Akitake Kōno
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1911-10-08
- Died
- 1978-03-17
- Place of birth
- Nagasaki, Japan
- Also known as
- Akitake Kono · 山崎進蔵 · Akitake Kôno
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
Movies (142)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kôno Taii

Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Taro

Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Yoshima Dan

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Ise

The Wolves
1955

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Matabei

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Itokawa

The Most Beautiful
1944
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Genzaburo Higaki

Miyamoto Musashi
1973
as Kimura Sukekuro

Snow Trail
1947
as Honda

The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Medicine seller

Dotanba
1956

Town of Violence
1950
as Enomoto

Points and Lines
1958

The Escape
1962

Lady From Hell
1949

Tower of Lilies
1953

Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Heiroku

Three Women of the North
1945

The Scarlet Camellia
1964

The Great Road
1960

Restoration Fire
1961
as Heikichi

An Enemy of the People
1946

Nerves for Victory
1966

Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Momozo Zenriki

Mid-August Commotion
1962
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka

Three Gamblers
1967
as Toyomatsu Inoue

The Shape of Night
1964

The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962

Hana no shôgai
1953
as 多田一郎

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962

The Outsiders
1958
as Doctor Kimura

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
as Cho

The Man of Seven Faces
1960
as Jukichi Arao

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
as Yasuke

Actress
1947
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi

Battle Troop
1944
as Murakami

The Samurai of Edo
1955

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958

Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
as Intendant Gorota Kajima

治郎吉格子
1952
as 久六

Ninja Assassins
1960

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954

The Lord's spy
1964

The Conspirator
1961

Till We Meet Again
1950

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960

You and I
1966

Love is Lost
1956
as Yoshizo

Ken
1964
as Kiuchi

Castle of Owls
1963

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955

Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Gennosuke Shioya

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969

The Viper Brothers
1971
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master

The Hidden Treasure
1959

Tange Sazen
1963

Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Shinohara Samanosuke

A Fishwife's Tale
1961

The Last Women
1954
as Makimura

Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960

Broken Swords
1969

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963

Okatsu the Fugitive
1969

A Dead Drifter
1959

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
as Furutaka Shuntaro

Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 奥山好竹院

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967

Souls in the Moonlight III
1959

Zankokuna tsuki
1962

白い南風
1961

振袖釼法
1955
as 大導寺平馬
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
as Maruge

Heiji, the Detective
1967

Midair Circus
1958

Sword of Vision
1959
as Okubo Hikozaemon

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954

Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952

The Black Current
1954

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 是枝七郎左衛門

The Cannery Boat
1953
as Shibaura

Six Assassins
1955

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955

Mother Country
1962

Umineko ga tonde
1962

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
as Kazuma Hochino

The Story of Shunkin
1954

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950

White Cliffs
1960

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
as Katagiri

Cell No. 8
1956

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937

Traveling in Party
1967

Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964

Happily Tied to the Road
1959
as Sanemon

Kantaro of Ina
1943
お洒落狂女
1952
as Togawa Kankyo

Sisters
1955

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963

Flame and the Code
1966
as Sadamitsu Gonda
Kobushidake denki
1956

Four Marriages
1944

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954

Farewell, My Beloved
1969

The Envoy
1958

Flesh Smuggling
1956

Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Tôzô

The Harbor Lights
1961

Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960

Invitation to Jail
1967

Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956

The Last Trump Card
1960
as Seigo Nakatsuka

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954

Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
as Division chief Sawamura
About Akitake Kōno
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. With 142 credits spanning from 1937 to 1973, Akitake Kōno has appeared in 142 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Akitake Kōno Movies
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — as Kôno Taii
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — as Taro
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943) — as Yoshima Dan
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) — as Ise
- The Wolves (1955)
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