
Akitake Kōno
Acting · Born 1911-10-08 · age 66 at death · Nagasaki, Japan
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.
Titles

Sansho the Bailiff

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Sanshiro Sugata

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

No Regrets for Our Youth

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

The Most Beautiful

Adventures of Zatoichi

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Taira Clan Saga

Snow Trail

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Ken

Miyamoto Musashi

Till We Meet Again

The Wolves

Castle of Owls

Tower of Lilies

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Okatsu the Fugitive

Broken Swords

The Scarlet Camellia

The Conspirator

The Shape of Night

Souls in the Moonlight II

Souls in the Moonlight III

Castle of Flames

Mother Country

Heiji, the Detective

Points and Lines

The Harbor Lights

Three Gamblers

The Story of Shunkin

The Man of Seven Faces

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

Wind, Woman and Road

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

The Viper Brothers

Sisters

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

Town of Violence

The Cannery Boat

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

The Escape

Love is Lost

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Happily Tied to the Road

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Dotanba

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

The Outsiders

When a Woman Loves

The Temptress and the Monk

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

The Lord's spy

Six Assassins