Actor
Akitake Kōno
October 8, 1911 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Ichirō Sugai
6 titles together
Sansho the Bailiff, Sanshiro Sugata, Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Takashi Shimura
5 titles together
Sanshiro Sugata, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, No Regrets for Our Youth
Yoshio Kosugi
4 titles together
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Sanshiro Sugata, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Denjirō Ōkōchi
4 titles together
Sanshiro Sugata, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, No Regrets for Our Youth
Susumu Fujita
4 titles together
Sanshiro Sugata, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, No Regrets for Our Youth
Kokuten Kōdō
4 titles together
Sanshiro Sugata, No Regrets for Our Youth, Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Full filmography · 146
Miyamoto Musashi
as Kimura Sukekuro
1973
The Viper Brothers
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
1971
Okatsu the Fugitive
cast
1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
cast
1969
Broken Swords
cast
1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
as Yasuke
1969
Farewell, My Beloved
cast
1969
Traveling in Party
cast
1967
Heiji, the Detective
cast
1967
Invitation to Jail
cast
1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
cast
1967
Three Gamblers
as Toyomatsu Inoue
1967