Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), and films by Yasujirō Ozu, such as Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also appeared in Kill! by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His final film was Juzo Itami's A-ge-man (Tales of a Golden Geisha) in 1990. Tōno also starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983. In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo (本庄克二).
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- Born:
- Sep 17, 1907 In Gunma, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 184
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Port of Flowers 1943-07-29
- Latest Project:
- Movie Tales of a Golden Geisha 1990-06-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Tales of a Golden Geisha | Prime Minister | 1990-06-02 |
| Movie | Death of a Tea Master | Kokei | 1989-10-07 |
| Movie | So What | 1988-07-16 | |
| Movie | Choji Snack Bar | 1983-11-12 | |
| Movie | I Lived, But... | Self | 1983-10-29 |
| Movie | Adrift at Sea | 1983-12-03 | |
| Movie | Hunter in the Dark | Shogen | 1979-06-17 |
| Movie | The Last Game | 1979-11-03 | |
| Movie | Lord Mito | Tokugawa Mitsukuni | 1978-12-23 |
| Movie | Island of Hell | Kaemon Kito | 1977-08-27 |
| Movie | The Battle of Okinawa | 1971-08-14 | |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Admiral Chuici Nagumo | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | Will to Conquer | 1970-10-17 | |
| Movie | Tora-san's Cherished Mother | Sanpo Sensei | 1969-11-14 |
| Movie | Goyokin | 1969-05-01 | |
| Movie | Kill! | Hyogo Moriuchi | 1968-06-22 |
| Movie | The Saga of Tanegashima | Kinbei Yaita | 1968-05-18 |
| Movie | Horus: Prince of the Sun | Ganko (voice) | 1968-07-24 |
| Movie | Monument to the Girl's Corps | Nakaji, Principal | 1968-09-21 |
| Movie | Zatoichi's Cane Sword | Senzo | 1967-01-03 |
| Movie | Three Faces of Love | Soga | 1967-01-14 |
| Movie | Monsieur Zivaco | 1967-10-28 | |
| Movie | Silence Has No Wings | 1966-02-11 | |
| Movie | Dynamite Doctor | Marshal | 1966-06-04 |
| Movie | Lost Sex | Neighbor / Writer | 1966-08-27 |
| Movie | Dash to the Sun | 1966-09-08 | |
| Movie | The Great White Tower | 1966-10-15 | |
| Movie | Red Beard | Goheiji | 1965-04-03 |
| Movie | Samurai Assassin | Masagorō Kisoya | 1965-01-03 |
| Movie | The Last Judgment | 1965-05-16 | |
| Movie | Illusion of Blood | 1965-07-25 | |
| Movie | Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 | 1965-10-31 | |
| Movie | Sword of the Beast | Minister | 1965-09-18 |
| Movie | An Innocent Witch | 1965-10-30 | |
| Movie | The Spy | 1965-09-04 | |
| Movie | Pale Flower | Yasuoka | 1964-03-01 |
| Movie | Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple | Haiya | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | Our Happiness Alone | 1964-03-29 | |
| Movie | Eddy Currents of Life | Shigesuke Hayashi | 1964-11-22 |
| Movie | A Story from Echigo | 1964-05-09 | |
| Movie | The Donkey Comes on a Tank | 1964-12-26 | |
| Movie | Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai | 1963-04-21 | |
| Movie | Life of Hishakaku 2 | 1963-05-25 | |
| Movie | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Shibiku-Shosuke Hori | 1963-04-28 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Girl | 1963-04-18 | |
| Movie | Girls Born in August | 1963-02-19 | |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Goro | 1963-07-13 |
| Movie | Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 | |
| Movie | High and Low | Factory Worker | 1963-03-01 |
| Movie | A House in the Quarter | 1963-11-01 | |
| Movie | The Fight of the Gamblers | 1963-12-26 | |
| Movie | Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 1963-08-06 |
