Eijirō Tōno
Known for Acting · 287 credits
- Born
- 1907-09-17
- Died
- 1994-09-08
- Place of birth
- Tomioka, Japon
- Also known as
- Tōno Eijirō · Эйдзиро Тоно · 东野英治郎 · 東野英治郎
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).
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (284)
Seven Samurai
1954
as Kidnapper
High and Low
1963
as Factory Worker
Tokyo Story
1953
as Numata
Yojimbo
1961
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Red Beard
1965
as Goheiji
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Good Morning
1959
as Hiroshi Tomizawa
Stray Dog
1949
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Masagorō Kisoya
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968
as Ganko (voice)
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Orphan Brother
1961
as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
The Lower Depths
1957
as Tomekichi the Tinker
The Vampire Moth
1956
as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
as Messenger
The Gambling Samurai
1960
as Kansuke
The Three Treasures
1959
as Ootomo
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Baiken Shishido
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Untamed Woman
1957
as Oshima's father
I Live in Fear
1955
as Old man from Brazil
Pale Flower
1964
as Yasuoka
An Innocent Witch
1965
Buddha
1961
as Suratha
Island of Hell
1977
as Kaemon Kito
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Kan'ichi
Goyokin
1969
The Great White Tower
1966
as Professor Teizō Azuma
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
as Hyôbei Sugano
Early Spring
1956
as Tokichi Hattori
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
Actress
1956
A House in the Quarter
1963
Flame of My Love
1949
as State Councillor Itô
Sword of the Beast
1965
as Minister
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Lost Sex
1966
as Neighbor / Writer
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Kill!
1968
as Hyogo Moriuchi
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
as Seizo
The Black Current
1954
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
as Prime Minister
Immortal Love
1961
as Policeman
Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Shogen
Illusion of Blood
1965
The Great Wall
1962
as Li Tang
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
The Beast Shall Die
1959
as Detective Kuwashima
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Akiharu
The Twilight Story
1960
Black River
1957
as Kurihara
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Isuke Tsujikura
Army
1944
as Sakuragi
The Last War
1961
as Captain Umehara
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Fugetsusai
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Jurota
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Sword for Hire
1952
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Port of Flowers
1943
as Hayashida
The Surf
1954
as Schoolmaster
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Priest
The Last Game
1979
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
The Pirates
1960
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Sosuke Otomo
Death of a Tea Master
1989
as Kokei
Marriage
1947
as Fumie's father
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968
as Nakaji, