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Akitake Kōno
Born: 1911-10-08 in Nagasaki, Japan
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.
Rated Filmography (85)
Sorted by Score10.0
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
10.0
Battle Troop
1944
10.0
Satan's Town
1956
10.0
Three Women of the North
1945
10.0
The Black Current
1954
10.0
Farewell, My Beloved
1969
10.0
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
10.0
You and I
1966
9.0
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
9.0
Six Assassins
1955
9.0
Tange Sazen
1963
9.0
Sword of Vision
1959
9.0
Lady From Hell
1949
9.0
An Enemy of the People
1946
8.7
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
8.5
The Cannery Boat
1953
8.5
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
8.5
Three Gamblers
1967
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
8.0
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
8.0
When a Woman Loves
1960
8.0
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
8.0
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960
8.0
Broken Swords
1969
8.0
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
1958
8.0
Love is Lost
1956
8.0
Four Marriages
1944
8.0
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958
8.0
The Great Road
1960
7.8
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
7.7
Ken
1964
7.7
The Viper Brothers
1971
7.5
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1950
7.5
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
7.5
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
7.2
Castle of Flames
1960
7.0
Sisters
1955
7.0
The Outsiders
1958
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
7.0
The Lord's spy
1964
7.0
Snow Trail
1947
7.0
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
1958
7.0
The Escape
1962
7.0
The Hidden Treasure
1959
7.0
Actress
1947
7.0
Restoration Fire
1961
7.0
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
6.9
The Wolves
1955
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
6.8
The Shape of Night
1964
6.8
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
6.8
Mother Country
1962
6.8
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969
6.8
Tower of Lilies
1953
6.7
Adventures of Zatoichi
1964
6.7
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952
6.7
Till We Meet Again
1950
6.7
The Conspirator
1961
6.6
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
6.6
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943
6.5
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
6.5
Town of Violence
1950
6.5
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1969
6.4
Okatsu the Fugitive
1969
6.3
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
6.3
The Story of Shunkin
1954
6.3
The Harbor Lights
1961
6.2
Points and Lines
1958
6.2
Castle of Owls
1963
6.0
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945
6.0
Dotanba
1956
6.0
Traveling in Party
1967
6.0
Nerves for Victory
1966
6.0
Ninja Assassins
1960
6.0
The Samurai of Edo
1955
5.9
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
5.6
The Most Beautiful
1944
5.4
Heiji, the Detective
1967
5.2
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
5.0
The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
5.0
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943
5.0
The Last Trump Card
1960