Akitake Kōno
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.
Filmography
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Sansho the Bailiff
The Last Women
Sanshiro Sugata
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Miyamoto Musashi
No Regrets for Our Youth
Taira Clan Saga
Street of Violence
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Sisters
Restoration Fire
Souls in the Moonlight II
Heiji, the Detective
The Great Road
The Hidden Treasure
Snow Trail
Points and Lines
The Most Beautiful
Mid-August Commotion
Okatsu the Fugitive
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Hana no shôgai
Farewell, My Beloved
Castle of Owls
Ken
The Viper Brothers