About
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.
Filmography
Miyamoto Musashi1973 · Kimura Sukekuro
The Viper Brothers1971 · Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Okatsu the Fugitive1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 21969
Broken Swords1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman1969 · Yasuke
Farewell, My Beloved1969
Traveling in Party1967
Heiji, the Detective1967
Invitation to Jail1967
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance1967
Three Gamblers1967 · Toyomatsu Inoue
Nerves for Victory1966
You and I1966
Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · Gennosuke Shioya
Flame and the Code1966 · Sadamitsu Gonda
King of the Highway1965
Adventures of Zatoichi1964 · Intendant Gorota Kajima
The Scarlet Camellia1964
The Shape of Night1964