
Akitake Kōno
Known for: Acting
Born: October 8, 1911
Died: March 17, 1978
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

The Last Women
1954

An Enemy of the People
1946

Koga Manshion
1949

Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950

Battle Troop
1944

Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959

Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956

Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945

One Passed Through Hell
1960

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963

The Temptress and the Monk
1957

Snow Trail
1947

Till We Meet Again
1950

Satan's Town
1956

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962

Love is Lost
1956

As Long as I Live
1946

Lady From Hell
1949

Invitation to Jail
1967

おばこ船頭さん
1958

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
1959

Sisters
1955

Flesh Smuggling
1956

A Dead Drifter
1959

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969

治郎吉格子
1952

振袖釼法
1955

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
快傑耶茶坊
1956

Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945

Three Women of the North
1945

Ken
1964

My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948

Koi rōka
1949

Night of the Suspicions
1959

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955

Heiji, the Detective
1967

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943

Flame and the Code
1966

The Black Current
1954

King of the Highway
1965

Nerves for Victory
1966

The Envoy
1958

Okatsu the Fugitive
1969

Tower of Lilies
1953

Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964

Samurai Nippon
1957

Taira Clan Saga
1955

Kantaro of Ina
1943

Umineko ga tonde
1962

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953

Six Assassins
1955
Kobushidake denki
1956

The Conspirator
1961

The Cannery Boat
1953

Castle of Owls
1963

Farewell, My Beloved
1969

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961

Four Marriages
1944

You and I
1966

Midair Circus
1958

The Gion Tempest

The Viper Brothers
1971

Hinoki Butai
1946

August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952

Adventures of Zatoichi
1964

Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957

A Fishwife's Tale
1961

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958

Souls in the Moonlight III
1959

The Harbor Lights
1961

Three Gamblers
1967

Fearful Witch
1962

The Samurai of Edo
1955

White Cliffs
1960

Hiren tsubaki
1953

Dotanba
1956

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

Zankokuna tsuki
1962

When a Woman Loves
1960
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943

Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961

Sword of Vision
1959

Restoration Fire
1961

Happily Tied to the Road
1959

Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960

The Outsiders
1958

The Lord's spy
1964

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960

Tange Sazen
1963

Wind, Woman and Road
1958

Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
お洒落狂女
1952

The Shape of Night
1964

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967

Castle of Flames
1960

Mother Country
1962

Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960

Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
1960

Sanshiro Sugata
1943

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958

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

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954

The Man of Seven Faces
1960

Town of Violence
1950

Broken Swords
1969

Traveling in Party
1967

Ninja Assassins
1960

The Last Trump Card
1960

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

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

Points and Lines
1958

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963

Ejima and Ikushima
1955

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961

Shiroi minamikaze
1961

Souls in the Moonlight II
1958

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969

The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959

Actress
1947

Miyamoto Musashi
1973

The Escape
1962

The Great Road
1960

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

The Story of Shunkin
1954

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960

Mid-August Commotion
1962

Police Precinct Part 12
1960

The Hidden Treasure
1959

The Scarlet Camellia
1964

The Most Beautiful
1944

Cell No. 8
1956

Hana no shôgai
1953

The Wolves
1955