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Akitake Kōno

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Akitake Kōno

Born October 8, 1911 in Nagasaki, JapanDied March 17, 1978159 films

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.

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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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Sansho the Bailiff posterFirst watchSansho the Bailiff19548.1as TaroIn 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love poster8.1The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959Sanshiro Sugata poster6.5Sanshiro Sugata1943No Regrets for Our Youth poster6.9No Regrets for Our Youth1946The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail poster6.7The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail1952Adventures of Zatoichi poster6.7Adventures of Zatoichi1964Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two poster6.0Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two1945The Most Beautiful poster5.6The Most Beautiful1944

Filmography

159 films as actor
  1. 1973Miyamoto MusashiKimura Sukekuro
  2. 1971The Viper BrothersKingoro The Tattoo Master
  3. 1969Okatsu the Fugitive
  4. 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
  5. 1969Broken Swords
  6. 1969Crimson Bat, the Blind SwordswomanYasuke
  7. 1969Farewell, My Beloved
  8. 1967Traveling in Party
  9. 1967Heiji, the Detective
  10. 1967Invitation to Jail
  11. 1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
  12. 1967Three GamblersToyomatsu Inoue
  13. 1966Nerves for Victory
  14. 1966You and I
  15. 1966Japan's Most ChivalrousGennosuke Shioya
  16. 1966Flame and the CodeSadamitsu Gonda
  17. 1966Hi No Taiko
  18. 1965King of the Highway
  19. 1964Adventures of ZatoichiIntendant Gorota Kajima
  20. 1964The Scarlet Camellia
  21. 1964The Shape of Night
  22. 1964Ocean Floor Crime #1
  23. 1964KenKiuchi
  24. 1964The Lord's spy
  25. 1963Tange Sazen
  26. 1963Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
  27. 1963Castle of Owls
  28. 1963Tokyo Untouchable: EscapeKatagiri
  29. 1963Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
  30. 1962Fearful Witch
  31. 1962Umineko ga tonde
  32. 1962Hibari's Tale of Pathos
  33. 1962Mid-August CommotionCommander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
  34. 1962Zankokuna tsuki
  35. 1962Mother Country
  36. 1962The Escape
  37. 1962Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
  38. 1961The Conspirator
  39. 1961Restoration FireHeikichi
  40. 1961Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
  41. 1961Kanbi no san-tō shainDivision chief Sawamura
  42. 1961Officer Morgan and a Man of MysteryCho
  43. 1961Shiroi minamikaze
  44. 1961A Fishwife's Tale
  45. 1961The Harbor Lights
  46. 1960Castle of Flames
  47. 1960Challenge Beneath the Waves
  48. 1960The Last Trump CardSeigo Nakatsuka
  49. 1960Hunting Opium-Eaters
  50. 1960Ninja Assassins
  51. 1960Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
  52. 1960The Man of Seven FacesJukichi Arao
  53. 1960One Passed Through Hell
  54. 1960Kuroshio hibun: Jigoku no hyakuman ryō
  55. 1960White Cliffs
  56. 1960The Great Road
  57. 1960Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
  58. 1960Police Precinct Part 12
  59. 1960When a Woman LovesOkada
  60. 1959Sword of VisionOkubo Hikozaemon
  61. 1959Night of the Suspicions
  62. 1959A Dead Drifter
  63. 1959Souls in the Moonlight III
  64. 1959Happily Tied to the RoadSanemon
  65. 1959The Hidden Treasure
  66. 1959The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
  67. 1959The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
  68. 1959The Bastards of Lawless Town
  69. 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveKôno Taii
  70. 1958The OutsidersDoctor Kimura
  71. 1958Points and Lines
  72. 1958I Want to Be a Shellfish
  73. 1958The Envoy
  74. 1958Midair Circus
  75. 1958Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
  76. 1958The Shogun’s Guard, ShinsengumiFurutaka Shuntaro
  77. 1958おばこ船頭さん
  78. 1958死の壁の脱出Azuma
  79. 1958The Gion TempestSakakibara
  80. 1958Souls in the Moonlight IIMomozo Zenriki
  81. 1958Wind, Woman and Road
  82. 1958Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
  83. 1957Samurai Nippon
  84. 1957Small Rats of the Edo TownTôzô
  85. 1957The Temptress and the MonkMedicine seller
  86. 1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraMatabei
  87. 1956Dotanba
  88. 1956Flesh Smuggling
  89. 1956Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
  90. 1956Kobushidake denki
  91. 1956Kobushidake denki: Kogane jigoku
  92. 1956Satan's TownSasaki
  93. 1956快傑耶茶坊
  94. 1956Love is LostYoshizo
  95. 1956Cell No. 8
  96. 1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
  97. 1955Ejima and Ikushima奥山好竹院
  98. 1955The Samurai of Edo
  99. 1955Taira Clan SagaHeiroku
  100. 1955振袖釼法大導寺平馬
  101. 1955The Wolves
  102. 1955The Dancer and Two Warriors
  103. 1955Six Assassins
  104. 1955Sisters
  105. 1954Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
  106. 1954The Last WomenMakimura
  107. 1954The Black Current
  108. 1954The Story of Shunkin
  109. 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
  110. 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
  111. 1954Sansho the BailiffTaro
  112. 1954The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
  113. 1953Outlaw
  114. 1953Hana no shôgai多田一郎
  115. 1953Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha是枝七郎左衛門
  116. 1953The Cannery BoatShibaura
  117. 1953Shunsetsu no mon
  118. 1953Seki no yatappe
  119. 1953Hiren tsubaki
  120. 1953Coming Up of Kodokan