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.

Known For

Sansho the Bailiff

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Sanshiro Sugata

Miyamoto Musashi

Three Gamblers

Taira Clan Saga

No Regrets for Our Youth

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

All Movies (144)

• Miyamoto Musashi1973 · as Kimura Sukekuro
• The Viper Brothers1971 · as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
• Okatsu the Fugitive1969
• New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21969
• Broken Swords1969
• Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman1969 · as Yasuke
• Farewell, My Beloved1969
• Traveling in Party1967
• Heiji, the Detective1967
• Invitation to Jail1967
• A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance1967
• Three Gamblers1967 · as Toyomatsu Inoue
• Nerves for Victory1966
• You and I1966
• Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · as Gennosuke Shioya
• Flame and the Code1966 · as Sadamitsu Gonda
• King of the Highway1965
• Adventures of Zatoichi1964 · as Intendant Gorota Kajima
• The Scarlet Camellia1964
• The Shape of Night1964
• Ocean Floor Crime #11964
• Ken1964 · as Kiuchi
• The Lord's spy1964
• Tange Sazen1963
• Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai1963
• Castle of Owls1963
• Tokyo Untouchable: Escape1963 · as Katagiri
• Kizu-darake no futeki-sha1963
• Fearful Witch1962
• Umineko ga tonde1962
• Hibari's Tale of Pathos1962
• Mid-August Commotion1962 · as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
• Zankokuna tsuki1962
• Mother Country1962
• The Escape1962
• Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey1962
• The Conspirator1961
• Restoration Fire1961 · as Heikichi
• Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia1961
• Kanbi no san-tō shain1961 · as Division chief Sawamura
• Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery1961 · as Cho
• Shiroi minamikaze1961
• A Fishwife's Tale1961
• The Harbor Lights1961
• Castle of Flames1960
• Challenge Beneath the Waves1960
• The Last Trump Card1960 · as Seigo Nakatsuka
• Hunting Opium-Eaters1960
• Ninja Assassins1960
• Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy1960
• The Man of Seven Faces1960 · as Jukichi Arao
• One Passed Through Hell1960
• Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō1960
• White Cliffs1960
• The Great Road1960
• Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû1960
• Police Precinct Part 121960
• When a Woman Loves1960 · as Okada
• Sword of Vision1959 · as Okubo Hikozaemon
• Night of the Suspicions1959
• A Dead Drifter1959
• Souls in the Moonlight III1959
• Happily Tied to the Road1959 · as Sanemon
• The Hidden Treasure1959
• The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight1959
• The Big Scoop: The Third Woman1959
• The Bastards of Lawless Town1959
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Kôno Taii
• The Outsiders1958 · as Doctor Kimura
• Points and Lines1958
• I Want to Be a Shellfish1958
• The Envoy1958
• Midair Circus1958
• Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi1958
• The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi1958 · as Furutaka Shuntaro
• おばこ船頭さん1958
• Souls in the Moonlight II1958 · as Momozo Zenriki
• Wind, Woman and Road1958
• Tales of Young Genji Kuro 21958
• Samurai Nippon1957
• Small Rats of the Edo Town1957 · as Tôzô
• The Temptress and the Monk1957 · as Medicine seller
• A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · as Matabei
• Dotanba1956
• Flesh Smuggling1956
• Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku1956
• Kobushidake denki1956
• Satan's Town1956 · as Sasaki
• 快傑耶茶坊1956
• Love is Lost1956 · as Yoshizo
• Cell No. 81956
• Policeman's Diary, Part 21955
• Ejima and Ikushima1955 · as 奥山好竹院
• The Samurai of Edo1955
• Taira Clan Saga1955 · as Heiroku
• 振袖釼法1955 · as 大導寺平馬
• The Wolves1955
• The Dancer and Two Warriors1955
• Six Assassins1955
• Sisters1955
• Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi1954
• The Last Women1954 · as Makimura
• The Black Current1954
• The Story of Shunkin1954
• The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge1954
• The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge1954
• Sansho the Bailiff1954 · as Taro
• The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love1954
• Hana no shôgai1953 · as 多田一郎
• Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha1953 · as 是枝七郎左衛門
• The Cannery Boat1953 · as Shibaura
• Hiren tsubaki1953
• Tower of Lilies1953
• Chronicle of the Bulbul1952
• August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan1952 · as Junji Yoshida
• The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952 · as Ise
• お洒落狂女1952 · as Togawa Kankyo
• 治郎吉格子1952 · as 久六
• Lantern Under a Full Moon1951
• Listen to the Voices of the Sea1950
• Till We Meet Again1950
• Town of Violence1950 · as Enomoto
• Koi rōka1949
• Lady From Hell1949
• My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain1948 · as Goro Kitami
• Actress1947 · as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
• Snow Trail1947 · as Honda
• No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · as Itokawa
• As Long as I Live1946
• An Enemy of the People1946
• Hinoki Butai1946
• Three Women of the North1945
• A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945 · as Kazuma Hochino
• Duel at Yagyu Valley1945 · as Shinohara Samanosuke
• Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two1945 · as Genzaburo Higaki
• Battle Troop1944 · as Murakami
• Four Marriages1944
• The Most Beautiful1944 · as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
• Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky1943
• Military Song of the Morning Mist1943 · as Maruge
• Sanshiro Sugata1943 · as Yoshima Dan
• Kantaro of Ina1943
• Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn1937
• The Gion Tempest— · as Sakakibara