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.

Cast

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Sisters

Flesh Smuggling

Sansho the Bailiff

(Taro)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

(Kôno Taii)

A Dead Drifter

Sanshiro Sugata

(Yoshima Dan)

Hunting Opium-Eaters

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

(Ise)

No Regrets for Our Youth

(Itokawa)

お洒落狂女

(Togawa Kankyo)

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

(Genzaburo Higaki)

Taira Clan Saga

(Heiroku)

Cell No. 8

Dotanba

The Scarlet Camellia

Adventures of Zatoichi

(Intendant Gorota Kajima)

Small Rats of the Edo Town

(Tôzô)

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

The Outsiders

(Doctor Kimura)

Mid-August Commotion

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

(Matabei)

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

(Yasuke)

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

(Kazuma Hochino)

Zankokuna tsuki

Police Precinct Part 12

One Passed Through Hell

Kantaro of Ina

Umineko ga tonde

治郎吉格子

(久六)

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

(是枝七郎左衛門)

Hana no shôgai

(多田一郎)

The Story of Shunkin

振袖釼法

(大導寺平馬)

Ejima and Ikushima

(奥山好竹院)

When a Woman Loves

(Okada)

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

The Shape of Night

The Temptress and the Monk

(Medicine seller)

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

(Katagiri)

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge

Chronicle of the Bulbul

The Lord's spy

The Most Beautiful

(Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited))

Six Assassins

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Hibari's Tale of Pathos

Snow Trail

(Honda)

甲武信嶽傳奇

Battle Troop

(Murakami)

Till We Meet Again

Heiji, the Detective

The Conspirator

快傑耶茶坊

Military Song of the Morning Mist

(Maruge)

A Fishwife's Tale

Points and Lines

Duel at Yagyu Valley

(Shinohara Samanosuke)

The Man of Seven Faces

(Jukichi Arao)

The Wolves

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

Satan's Town

(Sasaki)

Street of Violence

(Enomoto)

Tange Sazen

寛美の三等社員

(Division chief Sawamura)

Sword of Vision

(Okubo Hikozaemon)

Three Women of the North

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

The Cannery Boat

(Shibaura)

Wind, Woman and Road

Flame and the Code

(Sadamitsu Gonda)

Broken Swords

The Viper Brothers

Miyamoto Musashi

(Kimura Sukekuro)

Castle of Owls

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

(Furutaka Shuntaro)

The Black Current

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

The Escape

Farewell, My Beloved

Ken

(Kiuchi)

Souls in the Moonlight II

(Momozo Zenriki)

Souls in the Moonlight III

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

(Cho)

King of the Highway

Traveling in Party

The Hidden Treasure

Men in a Rough Town

Love is Lost

(Yoshizo)

Castle of Flames

Nerves for Victory

The Envoy

The Harbor Lights

Okatsu the Fugitive

Four Marriages

Tower of Lilies

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

Three Gamblers

(Toyomatsu Inoue)

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Mother Country

Actress

(Haruyoshi Kobayashi)

As Long as I Live

Lady From Hell

The Last Women

(Makimura)

Restoration Fire

(Heikichi)

Japan's Most Chivalrous

(Gennosuke Shioya)

Fearful Witch

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

I Want to Be a Shellfish

An Enemy of the People

Happily Tied to the Road

(Sanemon)

You and I

Invitation to Jail

Ninja Assassins

The Samurai of Edo

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû