Akitake Kōno
Actor
- Born
- October 8, 1911 · Nagasaki, Japan
- Died
- March 17, 1978 (age 66)
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
March 31, 1954
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
January 15, 1959
Sanshiro Sugata
March 25, 1943
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
April 24, 1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
October 29, 1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
May 3, 1945
The Most Beautiful
April 13, 1944
Adventures of Zatoichi
December 30, 1964
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
July 14, 1957
Taira Clan Saga
September 21, 1955
Snow Trail
August 5, 1947
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
March 15, 1969
Acting161
- 1973Miyamoto Musashi as Kimura Sukekuro
- 1971The Viper Brothers as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
- 1969Okatsu the Fugitive
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
- 1969Broken Swords
- 1969Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman as Yasuke
- 1969Farewell, My Beloved
- 1968Witness of Hiroshima
- 1967Traveling in Party
- 1967Heiji, the Detective
- 1967Invitation to Jail