Akitake Kôno

Akitake Kôno

  • Birthday: 1911-10-08
  • Deathday: 1978-03-17
  • Place of birth: Nagasaki, Japan
  • Also know as: 河野秋武

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.

Filmography

Sansho the Bailiff

1954

As Taro

Sword of Vision

1959

As Okubo Hikozaemon

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

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

As Itokawa

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

1945

As Genzaburo Higaki

Taira Clan Saga

1955

As Heiroku

Adventures of Zatoichi

1964

As Intendant Gorota Kajima

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

As Matabei

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

1969

As Yasuke

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

1945

As Kazuma Hochino

Points and Lines

1958

As

The Temptress and the Monk

1957

As Medicine seller

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

1943

As

The Most Beautiful

1944

As Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

1950

As

Hibari's Tale of Pathos

1962

As

Snow Trail

1947

As Honda

Heiji, the Detective

1967

As

The Conspirator

1961

As

Till We Meet Again

1950

As

甲武信嶽傳奇

1956

As

快傑耶茶坊

1956

As

A Fishwife's Tale

1961

As

Tange Sazen

1963

As

Battle Troop

1944

As Murakami

Duel at Yagyu Valley

1945

As Shinohara Samanosuke

The Man of Seven Faces

1960

As Jukichi Arao

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

1960

As

Satan's Town

1956

As Sasaki

Street of Violence

1950

As Enomoto

寛美の三等社員

1961

As Division chief Sawamura

Three Women of the North

1945

As

The Cannery Boat

1953

As Shibaura

Wind, Woman and Road

1958

As

Flame and the Code

1966

As Sadamitsu Gonda

Broken Swords

1969

As

The Viper Brothers

1971

As

Miyamoto Musashi

1973

As Kimura Sukekuro

Castle of Owls

1963

As

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

1958

As

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

1958

As Furutaka Shuntaro

The Black Current

1954

As

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

1962

As

A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance

1967

As

Farewell, My Beloved

1969

As

The Escape

1962

As

Ken

1964

As Kiuchi

Souls in the Moonlight II

1958

As Momozo Zenriki

Souls in the Moonlight III

1959

As

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

1961

As Cho

King of the Highway

1965

As

The Hidden Treasure

1959

As

Traveling in Party

1967

As

Men in a Rough Town

1959

As

Love is Lost

1956

As Yoshizo

Castle of Flames

1960

As

Nerves for Victory

1966

As

The Envoy

1958

As

The Harbor Lights

1961

As

Okatsu the Fugitive

1969

As

Four Marriages

1944

As

Tower of Lilies

1953

As

New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2

1969

As

Three Gamblers

1967

As Toyomatsu Inoue

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

1963

As

Mother Country

1962

As

Actress

1947

As Haruyoshi Kobayashi

As Long as I Live

1946

As

Lady From Hell

1949

As

The Last Women

1954

As Makimura

Restoration Fire

1961

As Heikichi

Japan's Most Chivalrous

1966

As Gennosuke Shioya

Fearful Witch

1962

As

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

As

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1958

As

An Enemy of the People

1946

As

Happily Tied to the Road

1959

As Sanemon

Lantern Under a Full Moon

1951

As

Flesh Smuggling

1956

As

A Dead Drifter

1959

As

Hunting Opium-Eaters

1960

As

お洒落狂女

1952

As Togawa Kankyo

The Scarlet Camellia

1964

As

Small Rats of the Edo Town

1957

As Tôzô

The Outsiders

1958

As Doctor Kimura

Kantaro of Ina

1943

As

When a Woman Loves

1959

As Okada

The Shape of Night

1964

As

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

1963

As Katagiri

Chronicle of the Bulbul

1952

As

Sisters

1955

As

Cell No. 8

1956

As

Dotanba

1956

As

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

1954

As

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

1937

As

Mid-August Commotion

1962

As

Zankokuna tsuki

1962

As

Police Precinct Part 12

1960

As

One Passed Through Hell

1960

As

Umineko ga tonde

1962

As

治郎吉格子

1952

As 久六

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

1953

As 是枝七郎左衛門

Hana no shôgai

1953

As 多田一郎

The Story of Shunkin

1954

As

振袖釼法

1955

As 大導寺平馬

Ejima and Ikushima

1955

As 奥山好竹院

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

1963

As

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

1954

As

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

1958

As

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge

1954

As

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge

1954

As

The Lord's spy

1964

As

Six Assassins

1955

As

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