Akitake Kōno

Actor

Akitake Kōno

8 October 1911† 17 March 1978 (aged 66) Nagasaki, Japan

Movies: 161

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

Sansho the Bailiff

8.11954

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

8.21959

Sanshiro Sugata

6.51943

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

6.71952

No Regrets for Our Youth

6.91946

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

6.01945

The Most Beautiful

5.61944

Adventures of Zatoichi

6.71964

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

7.01957

Taira Clan Saga

6.81955

Snow Trail

7.11947

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

6.81969

Ken

7.71964

Miyamoto Musashi

7.31973

Castle of Owls

6.11963

Till We Meet Again

6.71950

The Wolves

6.91955

Tower of Lilies

6.81953

Okatsu the Fugitive

6.41969

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

5.91945