Akitake Kōno
Acting1911Nagasaki, Japan
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 Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kôno Taii
Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Genzaburo Higaki
The Most Beautiful
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
Acting History
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
as Kimura Sukekuro
1971
The Viper Brothers
as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Gennosuke Shioya
Flame and the Code
as Sadamitsu Gonda
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
Ken
as Kiuchi
1962
Mid-August Commotion
as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
1959
Happily Tied to the Road
as Sanemon
Sword of Vision
as Okubo Hikozaemon
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii
1957
Small Rats of the Edo Town
as Tôzô
The Temptress and the Monk
as Medicine seller
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Matabei
1955
1953
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 是枝七郎左衛門
1952
1947
Snow Trail
as Honda
Actress
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Shinohara Samanosuke
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki
1944
The Most Beautiful
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Battle Troop
as Murakami
1943