Person
Akitake Kōno
Acting · 1911–1978 · Nagasaki, Japan
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
Taro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kôno Taii
The Black Current
1954
Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan
Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
Castle of Flames
1960
The Harbor Lights
1961
No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa
Koga Manshion
1949
Filmography
- 1973Miyamoto MusashiKimura Sukekuro
- 1971The Viper BrothersKingoro The Tattoo Master
- 1969Okatsu the Fugitive
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
- 1969Broken Swords
- 1969Crimson Bat, the Blind SwordswomanYasuke
- 1969Farewell, My Beloved
- 1967Traveling in Party
- 1967Heiji, the Detective
- 1967Invitation to Jail
- 1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
- 1967Three GamblersToyomatsu Inoue
- 1966Nerves for Victory
- 1966You and I
- 1966Japan's Most ChivalrousGennosuke Shioya
- 1966Flame and the CodeSadamitsu Gonda
- 1965King of the Highway
- 1964Adventures of ZatoichiIntendant Gorota Kajima
- 1964The Scarlet Camellia
- 1964The Shape of Night
- 1964Ocean Floor Crime #1
- 1964KenKiuchi
- 1964The Lord's spy
- 1963Tange Sazen
- 1963Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
- 1963Castle of Owls
- 1963Tokyo Untouchable: EscapeKatagiri
- 1963Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
- 1962Fearful Witch
- 1962Umineko ga tonde
- 1962Hibari's Tale of Pathos
- 1962Mid-August CommotionCommander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
- 1962Zankokuna tsuki
- 1962Mother Country
- 1962The Escape
- 1962Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- 1961The Conspirator
- 1961Restoration FireHeikichi
- 1961Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
- 1961Kanbi no san-tō shainDivision chief Sawamura
- 1961Officer Morgan and a Man of MysteryCho
- 1961Shiroi minamikaze
- 1961A Fishwife's Tale
- 1961The Harbor Lights
- 1960Castle of Flames
- 1960Challenge Beneath the Waves
- 1960The Last Trump CardSeigo Nakatsuka
- 1960Hunting Opium-Eaters
- 1960Ninja Assassins
- 1960Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
- 1960The Man of Seven FacesJukichi Arao
- 1960One Passed Through Hell
- 1960Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
- 1960White Cliffs
- 1960The Great Road
- 1960Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
- 1960Police Precinct Part 12
- 1960When a Woman LovesOkada
- 1959Sword of VisionOkubo Hikozaemon
- 1959Night of the Suspicions
- 1959A Dead Drifter
- 1959Souls in the Moonlight III
- 1959Happily Tied to the RoadSanemon
- 1959The Hidden Treasure
- 1959The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
- 1959The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
- 1959The Bastards of Lawless Town
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveKôno Taii
- 1958The OutsidersDoctor Kimura
- 1958Points and Lines
- 1958I Want to Be a Shellfish
- 1958The Envoy
- 1958Midair Circus
- 1958Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
- 1958The Shogun’s Guard, ShinsengumiFurutaka Shuntaro
- 1958おばこ船頭さん
- 1958死の壁の脱出Azuma
- 1958Souls in the Moonlight IIMomozo Zenriki
- 1958Wind, Woman and Road
- 1958Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
- 1957Samurai Nippon
- 1957Small Rats of the Edo TownTôzô
- 1957The Temptress and the MonkMedicine seller
- 1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraMatabei
- 1956Dotanba
- 1956Flesh Smuggling
- 1956Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
- 1956Kobushidake denki
- 1956Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
- 1956Satan's TownSasaki
- 1956快傑耶茶坊
- 1956Love is LostYoshizo
- 1956Cell No. 8
- 1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
- 1955Ejima and Ikushima奥山好竹院
- 1955The Samurai of Edo
- 1955Taira Clan SagaHeiroku
- 1955振袖釼法大導寺平馬
- 1955The Wolves
- 1955The Dancer and Two Warriors
- 1955Six Assassins
- 1955Sisters
- 1954Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
- 1954The Last WomenMakimura
- 1954The Black Current
- 1954The Story of Shunkin
- 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
- 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
- 1954Sansho the BailiffTaro
- 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
- 1953Hana no shôgai多田一郎
- 1953Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha是枝七郎左衛門
- 1953The Cannery BoatShibaura
- 1953Hiren tsubaki
- 1953Tower of Lilies
- 1952Chronicle of the Bulbul
- 1952August 15, 1945, New Dawn For JapanJunji Yoshida
- 1952The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailIse
- 1952お洒落狂女Togawa Kankyo
- 1952治郎吉格子久六
- 1951Lantern Under a Full Moon
- 1950Listen to the Voices of the Sea
- 1950Till We Meet Again
- 1950Town of ViolenceEnomoto
- 1949Koga Manshion
- 1949Koi rōka
- 1949Lady From Hell
- 1948My Love on the Other Side of the MountainGoro Kitami
- 1947ActressHaruyoshi Kobayashi
- 1947Snow TrailHonda
- 1946No Regrets for Our YouthItokawa
- 1946As Long as I Live
- 1946An Enemy of the People
- 1946Hinoki Butai
- 1945Three Women of the North
- 1945A Tale of Archery at the SanjusangendoKazuma Hochino
- 1945Duel at Yagyu ValleyShinohara Samanosuke
- 1945Sanshiro Sugata, Part TwoGenzaburo Higaki
- 1944Battle TroopMurakami
- 1944Four Marriages
- 1944The Most BeautifulFire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
- 1943Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
- 1943Military Song of the Morning MistMaruge
- 1943Sanshiro SugataYoshima Dan
- 1943Kantaro of Ina
- 1937Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
- —The Gion TempestSakakibara
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