Acting · Nagasaki, Japan · Born October 8, 1911
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.
MovieMiyamoto Musashi
1973
as Kimura Sukekuro
MovieThe Viper Brothers
1971
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
MovieOkatsu the Fugitive
1969
MovieNew Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
MovieBroken Swords
1969
MovieCrimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
as Yasuke
MovieFarewell, My Beloved
1969
MovieTraveling in Party
1967
MovieHeiji, the Detective
1967
MovieInvitation to Jail
1967
MovieA History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
MovieThree Gamblers
1967
as Toyomatsu Inoue
MovieNerves for Victory
1966
MovieYou and I
1966
MovieJapan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Gennosuke Shioya
MovieFlame and the Code
1966
as Sadamitsu Gonda
MovieKing of the Highway
1965
MovieAdventures of Zatoichi
1964
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
MovieThe Scarlet Camellia
1964
MovieThe Shape of Night
1964
MovieOcean Floor Crime #1
1964
MovieKen
1964
as Kiuchi
MovieThe Lord's spy
1964
MovieTange Sazen
1963
MovieTragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
MovieCastle of Owls
1963
MovieTokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
as Katagiri
MovieKizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963
MovieFearful Witch
1962
MovieUmineko ga tonde
1962
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
MovieMid-August Commotion
1962
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
MovieZankokuna tsuki
1962
MovieMother Country
1962
MovieThe Escape
1962
MovieTravels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
MovieThe Conspirator
1961
MovieRestoration Fire
1961
as Heikichi
MovieCase of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
MovieKanbi no san-tō shain
1961
as Division chief Sawamura
MovieOfficer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
as Cho
MovieShiroi minamikaze
1961
MovieA Fishwife's Tale
1961
MovieThe Harbor Lights
1961
MovieCastle of Flames
1960
MovieChallenge Beneath the Waves
1960
MovieThe Last Trump Card
1960
as Seigo Nakatsuka
MovieHunting Opium-Eaters
1960
MovieNinja Assassins
1960
MovieOutlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
MovieThe Man of Seven Faces
1960
as Jukichi Arao
MovieOne Passed Through Hell
1960
MovieKuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
1960
MovieWhite Cliffs
1960
MovieThe Great Road
1960
MovieAyausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
MoviePolice Precinct Part 12
1960
MovieWhen a Woman Loves
1960
as Okada
MovieSword of Vision
1959
as Okubo Hikozaemon
MovieNight of the Suspicions
1959
MovieA Dead Drifter
1959
MovieSouls in the Moonlight III
1959
MovieHappily Tied to the Road
1959
as Sanemon
MovieThe Hidden Treasure
1959
MovieThe Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
MovieThe Big Scoop: The Third Woman
1959
MovieThe Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
MovieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kôno Taii
MovieThe Outsiders
1958
as Doctor Kimura
MoviePoints and Lines
1958
MovieI Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
MovieThe Envoy
1958
MovieMidair Circus
1958
MovieTaikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
MovieThe Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
as Furutaka Shuntaro
Movieおばこ船頭さん
1958
Movie死の壁の脱出
1958
as Azuma
MovieSouls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Momozo Zenriki
MovieWind, Woman and Road
1958
MovieTales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
MovieSamurai Nippon
1957
MovieSmall Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Tôzô
MovieThe Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Medicine seller
MovieA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Matabei
MovieDotanba
1956
MovieFlesh Smuggling
1956
MovieKobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956
Kobushidake denki
1956
MovieKobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956
MovieSatan's Town
1956
as Sasaki
快傑耶茶坊
1956
MovieLove is Lost
1956
as Yoshizo
MovieCell No. 8
1956
MoviePoliceman's Diary, Part 2
1955
MovieEjima and Ikushima
1955
as 奥山好竹院
MovieThe Samurai of Edo
1955
MovieTaira Clan Saga
1955
as Heiroku
Movie振袖釼法
1955
as 大導寺平馬
MovieThe Wolves
1955
MovieThe Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
MovieSix Assassins
1955
MovieSisters
1955
MovieHatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
MovieThe Last Women
1954
as Makimura
MovieThe Black Current
1954
MovieThe Story of Shunkin
1954
MovieThe Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954
MovieThe Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
MovieSansho the Bailiff
1954
as Taro
MovieThe Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954
MovieHana no shôgai
1953
as 多田一郎
MovieKurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 是枝七郎左衛門
MovieThe Cannery Boat
1953
as Shibaura
MovieHiren tsubaki
1953
MovieTower of Lilies
1953
MovieChronicle of the Bulbul
1952
MovieAugust 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952
as Junji Yoshida
MovieThe Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Ise
お洒落狂女
1952
as Togawa Kankyo
Movie治郎吉格子
1952
as 久六
MovieLantern Under a Full Moon
1951
MovieListen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
MovieTill We Meet Again
1950
MovieTown of Violence
1950
as Enomoto
MovieKoga Manshion
1949
MovieKoi rōka
1949
MovieLady From Hell
1949
MovieMy Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
as Goro Kitami
MovieActress
1947
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
MovieSnow Trail
1947
as Honda
MovieNo Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Itokawa
MovieAs Long as I Live
1946
MovieAn Enemy of the People
1946
MovieHinoki Butai
1946
MovieThree Women of the North
1945
MovieA Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
as Kazuma Hochino
MovieDuel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Shinohara Samanosuke
MovieSanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Genzaburo Higaki
MovieBattle Troop
1944
as Murakami
MovieFour Marriages
1944
MovieThe Most Beautiful
1944
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
MovieToward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
as Maruge
MovieSanshiro Sugata
1943
as Yoshima Dan
MovieKantaro of Ina
1943
MovieSaga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
MovieThe Gion Tempest
as Sakakibara