| Movie | Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 | |
| Movie | Ukyunosuke on Patrol | 1963-11-20 | |
| Movie | Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | 1963-12-28 | |
| Movie | The Navy | 1963-08-13 | |
| Movie | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman | Akiharu | 1963-11-16 |
| Movie | Foundry Town | Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) | 1962-04-08 |
| Movie | Facing to the Clouds | 1962-05-01 | |
| Movie | Seinen no isu | 1962-04-08 | |
| Movie | Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | 1962-04-29 | |
| Movie | Season of Farewell | 1962-01-14 | |
| Movie | The Bandits | 1962-05-27 | |
| Movie | 続サラリーマン清水港 | 1962-03-07 | |
| Movie | Lady Sen and Hideyori | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1962-03-25 |
| Movie | Our Marriage | Father | 1962-03-18 |
| Movie | The Great Wall | Li Tang | 1962-11-01 |
| Movie | An Autumn Afternoon | Sakuma, The 'Gourd' | 1962-11-18 |
| Movie | A Carpenter and Children | 1962-06-10 | |
| Movie | Mount Hakone | 1962-09-15 | |
| Movie | Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Man From the Sea | 1962-07-08 | |
| Movie | This Madding Crowd | Grandpa Yoshi | 1962-06-28 |
| Movie | Akitsu Hot Springs | 1962-06-15 | |
| Movie | The Orphan Brother | Sanshô Dayû (voice) | 1961-07-19 |
| Movie | Fine Man | 1961-06-11 | |
| Movie | Challenge to Live | 1961-06-17 | |
| Movie | An Edo Magistrate | 1961-03-12 | |
| Movie | The Crimson Plains | Shinzô Okui | 1961-07-30 |
| Movie | Pigs and Battleships | Kan'ichi | 1961-01-21 |
| Movie | The Masterless 47 – Part II | 1961-02-25 | |
| Movie | Yojimbo | Gonji, Tavern Keeper | 1961-04-25 |
| Movie | The Last War | Captain Umehara | 1961-10-08 |
| Movie | Immortal Love | Policeman | 1961-09-16 |
| Movie | The Red Shadow | Jinzaburô Kamo | 1961-12-24 |
| Movie | Run, Genta, Run! | 1961-11-22 | |
| Movie | The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy | 1961-12-06 | |
| Movie | Wind and waves of the South | Genji | 1961-11-19 |
| Movie | Boss Takes to the Road | 1961-09-23 | |
| Movie | Buddha | Suratha | 1961-10-31 |
| Movie | The Man of Seven Faces | Genkichi Miyashita | 1960-04-26 |
| Movie | The Gambling Samurai | Kansuke | 1960-03-28 |
| Movie | The Great Road | 1960-03-08 | |
| Movie | The Master Spearman | 1960-05-15 | |
| Movie | Wait for Tomorrow | Seisaku Kajiwara | 1960-10-26 |
| Movie | The War Without Weapons | 1960-11-08 | |
| Movie | The Twilight Story | 1960-08-28 | |
| Movie | The Pirates | 1960-09-18 | |
| Movie | Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan | Policeman | 1959-03-29 |
| Movie | The Third Dead Angle | 1959-01-22 | |
| Movie | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 1959-01-15 | |
| Movie | Diary of Forsaken Love | 1959-04-14 | |
| Movie | Good Morning | Hiroshi Tomizawa | 1959-05-12 |
| Movie | The Three Treasures | Ootomo | 1959-11-01 |
| Movie | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka | 1959-09-13 | |
| Movie | The Human Wall | 1959-10-18 | |
| Movie | The Beast Shall Die | Detective Kuwashima | 1959-06-09 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Narayama | Messenger | 1958-06-01 |
| Movie | Firefly Light | 1958-03-18 | |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II | Fugetsusai | 1958-01-03 |
| Movie | Beyond the Seasonal Wind | 1958-06-10 | |
| Movie | Night Drum | 1958-04-15 | |
| Movie | The Naked Sun | 1958-10-01 | |
| Movie | The Naked General | 1958-10-28 | |
| Movie | Jinsei Gekijo | 1958-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Days of Evil Women | 1958-11-30 | |
| Movie | An Osaka Story | Gonzaemon Hoshino | 1957-03-06 |
