and Lines
Wind, Woman and Road
Hiren tsubaki
Lantern Under a Full Moon
死の壁の脱出
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Adventures of Zatoichi
The Shape of Night
Miyamoto Musashi
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Satan's Town
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Samurai Nippon
Till We Meet Again