Browse Akitake Kôno Movies
- 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff8.1011954HD
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
- 1959
Sword of Vision
Sword of Vision01959HD
Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.
- 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love8.0351959HD
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...
- 1943
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata6.5381943HD
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...
- 1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail6.6871952HD
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...
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
No Regrets for Our Youth6.81946HD
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...
- 1945
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two6.21945HD
In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the for...
- 1955
Taira Clan Saga
Taira Clan Saga6.941955HD
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But becau...
- 1964
Adventures of Zatoichi
Adventures of Zatoichi6.6711964HD
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate th...
- 1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era7.1771957HD
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 task...
- 1969
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman6.81969HD
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...
- 1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo5.81945HD
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,...
- 1958
Points and Lines
Points and Lines41958HD
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...
- 1957
The Temptress and the Monk
The Temptress and the Monk01957HD
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
- 1943
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky51943HD
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...
- 1944
The Most Beautiful
The Most Beautiful5.61944HD
The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and tre...
- 1950
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Listen to the Voices of the Sea01950HD
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...
- 1962
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
Hibari's Tale of Pathos01962HD
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 a...
- 1947
Snow Trail
Snow Trail7.11947HD
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...
- 1967
Heiji, the Detective
Heiji, the Detective3.81967HD
Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seig...