Akitake Kōno

Acting

Akitake Kōno

Born 8 October 1911 · Nagasaki, Japan · Died 17 March 1978 at 66

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

Highlights

Sansho the Bailiff1954 · Film · Taro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · Film · Kôno Taii
Sanshiro Sugata1943 · Film · Yoshima Dan
No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · Film · Itokawa
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952 · Film · Ise
Adventures of Zatoichi1964 · Film · Intendant Gorota Kajima

Filmography

Movies

153 films

Miyamoto Musashi1973 · Film · Kimura Sukekuro
The Viper Brothers1971 · Film · Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Okatsu the Fugitive1969 · Film
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21969 · Film
Broken Swords1969 · Film
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman1969 · Film · Yasuke
Farewell, My Beloved1969 · Film
Witness of Hiroshima1968 · Film
Traveling in Party1967 · Film
Heiji, the Detective1967 · Film
Invitation to Jail1967 · Film
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance1967 · Film
Three Gamblers1967 · Film · Toyomatsu Inoue
Nerves for Victory1966 · Film
You and I1966 · Film
Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · Film · Gennosuke Shioya
Flame and the Code1966 · Film · Sadamitsu Gonda
Hi No Taiko1966 · Film
King of the Highway1965 · Film
Adventures of Zatoichi1964 · Film · Intendant Gorota Kajima
The Scarlet Camellia1964 · Film
The Shape of Night1964 · Film
Ocean Floor Crime #11964 · Film
Ken1964 · Film · Kiuchi
The Lord's spy1964 · Film
Tange Sazen1963 · Film
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai1963 · Film
Castle of Owls1963 · Film
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape1963 · Film · Katagiri
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha1963 · Film
Fearful Witch1962 · Film
Umineko ga tonde1962 · Film
Mid-August Commotion1962 · Film · Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Zankokuna tsuki1962 · Film
Mother Country1962 · Film
The Escape1962 · Film
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey1962 · Film
The Conspirator1961 · Film
Restoration Fire1961 · Film · Heikichi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia1961 · Film
Kanbi no san-tō shain1961 · Film · Division chief Sawamura
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery1961 · Film · Cho
Shiroi minamikaze1961 · Film
A Fishwife's Tale1961 · Film
The Harbor Lights1961 · Film
San kyōdai no kettō1960 · Film
Castle of Flames1960 · Film
Challenge Beneath the Waves1960 · Film
The Last Trump Card1960 · Film · Seigo Nakatsuka
Hunting Opium-Eaters1960 · Film
Ninja Assassins1960 · Film
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy1960 · Film
The Man of Seven Faces1960 · Film · Jukichi Arao
One Passed Through Hell1960 · Film
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō1960 · Film
White Cliffs1960 · Film
The Great Road1960 · Film
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû1960 · Film
Police Precinct Part 121960 · Film
When a Woman Loves1960 · Film · Okada
Sword of Vision1959 · Film · Okubo Hikozaemon
Night of the Suspicions1959 · Film
Tsuma no kunshō1959 · Film
A Dead Drifter1959 · Film
Souls in the Moonlight III1959 · Film
Happily Tied to the Road1959 · Film · Sanemon
The Hidden Treasure1959 · Film
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight1959 · Film
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman1959 · Film
The Bastards of Lawless Town1959 · Film
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · Film · Kôno Taii
The Outsiders1958 · Film · Doctor Kimura
Points and Lines1958 · Film
I Want to Be a Shellfish1958 · Film
The Envoy1958 · Film
Midair Circus1958 · Film
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi1958 · Film
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi1958 · Film · Furutaka Shuntaro
おばこ船頭さん1958 · Film
死の壁の脱出1958 · Film · Azuma
The Gion Tempest1958 · Film · Sakakibara
Souls in the Moonlight II1958 · Film · Momozo Zenriki
Wind, Woman and Road1958 · Film
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 21958 · Film
Samurai Nippon1957 · Film
Small Rats of the Edo Town1957 · Film · Tôzô
The Temptress and the Monk1957 · Film · Medicine seller
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · Film · Matabei
Dotanba1956 · Film
Flesh Smuggling1956 · Film
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku1956 · Film
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku1956 · Film
Satan's Town1956 · Film · Sasaki
Love is Lost1956 · Film · Yoshizo
Cell No. 81956 · Film
Policeman's Diary, Part 21955 · Film
Ejima and Ikushima1955 · Film · 奥山好竹院
The Samurai of Edo1955 · Film
Taira Clan Saga1955 · Film · Heiroku
振袖釼法1955 · Film · 大導寺平馬
The Wolves1955 · Film
The Dancer and Two Warriors1955 · Film
Six Assassins1955 · Film
Sisters1955 · Film
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi1954 · Film
The Last Women1954 · Film · Makimura
The Black Current1954 · Film
The Story of Shunkin1954 · Film
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge1954 · Film
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge1954 · Film
Sansho the Bailiff1954 · Film · Taro
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love1954 · Film
Outlaw1953 · Film
Hana no shôgai1953 · Film · 多田一郎
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha1953 · Film · 是枝七郎左衛門
The Cannery Boat1953 · Film · Shibaura
Shunsetsu no mon1953 · Film
Hiren tsubaki1953 · Film
Tower of Lilies1953 · Film
Chronicle of the Bulbul1952 · Film
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan1952 · Film · Junji Yoshida
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952 · Film · Ise
Castle of Carnage1952 · Film
治郎吉格子1952 · Film · 久六
Kōruisō1951 · Film
Waga ichidaka jidai no hanzai1951 · Film
Lantern Under a Full Moon1951 · Film
Listen to the Voices of the Sea1950 · Film
Kazanmyaku1950 · Film
Till We Meet Again1950 · Film
Town of Violence1950 · Film · Enomoto
Koga Manshion1949 · Film
Maboroshi fujin1949 · Film
Koi rōka1949 · Film
Lady From Hell1949 · Film
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain1948 · Film · Goro Kitami
Actress1947 · Film · Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Snow Trail1947 · Film · Honda
No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · Film · Itokawa
As Long as I Live1946 · Film
An Enemy of the People1946 · Film
Hinoki Butai1946 · Film
Three Women of the North1945 · Film
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945 · Film · Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley1945 · Film · Shinohara Samanosuke
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two1945 · Film · Genzaburo Higaki
Battle Troop1944 · Film · Murakami
Four Marriages1944 · Film
The Most Beautiful1944 · Film · Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky1943 · Film
Sanshiro Sugata1943 · Film · Yoshima Dan
Kantaro of Ina1943 · Film
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn1937 · Film