Akitake Kōno

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1911-10-08

Place of Birth

Nagasaki, Japan
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Akitake Kōno

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.

Acting History

1973
Miyamoto Musashi as Kimura Sukekuro
1971
The Viper Brothers as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
1969
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Broken Swords
1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman as Yasuke
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
1967
Traveling in Party
1967
Heiji, the Detective
1967
Invitation to Jail
1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
Three Gamblers as Toyomatsu Inoue
1966
Nerves for Victory
1966
You and I
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous as Gennosuke Shioya
1966
Flame and the Code as Sadamitsu Gonda
1965
King of the Highway
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi as Intendant Gorota Kajima
1964
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
The Shape of Night
1964
Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964
Ken as Kiuchi
1964
The Lord's spy
1963
Tange Sazen
1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Castle of Owls
1963
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Katagiri
1963
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1962
Fearful Witch
1962
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
Mid-August Commotion as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
1962
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
Mother Country
1962
The Escape
1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1961
The Conspirator
1961
Restoration Fire as Heikichi
1961
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Kanbi no san-tō shain as Division chief Sawamura
1961
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery as Cho
1961
白い南風
1961
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
The Harbor Lights
1960
Castle of Flames
1960
Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
Ninja Assassins
1960
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
The Man of Seven Faces as Jukichi Arao
1960
One Passed Through Hell
1960
White Cliffs
1960
The Great Road
1960
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
Police Precinct Part 12
1960
When a Woman Loves as Okada
1959
Sword of Vision as Okubo Hikozaemon
1959
A Dead Drifter
1959
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
Happily Tied to the Road as Sanemon
1959
The Hidden Treasure
1959
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kôno Taii
1958
The Outsiders as Doctor Kimura
1958
Points and Lines
1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
The Envoy
1958
Midair Circus
1958
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi as Furutaka Shuntaro
1958
おばこ船頭さん
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II as Momozo Zenriki
1958
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town as Tôzô
1957
The Temptress and the Monk as Medicine seller
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Matabei
1956
Dotanba
1956
Flesh Smuggling
1956
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956
Kobushidake denki
1956
Satan's Town as Sasaki
1956
快傑耶茶坊
1956
Love is Lost as Yoshizo
1956
Cell No. 8
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Ejima and Ikushima as 奥山好竹院
1955
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Taira Clan Saga as Heiroku
1955
振袖釼法 as 大導寺平馬
1955
The Wolves
1955
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
Six Assassins
1955
Sisters
1954
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
The Last Women as Makimura
1954
The Black Current
1954
The Story of Shunkin
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
Sansho the Bailiff as Taro
1954
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1953
Hana no shôgai as 多田一郎
1953
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha as 是枝七郎左衛門
1953
The Cannery Boat as Shibaura
1953
Tower of Lilies
1952
Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail as Ise
1952
お洒落狂女 as Togawa Kankyo
1952
治郎吉格子 as 久六
1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
Till We Meet Again
1950
Street of Violence as Enomoto
1949
Lady From Hell
1947
Actress as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
1947
Snow Trail as Honda
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth as Itokawa
1946
As Long as I Live
1946
An Enemy of the People
1946
Hinoki butai
1945
Three Women of the North
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo as Kazuma Hochino
1945
Duel at Yagyu Valley as Shinohara Samanosuke
1945
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two as Genzaburo Higaki
1944
Battle Troop as Murakami
1944
Four Marriages
1944
The Most Beautiful as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
1943
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Military Song of the Morning Mist as Maruge
1943
Sanshiro Sugata as Yoshima Dan
1943
Kantaro of Ina
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
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The Gion Tempest as Sakakibara