Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno (66)

1911-10-08 - 1978-03-17 | Nagasaki, Japan

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.

On Movies

  • Miyamoto Musashi
  • Okatsu the Fugitive
  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
  • Broken Swords
  • Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
  • Farewell, My Beloved
  • Traveling in Party
  • Heiji, the Detective
  • Three Gamblers
  • Nerves for Victory
  • Adventures of Zatoichi
  • The Scarlet Camellia
  • The Shape of Night
  • Ken
  • The Lord's spy
  • Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
  • Castle of Owls
  • Hibari's Tale of Pathos
  • Mother Country
  • The Escape
  • Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
  • The Conspirator
  • Restoration Fire
  • Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
  • 寛美の三等社員
  • Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
  • A Fishwife's Tale
  • Castle of Flames
  • Challenge Beneath the Waves
  • Hunting Opium-Eaters
  • Ninja Assassins
  • Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
  • The Man of Seven Faces
  • White Cliffs
  • Sword of Vision
  • When a Woman Loves
  • Souls in the Moonlight III
  • Happily Tied to the Road
  • The Hidden Treasure
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • The Outsiders
  • Points and Lines
  • Midair Circus
  • Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
  • The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
  • Souls in the Moonlight II
  • Wind, Woman and Road
  • Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
  • Small Rats of the Edo Town
  • The Temptress and the Monk
  • A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
  • Dotanba
  • Satan's Town
  • Love is Lost
  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2
  • Ejima and Ikushima
  • The Samurai of Edo
  • Taira Clan Saga
  • The Wolves
  • Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
  • The Last Women
  • The Black Current
  • The Story of Shunkin
  • The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
  • The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
  • Sansho the Bailiff
  • The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
  • Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
  • The Cannery Boat
  • Tower of Lilies
  • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
  • Listen to the Voices of the Sea
  • Till We Meet Again
  • Street of Violence
  • Lady From Hell
  • Actress
  • Snow Trail
  • No Regrets for Our Youth
  • An Enemy of the People
  • Three Women of the North
  • A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
  • Duel at Yagyu Valley
  • Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
  • Battle Troop
  • The Most Beautiful
  • Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
  • Military Song of the Morning Mist
  • Sanshiro Sugata
  • Kantaro of Ina
  • Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

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