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
As Taro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
As Kôno Taii
A Dead Drifter
Sanshiro Sugata
As Yoshima Dan
Hunting Opium-Eaters
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
As Ise
No Regrets for Our Youth
As Itokawa
お洒落狂女
As Togawa Kankyo
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
As Genzaburo Higaki
Taira Clan Saga
As Heiroku
Cell No. 8
Dotanba
The Scarlet Camellia
Adventures of Zatoichi
As Intendant Gorota Kajima
Small Rats of the Edo Town
As Tôzô
Hatsu sugata ushimatsu gōshi
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
The Outsiders
As Doctor Kimura
Mid-August Commotion
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
As Matabei
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
As Yasuke
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
As Kazuma Hochino
Zankokuna tsuki
Police Precinct Part 12
One Passed Through Hell
Kantaro of Ina
Umineko ga tonde
治郎吉格子
As 久六
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
As 是枝七郎左衛門
Hana no shôgai
As 多田一郎
The Story of Shunkin
振袖釼法
As 大導寺平馬
Ejima and Ikushima
As 奥山好竹院
When a Woman Loves
As Okada
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
The Shape of Night
The Temptress and the Monk
As Medicine seller
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
As 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
As Fire and drum band instructor (uncredited)
Six Assassins
The Dancer and Two Warriors
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Snow Trail
As Honda
甲武信嶽傳奇
Battle Troop
As Murakami
Till We Meet Again
Heiji, the Detective
The Conspirator
快傑耶茶坊
Military Song of the Morning Mist
As Maruge
A Fishwife's Tale
Points and Lines
Duel at Yagyu Valley
As Shinohara Samanosuke
The Man of Seven Faces
As Jukichi Arao
The Wolves
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Satan's Town
As Sasaki
Street of Violence
As Enomoto
Tange Sazen
寛美の三等社員
As Division chief Sawamura
Sword of Vision
As Okubo Hikozaemon
Three Women of the North
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
The Cannery Boat
As Shibaura
Wind, Woman and Road
Flame and the Code
As Sadamitsu Gonda
Broken Swords
The Viper Brothers
Miyamoto Musashi
As Kimura Sukekuro
Castle of Owls
The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi
As Furutaka Shuntaro
The Black Current
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2
A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
The Escape
Farewell, My Beloved
Ken
As Kiuchi
Souls in the Moonlight II
As Momozo Zenriki
Souls in the Moonlight III
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery
As Cho
King of the Highway
Traveling in Party
The Hidden Treasure
Men in a Rough Town
Love is Lost
As 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
As Toyomatsu Inoue
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Mother Country
Actress
As Haruyoshi Kobayashi
As Long as I Live
Lady From Hell
The Last Women
As Makimura
Restoration Fire
As Heikichi
Japan's Most Chivalrous
As 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
As Sanemon
You and I