Akitake KÅno (河野 ç§‹æ¦ KÅno Akitake, 8 October 1911 – 17 March 1978) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.
KÅno 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.
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Akitake Kôno Biography / Wiki
Name | Akitake Kôno |
Also Know | 河野秋æ¦, Akitake KÅno, Akitake Kono |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Nagasaki, Japan |
Date of Birth | October 08, 1911 |
Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 66 |
Deathday | 1978-03-17 |
Akitake Kôno Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
The Last Women | Makimura | 1954-11-22 | The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On Ju… |
An Enemy of the People | 1946-04-25 | Tadashi Imai 1946 movie… | |
Listen to the Voices of the Sea | 1950-06-15 | This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The fi… | |
Battle Troop | Murakami | 1944-12-07 | Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their to… |
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two | Genzaburo Higaki | 1945-05-03 | In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the for… |
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo | Kazuma Hochino | 1945-06-28 | In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who… |
The Temptress and the Monk | Medicine seller | 1957-08-14 | Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear…. |
Snow Trail | Honda | 1947-08-05 | Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojir… |
Till We Meet Again | 1950-03-21 | Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them…. | |
Satan’s Town | Sasaki | 1956-07-11 | A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual b… |
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi | 1962-01-03 | Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug dea… | |
Love is Lost | Yoshizo | 1956-02-05 | Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya…. |
Lady From Hell | 1949-03-15 | Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are agai… | |
As Long as I Live | 1946-08-01 | … | |
Lantern Under a Full Moon | 1951-07-11 | … | |
Sansho the Bailiff | Taro | 1954-03-31 | In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years before…. |
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman | Yasuke | 1969-03-15 | A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from … |
Duel at Yagyu Valley | Shinohara Samanosuke | 1945-05-17 | During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword an… |
Three Women of the North | 1945-08-05 | The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with … | |
Ken | Kiuchi | 1964-03-14 | Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university’s Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. K… |
Flesh Smuggling | 1956-10-09 | A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff’s challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover… | |
A Dead Drifter | 1959-05-13 | A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî… | |
Tokyo aantachibiru: dasso | Katagiri | 1963-03-15 | … |
Sisters | 1955-04-10 | … | |
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail | Ise | 1952-04-24 | Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to safe… |
No Regrets for Our Youth | Itokawa | 1946-10-29 | Yukie, the well-bred daughter of a university professor, is shocked when her father is relieved of his post for his political teachings during a purge… |
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky | 1943-05-01 | Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pre… | |
Heiji, the Detective | 1967-10-10 | Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seig… | |
å¿«å‚‘è€¶èŒ¶åŠ | 1956-04-18 | 1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts…. | |
Flame and the Code | Sadamitsu Gonda | 1966-03-05 | … |
The Black Current | 1954-08-31 | A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the MaichÅ newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Ak… | |
King of the Highway | 1965-12-18 | … | |
Nerves for Victory | 1966-08-26 | A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother…. | |
The Envoy | 1958-09-16 | Sinza who is secretly the well known “Sea Glow Burglar”, gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just t… | |
Okatsu the Fugitive | 1969-10-01 | Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the “Ohyaku/Okatsu” series. Okatsu; a “tomboy” who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to ma… | |
Tower of Lilies | 1953-01-09 | A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situat… | |
Chronicle of the Bulbul | 1952-10-23 | Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato… | |
Taira Clan Saga | Heiroku | 1955-09-21 | Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But becau… |
The Conspirator | 1961-11-08 | Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provi… | |
甲æ¦ä¿¡å¶½å‚³å¥‡ | 1956-08-22 | 1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts…. | |
The Cannery Boat | Shibaura | 1953-09-10 | Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920’s)… |
Castle of Owls | 1963-03-24 | Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the ‘Taiko’ becomes the target of an ass… | |
Farewell, My Beloved | 1969-02-21 | During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, ho… | |
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery | Cho | 1961-08-13 | Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona…. |
Four Marriages | 1944-09-28 | Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film’s hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he i… | |
