Akitake Kōno

Known for: Acting

Born: 1911-10-08 – 1978-03-17 (aged 66)

From: 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.

Filmography (147)

MOVIE★ 7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
as Kimura Sukekuro
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Viper Brothers
1971
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
MOVIE★ 6.4
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
MOVIE★ 6.5
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
MOVIE★ 8.0
Broken Swords
1969
MOVIE★ 6.8
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
as Yasuke
MOVIE★ 10.0
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
MOVIE★ 6.0
Traveling in Party
1967
MOVIE★ 5.4
Heiji, the Detective
1967
MOVIE
Invitation to Jail
1967
MOVIE
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967
MOVIE★ 8.5
Three Gamblers
1967
as Toyomatsu Inoue
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nerves for Victory
1966
MOVIE★ 10.0
You and I
1966
MOVIE★ 10.0
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
as Gennosuke Shioya
MOVIE
Flame and the Code
1966
as Sadamitsu Gonda
MOVIE
King of the Highway
1965
MOVIE★ 6.7
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Shape of Night
1964
MOVIE
Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964
MOVIE★ 7.7
Ken
1964
as Kiuchi
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lord's spy
1964
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tange Sazen
1963
MOVIE★ 8.7
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
MOVIE★ 6.2
Castle of Owls
1963
MOVIE★ 9.0
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
as Katagiri
MOVIE
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963
MOVIE
Fearful Witch
1962
MOVIE
Umineko ga tonde
1962
MOVIE
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
MOVIE
Mid-August Commotion
1962
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
MOVIE
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mother Country
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Escape
1962
MOVIE★ 8.5
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Conspirator
1961
MOVIE★ 7.0
Restoration Fire
1961
as Heikichi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
MOVIE
Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
as Division chief Sawamura
MOVIE
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
as Cho
MOVIE
Shiroi minamikaze
1961
MOVIE
A Fishwife's Tale
1961
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Harbor Lights
1961
MOVIE★ 7.2
Castle of Flames
1960
MOVIE
Challenge Beneath the Waves
1960
MOVIE
The Last Trump Card
1960
as Seigo Nakatsuka
MOVIE
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ninja Assassins
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
as Jukichi Arao
MOVIE
One Passed Through Hell
1960
MOVIE
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
1960
MOVIE
White Cliffs
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Great Road
1960
MOVIE
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
MOVIE
Police Precinct Part 12
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Okada
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sword of Vision
1959
as Okubo Hikozaemon
MOVIE
Night of the Suspicions
1959
MOVIE
A Dead Drifter
1959
MOVIE★ 6.6
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
MOVIE★ 7.5
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
as Sanemon
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Hidden Treasure
1959
MOVIE
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
MOVIE
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
1959
MOVIE
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Kôno Taii
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Outsiders
1958
as Doctor Kimura
MOVIE★ 6.2
Points and Lines
1958
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
MOVIE
The Envoy
1958
MOVIE
Midair Circus
1958
MOVIE★ 6.5
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
as Furutaka Shuntaro
MOVIE
おばこ船頭さん
1958
MOVIE
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Azuma
MOVIE★ 6.6
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Momozo Zenriki
MOVIE★ 7.8
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
MOVIE
Samurai Nippon
1957
MOVIE
Small Rats of the Edo Town
1957
as Tôzô
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
as Medicine seller
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Matabei
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dotanba
1956
MOVIE
Flesh Smuggling
1956
MOVIE
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
1956
MOVIE
Kobushidake denki
1956
MOVIE
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956
MOVIE★ 10.0
Satan's Town
1956
as Sasaki
MOVIE
快傑耶茶坊
1956
MOVIE★ 8.0
Love is Lost
1956
as Yoshizo
MOVIE
Cell No. 8
1956
MOVIE★ 7.5
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
MOVIE
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 奥山好竹院
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Samurai of Edo
1955
MOVIE★ 6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Heiroku
MOVIE
振袖釼法
1955
as 大導寺平馬
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Wolves
1955
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
MOVIE★ 9.0
Six Assassins
1955
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sisters
1955
MOVIE
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
MOVIE
The Last Women
1954
as Makimura
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Black Current
1954
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Story of Shunkin
1954
MOVIE
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954
MOVIE
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954
MOVIE★ 8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Taro
MOVIE
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954
MOVIE
Hana no shôgai
1953
as 多田一郎
MOVIE
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
1953
as 是枝七郎左衛門
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Cannery Boat
1953
as Shibaura
MOVIE
Hiren tsubaki
1953
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tower of Lilies
1953
MOVIE
Chronicle of the Bulbul
1952
MOVIE
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952
as Junji Yoshida
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
as Ise
MOVIE
お洒落狂女
1952
as Togawa Kankyo
MOVIE
治郎吉格子
1952
as 久六
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
MOVIE★ 7.5
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
MOVIE★ 6.7
Till We Meet Again
1950
MOVIE★ 6.5
Town of Violence
1950
as Enomoto
MOVIE
Koga Manshion
1949
MOVIE
Koi rōka
1949
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lady From Hell
1949
MOVIE
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
as Goro Kitami
MOVIE★ 7.0
Actress
1947
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Snow Trail
1947
as Honda
MOVIE★ 6.9
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
as Itokawa
MOVIE
As Long as I Live
1946
MOVIE★ 9.0
An Enemy of the People
1946
MOVIE
Hinoki Butai
1946
MOVIE★ 10.0
Three Women of the North
1945
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
as Kazuma Hochino
MOVIE
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
as Shinohara Samanosuke
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
as Genzaburo Higaki
MOVIE★ 10.0
Battle Troop
1944
as Murakami
MOVIE★ 8.0
Four Marriages
1944
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Most Beautiful
1944
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
MOVIE
Military Song of the Morning Mist
1943
as Maruge
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
as Yoshima Dan
MOVIE
Kantaro of Ina
1943
MOVIE★ 10.0
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
MOVIE
The Gion Tempest
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as Sakakibara