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