Akitake Kōno
Acting Born: 1911-10-08 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
Sansho the Bailiff
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
Adventures of Zatoichi
The Most Beautiful
Taira Clan Saga
Points and Lines
Ken
Satan's Town
Sanshiro Sugata
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Miyamoto Musashi
The Escape
Snow Trail
Tower of Lilies
Dotanba
Ocean Floor Crime #1
The Harbor Lights
The Scarlet Camellia
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era