| Akitake Kōno | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Death Place: | Itō, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1943-1977 |
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.[1] Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.
| 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 | Itokawa | |||
| 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 |