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Akitake Kōno
Acting
Born: October 8, 1911
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.
Known For

Sansho the Bailiff
as Taro

Taira Clan Saga
as Heiroku

The Most Beautiful
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki

No Regrets for Our Youth
as Itokawa

Sanshiro Sugata
as Yoshima Dan

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Ise

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Matabei
