Akitake Kōno
Known for Acting · 144 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 (144)

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

Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Taro

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

The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
as Katagiri

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

Lady From Hell
1949

Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Yoshima Dan

The Scarlet Camellia
1964

Satan's Town
1956
as Sasaki

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954

The Hidden Treasure
1959

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Itokawa

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Genzaburo Higaki

Snow Trail
1947
as Honda

Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 奥山好竹院

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

Miyamoto Musashi
1973
as Kimura Sukekuro

Battle Troop
1944
as Murakami

Dotanba
1956

Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
as Intendant Gorota Kajima

Actress
1947
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi

Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Heiroku

Ken
1964
as Kiuchi

The Escape
1962

The Harbor Lights
1961

The Samurai of Edo
1955

The Wolves
1955

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969

The Black Current
1954

The Shape of Night
1964

Four Marriages
1944

Town of Violence
1950
as Enomoto

Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Momozo Zenriki

The Lord's spy
1964

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962

Till We Meet Again
1950

The Story of Shunkin
1954
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962

Points and Lines
1958

Hana no shôgai
1953
as 多田一郎

The Viper Brothers
1971
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master

Castle of Flames
1960

Fearful Witch
1962

King of the Highway
1965

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
as Furutaka Shuntaro

The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Medicine seller

振袖釼法
1955
as 大導寺平馬

Heiji, the Detective
1967

Restoration Fire
1961
as Heikichi

Tower of Lilies
1953

Love is Lost
1956
as Yoshizo

Three Gamblers
1967
as Toyomatsu Inoue

Mother Country
1962

Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960

The Conspirator
1961

治郎吉格子
1952
as 久六

The Man of Seven Faces
1960
as Jukichi Arao

Flame and the Code
1966
as Sadamitsu Gonda

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958

Broken Swords
1969

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963

Okatsu the Fugitive
1969

Cell No. 8
1956

Three Women of the North
1945

Farewell, My Beloved
1969

Nerves for Victory
1966

Mid-August Commotion
1962
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka

Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Gennosuke Shioya

Sword of Vision
1959
as Okubo Hikozaemon

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950

Police Precinct Part 12
1960

Ninja Assassins
1960

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958

You and I
1966

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943

Six Assassins
1955

White Cliffs
1960

The Last Women
1954
as Makimura

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
as Yasuke

The Last Trump Card
1960
as Seigo Nakatsuka

The Great Road
1960
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
as Maruge

Castle of Owls
1963

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961

The Outsiders
1958
as Doctor Kimura

Souls in the Moonlight III
1959

A Dead Drifter
1959

The Gion Tempest
as Sakakibara

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958

Midair Circus
1958

Traveling in Party
1967

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955

A Fishwife's Tale
1961

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

The Cannery Boat
1953
as Shibaura

An Enemy of the People
1946

Shiroi minamikaze
1961

Happily Tied to the Road
1959
as Sanemon

Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964

Zankokuna tsuki
1962

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960

Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960

Night of the Suspicions
1959

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

Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Tôzô

Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Shinohara Samanosuke

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

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

When a Woman Loves
1960
as Okada

Koi rōka
1949

As Long as I Live
1946

Wind, Woman and Road
1958

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
as Cho

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
快傑耶茶坊
1956
お洒落狂女
1952
as Togawa Kankyo

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
as Kazuma Hochino
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 144 credits spanning from 1937 to 1973, Akitake Kōno has appeared in 144 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
- The Most Beautiful (1944) — as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
- The Bastards of Lawless Town (1959)
- Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963) — as Katagiri
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