Akitake Kōno
Known for ActingBorn 1911-10-08 — died 1978-03-17Nagasaki, 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.
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · as Taro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · as Kôno Taii
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 · as Yoshima Dan
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952 · as Ise
Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
1956
The Black Current
1954
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945 · as Genzaburo Higaki
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · as Itokawa
Castle of Flames
1960
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 · as Kimura Sukekuro
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
Koga Manshion
1949
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 · as Matabei
The Most Beautiful
1944 · as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
The Harbor Lights
1961
Snow Trail
1947 · as Honda
Points and Lines
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958 · as Momozo Zenriki