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.
The Shape of Night
Till We Meet Again
The Conspirator
The Harbor Lights
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
The Most Beautiful
Sansho the Bailiff
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Sanshiro Sugata
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
No Regrets for Our Youth
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Adventures of Zatoichi
Castle of Owls
Ken
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Okatsu the Fugitive
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Snow Trail
