Akitake Kōno
Known for: Actor
Born: 8 October 1911, Nagasaki, Japan
Died: 17 March 1978
Credits: 60+ titles
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
Miyamoto Musashi
The Viper Brothers
Okatsu the Fugitive
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Broken Swords
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Farewell, My Beloved
Witness of Hiroshima
Traveling in Party
Heiji, the Detective
Invitation to Jail
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Three Gamblers
Nerves for Victory
You and I
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Flame and the Code
Hi No Taiko
King of the Highway
Adventures of Zatoichi
The Scarlet Camellia
The Shape of Night
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Ken
The Lord's spy
Tange Sazen
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Castle of Owls
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Fearful Witch
Umineko ga tonde
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Mid-August Commotion
Zankokuna tsuki
Mother Country
The Escape
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
The Conspirator
Restoration Fire
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Shiroi minamikaze
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
A Fishwife's Tale
The Harbor Lights
San kyōdai no kettō
Castle of Flames
Challenge Beneath the Waves
The Last Trump Card
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Ninja Assassins
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
The Man of Seven Faces
One Passed Through Hell
Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
White Cliffs
The Great Road
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Police Precinct Part 12