Akitake Kōno
Department: Acting
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
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Sisters
1955
Flesh Smuggling
1956
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
A Dead Drifter
1959
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
お洒落狂女
1952
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Cell No. 8
1956
Dotanba
1956
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
The Outsiders
1958
Mid-August Commotion
1962
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
Police Precinct Part 12
1960
One Passed Through Hell
1960
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Umineko ga tonde
1962
治郎吉格子
1952
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
Hana no shôgai
1953
The Story of Shunkin
1954
振袖釼法
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
When a Woman Loves
1960
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963
The Shape of Night
1964
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954
Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952
The Lord's spy
1964
The Most Beautiful
1944
Six Assassins
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
Snow Trail
1947
Kobushidake denki
1956
Battle Troop
1944
Till We Meet Again
1950
Heiji, the Detective
1967
The Conspirator
1961
快傑耶茶坊
1956
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
Points and Lines
1958
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
The Wolves
1955
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
Satan's Town
1956
Street of Violence
1950
Tange Sazen
1963
Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
Sword of Vision
1959
Three Women of the North
1945
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
The Cannery Boat
1953
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
Flame and the Code
1966
Broken Swords
1969
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
Castle of Owls
1963
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
The Black Current
1954
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
The Escape
1962
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
Ken
1964
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
King of the Highway
1965
Traveling in Party
1967
The Hidden Treasure
1959
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Love is Lost
1956
Castle of Flames
1960
Nerves for Victory
1966
The Envoy
1958
The Harbor Lights
1961
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
Four Marriages
1944
Tower of Lilies
1953
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Three Gamblers
1967
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Mother Country
1962
Actress
1947
As Long as I Live
1946
Lady From Hell
1949
The Last Women
1954
Restoration Fire
1961
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
Fearful Witch
1962
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
An Enemy of the People
1946
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
You and I
1966
Invitation to Jail
1967
Ninja Assassins
1960
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
The Great Road
1960
White Cliffs
1960
Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960
Midair Circus
1958
おばこ船頭さん
1958
The Gion Tempest
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白い南風
1961
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956
The Viper Brothers
1971
Hinoki Butai
1946
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
1959
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959