Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-10-08

Deathday

1978-03-17 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagasaki, Japan

Also Known As

Akitake Kono
山崎進蔵
Akitake Kôno

Akitake Kōno

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.

Known For

8.1%

Sansho the Bailiff

Mar 31, 1954

8.1%

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Jan 15, 1959

6.6%

Sanshiro Sugata

Mar 25, 1943

6.7%

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

Apr 24, 1952

6.9%

No Regrets for Our Youth

Oct 29, 1946

6.1%

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

May 3, 1945

5.6%

The Most Beautiful

Apr 13, 1944

6.7%

Adventures of Zatoichi

Dec 30, 1964

7.2%

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Jul 14, 1957

7.1%

Taira Clan Saga

Sep 21, 1955

7.1%

Snow Trail

Aug 5, 1947

6.8%

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman

Mar 15, 1969

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Acting

1973

Miyamoto Musashi as Kimura Sukekuro

1971

The Viper Brothers

1969		Okatsu the Fugitive
1969		New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969		Broken Swords
1969		Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman as Yasuke
1969		Farewell, My Beloved

1967		Traveling in Party
1967		Heiji, the Detective
1967		Invitation to Jail
1967		A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967		Three Gamblers as Toyomatsu Inoue

1966		Nerves for Victory
1966		You and I
1966		Japan's Most Chivalrous as Gennosuke Shioya
1966		Flame and the Code as Sadamitsu Gonda

1965

King of the Highway

1964		Adventures of Zatoichi as Intendant Gorota Kajima
1964		The Scarlet Camellia
1964		The Shape of Night
1964		Ocean Floor Crime #1
1964		Ken as Kiuchi
1964		The Lord's spy

1963		Tange Sazen
1963		Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963		Castle of Owls
1963		Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Katagiri
1963		Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

1962		Fearful Witch
1962		Umineko ga tonde
1962		Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962		Mid-August Commotion
1962		Zankokuna tsuki
1962		Mother Country
1962		The Escape
1962		Travels of Hibari and Chiemi

1961		The Conspirator
1961		Restoration Fire as Heikichi
1961		Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
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
1961		The Harbor Lights

1960		Castle of Flames
1960		Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960		Ninja Assassins
1960		Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960		The Man of Seven Faces as Jukichi Arao
1960		One Passed Through Hell
1960		White Cliffs
1960		The Great Road
1960		Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960		Police Precinct Part 12

1959		Sword of Vision as Okubo Hikozaemon
1959		When a Woman Loves as Okada
1959		A Dead Drifter
1959		Souls in the Moonlight III
1959		Happily Tied to the Road as Sanemon
1959		The Hidden Treasure
1959		Men in a Rough Town
1959		The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Kôno Taii

1958		The Outsiders as Doctor Kimura
1958		Points and Lines
1958		I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958		The Envoy
1958		Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958		The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi as Furutaka Shuntaro
1958		Souls in the Moonlight II as Momozo Zenriki
1958		Wind, Woman and Road
1958		Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

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
1956		Flesh Smuggling
1956		Kobushidake denki
1956		Satan's Town as Sasaki
1956		快傑耶茶坊
1956		Love is Lost as Yoshizo
1956		Cell No. 8

1955		Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955		Ejima and Ikushima as 奥山好竹院
1955		The Samurai of Edo
1955		Taira Clan Saga as Heiroku
1955		振袖釼法 as 大導寺平馬
1955		The Wolves
1955		The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955		Six Assassins
1955		Sisters

1954		Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
1954		The Last Women as Makimura
1954		The Black Current
1954		The Story of Shunkin
1954		The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
1954		The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
1954		Sansho the Bailiff as Taro
1954		The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love

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

1952		Chronicle of the Bulbul
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

1950		Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950		Till We Meet Again
1950		Street of Violence as Enomoto

1949

Lady From Hell

1947		Actress as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
1947		Snow Trail as Honda

1946		No Regrets for Our Youth as Itokawa
1946		As Long as I Live
1946		An Enemy of the People

1945		Three Women of the North
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
1944		The Most Beautiful as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

1943		Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943		Military Song of the Morning Mist as Maruge
1943		Sanshiro Sugata as Yoshima Dan
1943		Kantaro of Ina

1937

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn