
Akitake Kōno
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

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

Sanshiro Sugata
1943

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945

Snow Trail
1947

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957

Castle of Flames
1960

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952

Outlaw
1953

Koga Manshion
1949

The Outsiders
1958

The Black Current
1954

Shunsetsu no mon
1953

Taira Clan Saga
1955

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

治郎吉格子
1952

Flame and the Code
1966

The Shape of Night
1964

Adventures of Zatoichi
1964

Points and Lines
1958

The Harbor Lights
1961

Till We Meet Again
1950

Ken
1964

Ejima and Ikushima
1955