Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

1911-10-08 – 1978-03-17 (age 66) Nagasaki, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Sansho the Bailiff
The Black Current
As Long as I Live
Fearful Witch
When a Woman Loves
When a Woman Loves

1960

as Okada

Castle of Flames
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Harbor Lights
Flame and the Code
Flame and the Code

1966

as Sadamitsu Gonda

Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata

1943

as Yoshima Dan

Four Marriages
死の壁の脱出
死の壁の脱出

1958

as Azuma

Ken
Ken

1964

as Kiuchi

No Regrets for Our Youth
Battle Troop
Battle Troop

1944

as Murakami

The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful

1944

as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)

Satan's Town
Satan's Town

1956

as Sasaki

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

as Genzaburo Higaki