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