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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.

Akitake Kōno
Born	8 October 1911 Nagasaki, Japan
Died	17 March 1978(1978-03-17) (aged 66) Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1943-1977

Career

Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942.[1] Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1943	Sanshiro Sugata
1945	The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
	Sanshiro Sugata Part II
1946	Minshū no Teki
	No Regrets for Our Youth
1949	Lady from Hell	Tachibana	[2]
1950	Bōryoku no Machi
	Listen to the Voices of the Sea
1954	Sansho the Bailiff
1955	Rokunin no Ansatsusha	Nakaoka Shintarō
1956	Shirogane Shinjū
1957	Temptress and the Monk
	Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1964	Adventures of Zatoichi

References

External links

• Akitake Kōno at IMDb

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