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Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

ActingBorn September 17, 1907Died September 8, 1994 (age 86)Tomioka, Japon

Biography

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).

Filmography

1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha

as Prime Minister

Movie
1989Movie
1988Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1983Movie
1979Movie
1979Movie
1978
Lord Mito

as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Movie
1977
Island of Hell

as Kaemon Kito

Movie
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang

as Gōji Keinosuke

Movie
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Movie
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

as Takeyunosuke Gōji

Movie
1969Movie
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

Movie
1969Movie
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)

Movie
1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps

as Nakaji, Principal

Movie
1968
Song of Vengeance

as 看守A

Movie
1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun

as Ganko (voice)

Movie
1968
Kill!

as Hyogo Moriuchi

Movie
1968Movie
1967Movie
1967Movie
1967Movie
1967
Journey to the North

as Kichinosuke Kawara

Movie
1966
The Great White Tower

as Professor Teizō Azuma

Movie
1966
Lost Sex

as Neighbor / Writer

Movie
1966
Dynamite Doctor

as Marshal

Movie
1966Movie
1966
A Company President's Life Story

as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965
Start Here

as President Sagara

Movie
1965
Red Beard

as Goheiji

Movie
1965
Samurai Assassin

as Masagorō Kisoya

Movie
1964
Eddy Currents of Life

as Shigesuke Hayashi

Movie
1964
The Naked Executive

as Kosugi, president

Movie
1964
Pale Flower

as Yasuoka

Movie
1964
白さぎと少年

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1963
High and Low

as Factory Worker

Movie
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto

as Sosuke Otomo

Movie
1962Movie
1962
An Autumn Afternoon

as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

Movie
1962
The Great Wall

as Li Tang

Movie
1962Movie
1962
This Madding Crowd

as Grandpa Yoshi

Movie
1962Movie
1962Movie
1962Movie
1962
Foundry Town

as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

Movie
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Movie
1962
Our Marriage

as Father

Movie
1961
The Red Shadow

as Jinzaburô Kamo

Movie
1961
Buddha

as Suratha

Movie
1961
The Last War

as Captain Umehara

Movie
1961Movie
1961
Immortal Love

as Policeman

Movie
1961
The Crimson Plains

as Shinzô Okui

Movie
1961Movie
1961
The Orphan Brother

as Sanshô Dayû (voice)

Movie
1961Movie
1961
Yojimbo

as Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Movie
1961Movie
1960
The Masterless 47

as Gonosuke Kira

Movie
1960
Wait for Tomorrow

as Seisaku Kajiwara

Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Brawler

as Section Chief Kitaura

Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Man of Seven Faces

as Genkichi Miyashita

Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1959
The Bride from Japan

as Mieko's father

Movie
1959Movie
1959
Ripe and Marriageable

as Saemon, Hikari's father

Movie
1959
The Beast Shall Die

as Detective Kuwashima

Movie
1959Movie
1959
Good Morning

as Hiroshi Tomizawa

Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1957
Black River

as Kurihara

Movie
1957
The Lower Depths

as Tomekichi the Tinker

Movie
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

as Chaplin san

Movie
1957
Untamed Woman

as Oshima's father

Movie
1957
Hateful Things

as Keisuke kiyama

Movie
1957Movie
1957Movie
1957
An Osaka Story

as Gonzaemon Hoshino

Movie
1957
Ôban

as Chaplin-San

Movie
1957Movie
1957Movie
1956Movie
1956Movie
1956
Love on Rainbow Island

as Shiimbei Hayashi

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Undercurrent

as Yujiro Funaki

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Farewell to Dream

as Yôichi's father, Genkichi

Movie
1956
The Vampire Moth

as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô

Movie
1956
White Fan

as Takuetsu

Movie
1956
Early Spring

as Tokichi Hattori

Movie
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

Movie
1955
I Live in Fear

as Old man from Brazil

Movie
1955
Floating Weeds Diary

as Magoro Ichikawa

Movie
1955Movie
1955Movie
1955
Twilight Saloon

as Onizuka

Movie
1955
Beautiful Days

as Imanishi's Father

Movie
1955
Burden of Love

as Jozo Araki

Movie
1955
Policeman's Diary

as Old man Murata

Movie
1954Movie
1954
The Surf

as Schoolmaster

Movie
1954
The Street Without Sun

as President Kunio

Movie
1954
Seven Samurai

as Kidnapper

Movie
1953
Tokyo Story

as Numata

Movie
1953
Waseda University

as Guest Nomura

Movie
1953Movie
1953
Shishun no izumi

as Nakamura, a policeman

Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
1952
Farewell to Spring

as Sakichi Arakawa

Movie
1951Movie
1951Movie
1951
Ginza Cosmetics

as Hyôbei Sugano

Movie
1950Movie
1950Movie
1949Movie
1949Movie
1949
Flame of My Love

as State Councillor Itô

Movie
1948Movie
1948Movie
1947
Marriage

as Fumie's father

Movie
1946Movie
1944
Army

as Sakuragi

Movie
1944
Jubilation Street

as Shingo’s father

Movie
1943
Navy

as Teacher Ogata

Movie
1943
Port of Flowers

as Hayashida

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 17, 1907
Day of DeathSeptember 8, 1994
Place of BirthTomioka, Japon
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