Young Lord Detective | 1958-12-15 | A seventh part of the series…. | |
Kantaro of Ina | 1943-01-03 | War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa. Didn’t find anything about it online, but Takizawa was a well-regarded director in his time. Akira Kurosawa wor… | |
Adventures of Zatoichi | Intendant Gorota Kajima | 1964-12-30 | Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate th… |
A Fishwife’s Tale | 1961-05-31 | Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological … | |
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 | 1958-03-11 | Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of L… | |
Souls in the Moonlight III | 1959-04-28 | Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of… | |
The Harbor Lights | 1961-02-26 | … | |
Three Gamblers | Toyomatsu Inoue | 1967-01-12 | Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family…. |
Fearful Witch | 1962-12-16 | … | |
Small Rats of the Edo Town | Tôzô | 1957-10-15 | The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling aga… |
Sword of Vision | Okubo Hikozaemon | 1959-10-04 | Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film…. |
Hibari’s Tale of Pathos | 1962-10-06 | Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes… | |
寛美ã®ä¸‰ç‰ç¤¾å“¡ | Division chief Sawamura | 1961-09-09 | Japanese comedy film…. |
Restoration Fire | Heikichi | 1961-10-14 | Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfa… |
Happily Tied to the Road | Sanemon | 1959-04-21 | With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers … |
When a Woman Loves | Okada | 1959-09-24 | Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman…. |
Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate’s request, the impoverished Yagyu … | |
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy | 1960-05-10 | Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers…. | |
Wind, Woman and Road | 1958-04-14 | A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they are… | |
Japan’s Most Chivalrous | Gennosuke Shioya | 1966-03-19 | … |
Policeman’s Diary, Part 2 | 1955-11-16 | From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station…. | |
Hunting Opium-Eaters | 1960-09-04 | The Chase after Opium Dealers… | |
The Outsiders | Doctor Kimura | 1958-11-26 | A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Ta… |
A History of the Japanese Underworld – The Bloody Resistance | 1967-01-01 | … | |
Castle of Flames | 1960-10-30 | In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds… | |
Mother Country | 1962-04-29 | In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married s… | |
ãŠæ´’è½ç‹‚女 | Togawa Kankyo | 1952-04-03 | … |
The Shape of Night | 1964-11-01 | Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, moonlights as a hostess at a bar. One of the regulars, Eiji Kitami, invites her out on a date. Still only 19, … | |
Sanshiro Sugata | Yoshima Dan | 1943-03-25 | The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form… |
The Man of Seven Faces | Jukichi Arao | 1960-04-26 | Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case…. |
Street of Violence | Enomoto | 1950-02-26 | An attempt is made to suppress a journalist’s investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses…. |
Broken Swords | 1969-05-30 | The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the v… | |
Traveling in Party | 1967-11-12 | A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri…. | |
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Kôno Taii | 1959-01-15 | After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria… |
Points and Lines | 1958-11-11 | Based on Matsumoto Seicho’s classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the trut… | |
The Viper Brothers | 1971-06-01 | … | |
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi | Furutaka Shuntaro | 1958-07-13 | The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to ov… |
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai | 1963-04-21 | Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart,… | |
Souls in the Moonlight II | Momozo Zenriki | 1958-04-20 | This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Passâ€, following the life and times of bloo… |
New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2 | 1969-08-13 | Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock… | |
Men in a Rough Town | 1959-01-28 | An action-packed, dramatic gangster film…. | |
Actress | Haruyoshi Kobayashi | 1947-12-29 | Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan’s stage. The rela… |
Miyamoto Musashi | Kimura Sukekuro | 1973-07-13 | In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then b… |
The Escape | 1962-03-14 | Film about the 2-26 Incident…. | |
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Matabei | 1957-07-14 | Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various ta… |
I Want to Be a Shellfish | 1958-10-31 | Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husba… | |
The Hidden Treasure | 1959-04-05 | Shochiku’s commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama…. | |
The Scarlet Camellia | 1964-11-21 | A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detec… | |
The Most Beautiful | Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited) | 1944-04-13 | The stories of several young women who work in a ‘precision optical instruments’ factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tre… |
Cell No. 8 | 1956-01-15 | A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their budding love in a corner of the big city…. | |
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