Akitake Kōno
Acting
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.

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

白い南風

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Cho

A Fishwife's Tale

The Harbor Lights

Castle of Flames

Challenge Beneath the Waves

Hunting Opium-Eaters

Ninja Assassins

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy

The Man of Seven Faces
Jukichi Arao

One Passed Through Hell

White Cliffs

The Great Road

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû

Police Precinct Part 12

When a Woman Loves
Okada

Sword of Vision
Okubo Hikozaemon

A Dead Drifter

Souls in the Moonlight III

Happily Tied to the Road
Sanemon

The Hidden Treasure

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman

The Bastards of Lawless Town

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kôno Taii

The Outsiders
Doctor Kimura

Points and Lines

I Want to Be a Shellfish

The Envoy

Midair Circus

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Furutaka Shuntaro

おばこ船頭さん

Souls in the Moonlight II
Momozo Zenriki

Wind, Woman and Road

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

Small Rats of the Edo Town
Tôzô

The Temptress and the Monk
Medicine seller

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Matabei

Dotanba

Flesh Smuggling

Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Kobushidake denki

Satan's Town
Sasaki
快傑耶茶坊

Love is Lost
Yoshizo

Cell No. 8

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Ejima and Ikushima
奥山好竹院

The Samurai of Edo

Taira Clan Saga
Heiroku

振袖釼法
大導寺平馬

The Wolves

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Six Assassins

Sisters

Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi

The Last Women
Makimura

The Black Current

The Story of Shunkin

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

Sansho the Bailiff
Taro

Hana no shôgai
多田一郎

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
是枝七郎左衛門

The Cannery Boat
Shibaura

Tower of Lilies

Chronicle of the Bulbul

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
お洒落狂女
Togawa Kankyo

治郎吉格子
久六

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

Till We Meet Again

Street of Violence
Enomoto

Lady From Hell

Actress
Haruyoshi Kobayashi

Snow Trail
Honda

No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa

As Long as I Live

An Enemy of the People

Hinoki Butai

Three Women of the North

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kazuma Hochino

Duel at Yagyu Valley
Shinohara Samanosuke

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Genzaburo Higaki

Battle Troop
Murakami

Four Marriages

The Most Beautiful
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Maruge

Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan

Kantaro of Ina

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn







