was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.
Career 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.
Selected filmography
+ Film Year Title Role Notes 1943Sanshiro Sugata 1945The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's TailSanshiro Sugata Part II 1946Minshū no TekiNo Regrets for Our YouthItokawa1949Lady from HellTachibana 1950Bōryoku no MachiListen to the Voices of the Sea 1954Sansho the Bailiff 1955Rokunin no AnsatsushaNakaoka Shintarō1956Shirogane Shinjū 1957Temptress and the MonkSun in the Last Days of the Shogunate 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1964Adventures of Zatoichi
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