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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.
Top Filmography

8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 // MOVIE

8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 // MOVIE

6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 // MOVIE

6.7
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952 // MOVIE

6.9
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 // MOVIE

5.9
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945 // MOVIE

5.5
The Most Beautiful
1944 // MOVIE

6.7
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964 // MOVIE

7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 // MOVIE

6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955 // MOVIE

6.9
Snow Trail
1947 // MOVIE

6.7
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969 // MOVIE

7.8
Ken
1964 // MOVIE

7.1
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 // MOVIE

6.3
Till We Meet Again
1950 // MOVIE