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.
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Sisters
Flesh Smuggling
Sansho the Bailiff
Taro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kôno Taii
A Dead Drifter
Sanshiro Sugata
Yoshima Dan
Hunting Opium-Eaters
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Ise
No Regrets for Our Youth
Itokawa
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Genzaburo Higaki
Taira Clan Saga
Heiroku
Cell No. 8
Dotanba
The Scarlet Camellia
Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
Small Rats of the Edo Town
Tôzô
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
The Outsiders
Doctor Kimura
Mid-August Commotion
Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Matabei
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Yasuke
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Kazuma Hochino
Zankokuna tsuki
Police Precinct Part 12
One Passed Through Hell
Kantaro of Ina
Umineko ga tonde
治郎吉格子
久六
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai
多田一郎
The Story of Shunkin
振袖釼法
大導寺平馬
Ejima and Ikushima
奥山好竹院
When a Woman Loves
Okada
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
The Shape of Night
The Temptress and the Monk
Medicine seller
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Katagiri
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge
The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge
Chronicle of the Bulbul
The Lord's spy
The Most Beautiful
Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Six Assassins
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Snow Trail
Honda
Battle Troop
Murakami
Till We Meet Again
Heiji, the Detective
The Conspirator
A Fishwife's Tale
Points and Lines
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Shinohara Samanosuke
The Man of Seven Faces
Jukichi Arao
The Wolves
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Satan's Town
Sasaki
Street of Violence
Enomoto
Tange Sazen
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Division chief Sawamura
Sword of Vision
Okubo Hikozaemon
Three Women of the North
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
The Cannery Boat
Shibaura
Wind, Woman and Road
Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
Broken Swords
Miyamoto Musashi
Kimura Sukekuro
Castle of Owls
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
Furutaka Shuntaro
The Black Current
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
The Escape
Farewell, My Beloved
Ken
Kiuchi
Souls in the Moonlight II
Momozo Zenriki
Souls in the Moonlight III
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
Cho
King of the Highway
Traveling in Party
The Hidden Treasure
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Love is Lost
Yoshizo
Castle of Flames
Nerves for Victory
The Envoy
The Harbor Lights
Okatsu the Fugitive
Four Marriages
Tower of Lilies
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
Three Gamblers
Toyomatsu Inoue
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Mother Country
Actress
Haruyoshi Kobayashi
As Long as I Live
Lady From Hell
The Last Women
Makimura
Restoration Fire
Heikichi
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Gennosuke Shioya
Fearful Witch
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
I Want to Be a Shellfish
An Enemy of the People
Happily Tied to the Road
Sanemon
You and I
Invitation to Jail
Ninja Assassins
The Samurai of Edo
Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû
The Great Road
White Cliffs
Ocean Floor Crime #1
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Challenge Beneath the Waves
Midair Circus
おばこ船頭さん
The Gion Tempest
Sakakibara
白い南風
Kobushi dakedenki kettō jigoku
The Viper Brothers
Kingoro The Tattoo Master
Hinoki butai
The Big Scoop: The Third Woman
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight