Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 08, 1911
Died
Mar 17, 1978
Place of Birth
Nagasaki, Japan
Credits
150 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Miyamoto Musashi
Kimura Sukekuro
The Viper Brothers
Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Okatsu the Fugitive
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Broken Swords
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Yasuke
Farewell, My Beloved
Traveling in Party
Heiji, the Detective
Invitation to Jail
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Three Gamblers
Toyomatsu Inoue
Nerves for Victory
You and I
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Gennosuke Shioya
Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
King of the Highway
Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
The Scarlet Camellia
The Shape of Night
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Ken
Kiuchi
The Lord's spy
Tange Sazen
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Castle of Owls
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Katagiri
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Fearful Witch
Umineko ga tonde
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Mid-August Commotion
Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
Zankokuna tsuki
Mother Country
The Escape
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
The Conspirator
Restoration Fire
Heikichi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Division chief Sawamura
Shiroi minamikaze
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Cho
A Fishwife's Tale
The Harbor Lights
Castle of Flames
Challenge Beneath the Waves
The Last Trump Card
Seigo Nakatsuka
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Ninja Assassins
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy