Akitake Kōno
October 8, 1911 (113 years old) in Nagasaki, Japan
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
Credits
- 1973 · Miyamoto Musashi as Kimura Sukekuro
- 1971 · The Viper Brothers as
- 1969 · Okatsu the Fugitive as
- 1969 · New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 as
- 1969 · Broken Swords as
- 1969 · Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman as Yasuke
- 1969 · Farewell, My Beloved as
- 1967 · Traveling in Party as
- 1967 · Heiji, the Detective as
- 1967 · Invitation to Jail as
- 1967 · A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance as
- 1967 · Three Gamblers as Toyomatsu Inoue
- 1966 · Nerves for Victory as
- 1966 · You and I as
- 1966 · Japan's Most Chivalrous as Gennosuke Shioya
- 1966 · Flame and the Code as Sadamitsu Gonda
- 1965 · King of the Highway as
- 1964 · Adventures of Zatoichi as Intendant Gorota Kajima
- 1964 · The Scarlet Camellia as
- 1964 · The Shape of Night as
- 1964 · Ken as Kiuchi
- 1964 · The Lord's spy as
- 1963 · Tange Sazen as
- 1963 · Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai as
- 1963 · Castle of Owls as
- 1963 · Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Katagiri
- 1963 · Kizu-darake no futeki-sha as
- 1962 · Fearful Witch as
- 1962 · Umineko ga tonde as
- 1962 · Hibari's Tale of Pathos as
- 1962 · Mid-August Commotion as
- 1962 · Zankokuna tsuki as
- 1962 · Mother Country as
- 1962 · The Escape as
- 1962 · Travels of Hibari and Chiemi as
- 1961 · The Conspirator as
- 1961 · Restoration Fire as Heikichi
- 1961 · 寛美の三等社員 as Division chief Sawamura
- 1961 · Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery as Cho
- 1961 · A Fishwife's Tale as
- 1961 · The Harbor Lights as
- 1960 · Castle of Flames as
- 1960 · Hunting Opium-Eaters as
- 1960 · Ninja Assassins as
- 1960 · Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy as
- 1960 · The Man of Seven Faces as Jukichi Arao
- 1960 · One Passed Through Hell as
- 1960 · Police Precinct Part 12 as
- 1959 · Sword of Vision as Okubo Hikozaemon
- 1959 · When a Woman Loves as Okada
- 1959 · A Dead Drifter as
- 1959 · Souls in the Moonlight III as
- 1959 · Happily Tied to the Road as Sanemon
- 1959 · The Hidden Treasure as
- 1959 · Men in a Rough Town as
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kôno Taii
- 1958 · The Outsiders as Doctor Kimura
- 1958 · Points and Lines as
- 1958 · I Want to Be a Shellfish as
- 1958 · The Envoy as
- 1958 · Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi as
- 1958 · The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi as Furutaka Shuntaro
- 1958 · Souls in the Moonlight II as Momozo Zenriki
- 1958 · Wind, Woman and Road as
- 1958 · Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 as
- 1957 · Small Rats of the Edo Town as Tôzô
- 1957 · The Temptress and the Monk as Medicine seller
- 1957 · A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Matabei
- 1956 · Dotanba as
- 1956 · Flesh Smuggling as
- 1956 · 甲武信嶽傳奇 決斗地獄 as
- 1956 · Satan's Town as Sasaki
- 1956 · 快傑耶茶坊 as
- 1956 · Love is Lost as Yoshizo
- 1956 · Cell No. 8 as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary, Part 2 as
- 1955 · Ejima and Ikushima as 奥山好竹院
- 1955 · The Samurai of Edo as
- 1955 · Taira Clan Saga as Heiroku
- 1955 · 振袖釼法 as 大導寺平馬
- 1955 · The Wolves as
- 1955 · The Dancer and Two Warriors as
- 1955 · Six Assassins as
- 1955 · Sisters as
- 1954 · Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi as
- 1954 · The Last Women as Makimura
- 1954 · The Black Current as
- 1954 · The Story of Shunkin as
- 1954 · The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge as
- 1954 · The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge as
- 1954 · Sansho the Bailiff as Taro
- 1954 · The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love as
- 1953 · Hana no shôgai as 多田一郎
- 1953 · Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha as 是枝七郎左衛門
- 1953 · The Cannery Boat as Shibaura
- 1953 · Tower of Lilies as
- 1952 · Chronicle of the Bulbul as
- 1952 · The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail as Ise
- 1952 · お洒落狂女 as Togawa Kankyo
- 1952 · 治郎吉格子 as 久六
- 1951 · Lantern Under a Full Moon as
- 1950 · Listen to the Voices of the Sea as
- 1950 · Till We Meet Again as
- 1950 · Street of Violence as Enomoto
- 1949 · Lady From Hell as
- 1947 · Actress as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
- 1947 · Snow Trail as Honda
- 1946 · No Regrets for Our Youth as Itokawa
- 1946 · As Long as I Live as
- 1946 · An Enemy of the People as
- 1945 · Three Women of the North as
- 1945 · A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo as Kazuma Hochino
- 1945 · Duel at Yagyu Valley as Shinohara Samanosuke
- 1945 · Sanshiro Sugata Part Two as Genzaburo Higaki
- 1944 · Battle Troop as Murakami
- 1944 · Four Marriages as
- 1944 · The Most Beautiful as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
- 1943 · Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky as
- 1943 · Military Song of the Morning Mist as Maruge
- 1943 · Sanshiro Sugata as Yoshima Dan
- 1943 · Kantaro of Ina as
- 1937 · Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn as