Akitake Kōno
Born in Nagasaki, Japan — Oct 08 1911• Died Mar 17 1978
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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.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kôno Taii
Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan
Sansho the Bailiff
Taro
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
Street of Violence
Enomoto
No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa
Miyamoto Musashi
Kimura Sukekuro
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Genzaburo Higaki
Snow Trail
Honda
Tower of Lilies
The Most Beautiful
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Heiji, the Detective
Taira Clan Saga
Heiroku
Okatsu the Fugitive
An Enemy of the People
Restoration Fire
Heikichi
The Man of Seven Faces
Jukichi Arao
Points and Lines
The Wolves
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Matabei
Mid-August Commotion
Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Gennosuke Shioya
The Escape
Ken
Kiuchi
Ejima and Ikushima
奥山好竹院
The Story of Shunkin
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Cho
Tange Sazen
Dotanba
White Cliffs
The Scarlet Camellia
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Furutaka Shuntaro
Mother Country
The Viper Brothers
Kingoro The Tattoo Master
I Want to Be a Shellfish
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
The Shape of Night
Zankokuna tsuki
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Yasuke
Souls in the Moonlight II
Momozo Zenriki
The Hidden Treasure
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Katagiri
The Last Women
Makimura
The Great Road
Lady From Hell
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Three Gamblers
Toyomatsu Inoue
Farewell, My Beloved
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Shinohara Samanosuke
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Sisters
白い南風
The Black Current
Traveling in Party
Ninja Assassins
Till We Meet Again
Castle of Owls
Three Women of the North
Broken Swords
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Kantaro of Ina
Hana no shôgai
多田一郎
Actress
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kazuma Hochino
The Envoy
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
The Outsiders
Doctor Kimura
Six Assassins
The Samurai of Edo
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
是枝七郎左衛門
The Gion Tempest
Sakakibara
The Conspirator
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
Challenge Beneath the Waves
Souls in the Moonlight III
快傑耶茶坊
Love is Lost
Yoshizo
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
お洒落狂女
Togawa Kankyo
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Division chief Sawamura
You and I
振袖釼法
大導寺平馬
Umineko ga tonde
Sword of Vision
Okubo Hikozaemon
One Passed Through Hell
Fearful Witch
A Fishwife's Tale
A Dead Drifter
When a Woman Loves
Okada
Police Precinct Part 12
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Cell No. 8
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
The Lord's spy
The Harbor Lights
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
Happily Tied to the Road
Sanemon
Nerves for Victory
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Tôzô
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Battle Troop
Murakami
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Four Marriages
Kobushidake denki
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Hinoki Butai
Hunting Opium-Eaters
The Cannery Boat
Shibaura
治郎吉格子
久六
Midair Circus
The Temptress and the Monk
Medicine seller
Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
King of the Highway
The Dancer and Two Warriors
As Long as I Live
Wind, Woman and Road
Satan's Town
Sasaki
Chronicle of the Bulbul
Invitation to Jail
Castle of Flames
Flesh Smuggling
Lantern Under a Full Moon
おばこ船頭さん
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Maruge
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku