Akitake Kōno
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 (136 Appearances)
The Gion Tempest
Miyamoto Musashi
The Viper Brothers
Okatsu the Fugitive
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Broken Swords
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Farewell, My Beloved
Traveling in Party
Heiji, the Detective
Invitation to Jail
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
Three Gamblers
Nerves for Victory
You and I
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Flame and the Code
King of the Highway
Adventures of Zatoichi
The Scarlet Camellia
The Shape of Night
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Ken
The Lord's spy
Tange Sazen
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Castle of Owls
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Fearful Witch
Umineko ga tonde
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Mid-August Commotion
Zankokuna tsuki
Mother Country
The Escape
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
The Conspirator
Restoration Fire
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Kanbi no san-tō shain
白い南風
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
A Fishwife's Tale
The Harbor Lights
Castle of Flames
Challenge Beneath the Waves
Hunting Opium-Eaters
Ninja Assassins
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
The Man of Seven Faces
One Passed Through Hell
White Cliffs
The Great Road
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
Police Precinct Part 12
When a Woman Loves
Sword of Vision
A Dead Drifter
Souls in the Moonlight III
Happily Tied to the Road
The Hidden Treasure
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
The Bastards of Lawless Town
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Outsiders
Points and Lines
I Want to Be a Shellfish
The Envoy
Midair Circus
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
おばこ船頭さん
Souls in the Moonlight II
Wind, Woman and Road
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
Small Rats of the Edo Town
The Temptress and the Monk
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Dotanba
Flesh Smuggling
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
Kobushidake denki
Satan's Town
快傑耶茶坊
Love is Lost
Cell No. 8
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Ejima and Ikushima
The Samurai of Edo
Taira Clan Saga
振袖釼法
The Wolves
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Six Assassins
Sisters
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
The Last Women
The Black Current
The Story of Shunkin
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Sansho the Bailiff
Hana no shôgai
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
The Cannery Boat
Tower of Lilies
Chronicle of the Bulbul
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
お洒落狂女
治郎吉格子
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Till We Meet Again
Town of Violence
Lady From Hell
Actress
Snow Trail
No Regrets for Our Youth
As Long as I Live
An Enemy of the People
Hinoki Butai
Three Women of the North
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Battle Troop
Four Marriages
The Most Beautiful
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Military Song of the Morning Mist
Sanshiro Sugata
Kantaro of Ina
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn