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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-10-08 (113 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagasaki, Japan

Akitake Kōno

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.

Known For

Acting

1973

Miyamoto Musashi as Kimura Sukekuro

1971

1969

1967

Three Gamblers as Toyomatsu Inoue

1966

Flame and the Code as Sadamitsu Gonda
Japan's Most Chivalrous as Gennosuke Shioya

1965

1964

Adventures of Zatoichi as Intendant Gorota Kajima
Ken as Kiuchi

1963

1962

1961

寛美の三等社員 as Division chief Sawamura
Restoration Fire as Heikichi

1960

The Man of Seven Faces as Jukichi Arao

1959

Sword of Vision as Okubo Hikozaemon

1958

The Outsiders as Doctor Kimura
Souls in the Moonlight II as Momozo Zenriki

1957

The Temptress and the Monk as Medicine seller

1956

Satan's Town as Sasaki
Love is Lost as Yoshizo

1955

Taira Clan Saga as Heiroku
振袖釼法 as 大導寺平馬
Ejima and Ikushima as 奥山好竹院

1954

The Last Women as Makimura

1953

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha as 是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai as 多田一郎
The Cannery Boat as Shibaura

1952

お洒落狂女 as Togawa Kankyo
治郎吉格子 as 久六

1951

1950

1949

1947

Snow Trail as Honda
Actress as Haruyoshi Kobayashi

1946

1945

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two as Genzaburo Higaki
Duel at Yagyu Valley as Shinohara Samanosuke

1944

The Most Beautiful as Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Battle Troop as Murakami

1943

Sanshiro Sugata as Yoshima Dan

1937