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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
Sanshiro Sugata
as Yoshima Dan
Sansho the Bailiff
as Taro
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
as Ise
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kôno Taii
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Itokawa
The Most Beautiful
as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
as Genzaburo Higaki
Ken
as Kiuchi
Actress
as Haruyoshi Kobayashi
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Matabei
