Akitake Kōno
Acting
October 8, 1911
Nagasaki, Japan
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.
Movies
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
The Harbor Lights
1961
As Long as I Live
1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
White Cliffs
1960
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
Till We Meet Again
1950
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
Dotanba
1956
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
Points and Lines
1958
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
1961
振袖釼法
1955
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969