Akitake Kōno
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Sisters
1955
Flesh Smuggling
1956
Sansho the Bailiff
as Taro
1954
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii
1959
A Dead Drifter
1959
Sanshiro Sugata
as Yoshima Dan
1943
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Ise
1952
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Itokawa
1946
お洒落狂女
as Togawa Kankyo
1952
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki
1945
Taira Clan Saga
as Heiroku
1955
Cell No. 8
1956
Dotanba
1956
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Intendant Gorota Kajima
1964
Small Rats of the Edo Town
as Tôzô
1957
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937