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Akitake Kōno

Acting Born Oct 8, 1911 Nagasaki, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Sansho the Bailiff

as Taro
Film

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Kôno Taii
Film

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

as Ise
Film

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as Matabei
Film

Taira Clan Saga

as Heiroku

Full filmography

  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Taro
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Kôno Taii
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) as Yoshima Dan
  • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1952) as Ise
  • Miyamoto Musashi (1973) as Kimura Sukekuro
  • No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) as Itokawa
  • Ken (1964) as Kiuchi
  • Restoration Fire (1961) as Heikichi
  • Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) as Genzaburo Higaki
  • A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Matabei
  • Points and Lines (1958)
  • Taira Clan Saga (1955) as Heiroku
  • The Most Beautiful (1944) as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
  • Souls in the Moonlight II (1958) as Momozo Zenriki
  • Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969) as Yasuke
  • Town of Violence (1950) as Enomoto
  • The Temptress and the Monk (1957) as Medicine seller
  • Hana no shôgai (1953) as 多田一郎
  • Snow Trail (1947) as Honda
  • The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
  • The Wolves (1955)
  • Till We Meet Again (1950)
  • The Viper Brothers (1971) as Kingoro The Tattoo Master
  • Heiji, the Detective (1967)