Akitake Kōno

Biography

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

Taro

The Most Beautiful

Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

Genzaburo Higaki

No Regrets for Our Youth

Itokawa

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Kôno Taii

Sanshiro Sugata

Yoshima Dan

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Ise

Taira Clan Saga

Heiroku

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1973	Miyamoto Musashi	Kimura Sukekuro
1971	The Viper Brothers
1969	Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman	Yasuke
1969	Broken Swords
1969	Farewell, My Beloved
1969	Okatsu the Fugitive
1969	New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1967	Heiji, the Detective
1967	A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967	Traveling in Party
1967	Three Gamblers	Toyomatsu Inoue
1967	Invitation to Jail
1966	Flame and the Code	Sadamitsu Gonda
1966	Nerves for Victory
1966	Japan's Most Chivalrous	Gennosuke Shioya
1966	You and I
1965	King of the Highway
1964	The Scarlet Camellia
1964	Adventures of Zatoichi	Intendant Gorota Kajima
1964	The Shape of Night
1964	The Lord's spy
1964	Ken	Kiuchi
1964	Ocean Floor Crime #1
1963	Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963	Tokyo Untouchable: Escape	Katagiri
1963	Tange Sazen
1963	Castle of Owls
1963	Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1962	Mid-August Commotion
1962	Zankokuna tsuki
1962	Umineko ga tonde
1962	Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962	Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
1962	The Escape
1962	Mother Country
1962	Fearful Witch
1961	The Conspirator
1961	A Fishwife's Tale
1961	寛美の三等社員	Division chief Sawamura
1961	Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery	Cho
1961	The Harbor Lights
1961	Restoration Fire	Heikichi
1961	Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1960	Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960	Police Precinct Part 12
1960	One Passed Through Hell
1960	The Man of Seven Faces	Jukichi Arao
1960	Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960	Castle of Flames
1960	Ninja Assassins
1960	Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960	The Great Road
1960	White Cliffs
1960	Challenge Beneath the Waves
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love	Kôno Taii
1959	A Dead Drifter
1959	When a Woman Loves	Okada
1959	Sword of Vision	Okubo Hikozaemon
1959	Souls in the Moonlight III
1959	The Hidden Treasure
1959	Men in a Rough Town
1959	Happily Tied to the Road	Sanemon
1958	The Outsiders	Doctor Kimura
1958	Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958	Points and Lines
1958	Wind, Woman and Road
1958	The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi	Furutaka Shuntaro
1958	Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958	Souls in the Moonlight II	Momozo Zenriki
1958	The Envoy
1958	I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958	Midair Circus
1957	Small Rats of the Edo Town	Tôzô
1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era	Matabei
1957	The Temptress and the Monk	Medicine seller
1956	Flesh Smuggling
1956	Cell No. 8
1956	Dotanba
1956	Kobushidake denki
1956	快傑耶茶坊
1956	Satan's Town	Sasaki
1956	Love is Lost	Yoshizo
1955	Sisters
1955	Taira Clan Saga	Heiroku
1955	振袖釼法	大導寺平馬
1955	Ejima and Ikushima	奥山好竹院
1955	Six Assassins
1955	The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955	The Wolves
1955	Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955	The Samurai of Edo
1954	Sansho the Bailiff	Taro
1954	Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954	The Story of Shunkin
1954	The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
1954	The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954	The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954	The Black Current
1954	The Last Women	Makimura
1953	Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha	是枝七郎左衛門
1953	Hana no shôgai	多田一郎
1953	The Cannery Boat	Shibaura
1953	Tower of Lilies
1952	The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail	Ise
1952	お洒落狂女	Togawa Kankyo
1952	治郎吉格子	久六
1952	Chronicle of the Bulbul
1951	Lantern Under a Full Moon
1950	Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950	Till We Meet Again
1950	Street of Violence	Enomoto
1949	Lady From Hell
1947	Snow Trail	Honda
1947	Actress	Haruyoshi Kobayashi
1946	No Regrets for Our Youth	Itokawa
1946	As Long as I Live
1946	An Enemy of the People
1945	Sanshiro Sugata Part Two	Genzaburo Higaki
1945	A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo	Kazuma Hochino
1945	Duel at Yagyu Valley	Shinohara Samanosuke
1945	Three Women of the North
1944	The Most Beautiful	Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
1944	Battle Troop	Murakami
1944	Four Marriages
1943	Sanshiro Sugata	Yoshima Dan
1943	Kantaro of Ina
1943	Military Song of the Morning Mist	Maruge
1943	Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1937	Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

Year	TV Show	Role