
Acting
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.

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

Taira Clan Saga
1955

Sanshiro Sugata
1943

Snow Trail
1947

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

Shunsetsu no mon
1953

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

Castle of Owls
1963

The Most Beautiful
1944

Battle Troop
1944

The Temptress and the Monk
1957

Tower of Lilies
1953

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1958

Outlaw
1953

Miyamoto Musashi
1973

Ken
1964

The Shape of Night
1964

Police Precinct Part 12
1960

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963

The Escape
1962

Adventures of Zatoichi
1964

Points and Lines
1958

The Hidden Treasure
1959

Souls in the Moonlight III
1959

Okatsu the Fugitive
1969

Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
1960

Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
1969

Mid-August Commotion
1962

The Wolves
1955

The Man of Seven Faces
1960

The Great Road
1960

Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
1960

Castle of Flames
1960