Akitake Kōno
Actor
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
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii 1959
Sanshiro Sugata
as Yoshima Dan 1943
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Ise 1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Itokawa 1946
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki 1945
The Most Beautiful
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited) 1944
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Intendant Gorota Kajima 1964
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Matabei 1957
Taira Clan Saga
as Heiroku 1955
Snow Trail
as Honda 1947
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
as Yasuke 1969
Ken
as Kiuchi 1964
Miyamoto Musashi
as Kimura Sukekuro 1973
Till We Meet Again
1950
The Wolves
1955
Castle of Owls
1963