| Movie | Ôban | Chaplin-San | 1957-03-05 |
| Movie | Rice | 1957-03-04 | |
| Movie | Shimizu Port of Chivalry | Kansuke | 1957-01-03 |
| Movie | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Fugetsusai | 1957-04-14 |
| Movie | Untamed Woman | Oshima's father | 1957-05-28 |
| Movie | The Eleventh Hour | 1957-11-24 | |
| Movie | Black River | Kurihara | 1957-10-23 |
| Movie | The Story of Pure Love | 1957-10-15 | |
| Movie | The Lower Depths | Tomekichi the Tinker | 1957-10-01 |
| Movie | Farewell to Dream | Yôichi's father, Genkichi | 1956-04-17 |
| Movie | Flowery Brothers | 1956-06-08 | |
| Movie | The Vampire Moth | Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô | 1956-04-11 |
| Movie | The Legend of the White Serpent | 1956-06-22 | |
| Movie | Early Spring | Tokichi Hattori | 1956-01-29 |
| Movie | White Fan | Takuetsu | 1956-03-15 |
| Movie | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Baiken Shishido (uncredited) | 1956-01-03 |
| Movie | Actress | 1956-11-27 | |
| Movie | Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin | 1956-08-14 | |
| Movie | I Will Buy You | Ogushi | 1956-11-21 |
| Movie | The Forest Is Alive | 1956-10-08 | |
| Movie | How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 | |
| Movie | Night River | Yujiro Funaki | 1956-09-12 |
| Movie | Tears | 1956-09-26 | |
| Movie | Here Is a Spring | 1955-02-12 | |
| Movie | Policeman's Diary | Old man Murata | 1955-02-03 |
| Movie | Burden of Love | Jozo Araki | 1955-03-18 |
| Movie | Twilight Saloon | Onizuka | 1955-06-19 |
| Movie | I Live in Fear | Old man from Brazil | 1955-11-22 |
| Movie | The Wolves | 1955-07-03 | |
| Movie | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Baiken Shishido | 1955-07-12 |
| Movie | Murder on The Last Train | 1955-06-21 | |
| Movie | The Street Without Sun | President Kunio | 1954-06-24 |
| Movie | Seven Samurai | Kidnapper | 1954-04-26 |
| Movie | The Black Current | 1954-08-31 | |
| Movie | Women's House | 1954-11-23 | |
| Movie | The Cock Crows Twice | 1954-11-30 | |
| Movie | The Surf | Schoolmaster | 1954-10-20 |
| Movie | Wife | 1953-04-29 | |
| Movie | Shishun no izumi | Nakamura, a policeman | 1953-07-05 |
| Movie | Jûdai no seiten | 1953-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Wild Geese | Suezo | 1953-09-15 |
| Movie | Tokyo Story | Numata | 1953-11-03 |
| Movie | Sword for Hire | 1952-05-22 | |
| Movie | Children of Hiroshima | 1952-08-06 | |
| Movie | The Yamabiko School | 1952-05-01 | |
| Movie | Fuun Senryobune | 1952-12-16 | |
| Movie | Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete | Kozo Kawai | 1952-10-09 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Thief | Jurota | 1952-09-22 |
| Movie | Ginza Cosmetics | Hyôbei Sugano | 1951-04-14 |
| Movie | Freedom School | 1951-05-05 | |
| Movie | 風雲児 | 1951-05-18 | |
| Movie | Devil's Gold | 1950-02-19 | |
| Movie | A Man from Akagi | 1950-10-07 | |
| Movie | Flame of My Love | State Councillor Itô | 1949-02-13 |
| Movie | Late Night Confession | 1949-06-21 | |
| Movie | Rinchi | 1949-12-20 | |
| Movie | Stray Dog | 1949-10-17 | |
| Movie | A Woman in the Typhoon Area | Yoshii | 1948-09-18 |
| Movie | Apostasy | 1948-11-30 | |
| Movie | Marriage | Fumie's father | 1947-03-18 |
| Movie | The Love of the Actress Sumako | 1947-08-16 | |
| Movie | Morning for the Osone Family | Ippei Yamaka | 1946-02-21 |
| Movie | Izu no musumetachi | 1945-08-30 | |
| Movie | Sinking the Unsinkable | 1944-03-23 | |
| Movie | Jubilation Street | Shingo’s father | 1944-06-08 |
| Movie | Army | Sakuragi | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | Port of Flowers | Hayashida | 1943-07-29 |