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Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

1911-10-08

Nagasaki, Japan

ACTING

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.

Best known for:

Sansho the Bailiff

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Sanshiro Sugata

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

No Regrets for Our Youth

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

The Most Beautiful

Adventures of Zatoichi

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Taira Clan Saga

Snow Trail

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Ken

Miyamoto Musashi

Till We Meet Again

Tower of Lilies

The Wolves

Castle of Owls

Okatsu the Fugitive

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Broken Swords

Souls in the Moonlight II

Souls in the Moonlight III

The Conspirator

The Shape of Night

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Filmography:

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Yoshima Dan
The Most Beautiful (1944)
4.2
APPEREAD AS:
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Battle Troop (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Murakami
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Genzaburo Higaki
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Kazuma Hochino
Duel at Yagyu Valley (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Shinohara Samanosuke
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Itokawa
Snow Trail (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Honda

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Actress (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
Street of Violence (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Enomoto
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Ise
治郎吉格子 (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
久六
The Cannery Boat (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Shibaura
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
多田一郎
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
Taro

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The Last Women (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Makimura
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Heiroku
Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
奥山好竹院
振袖釼法 (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
大導寺平馬
Satan's Town (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Sasaki
Love is Lost (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Yoshizo
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Matabei
The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Medicine seller
Small Rats of the Edo Town (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Tôzô
Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Momozo Zenriki
The Outsiders (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor Kimura
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Furutaka Shuntaro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
Kôno Taii
Happily Tied to the Road (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Sanemon
Sword of Vision (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Okubo Hikozaemon
The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Jukichi Arao
When a Woman Loves (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Okada
Kanbi no san-tō shain (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Division chief Sawamura
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Cho
Restoration Fire (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Heikichi
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Katagiri
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Intendant Gorota Kajima
Ken (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Kiuchi
Flame and the Code (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Sadamitsu Gonda
Japan's Most Chivalrous (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Gennosuke Shioya
Three Gamblers (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Toyomatsu Inoue
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Yasuke
Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Kimura Sukekuro
The Gion Tempest
APPEREAD AS:
Sakakibara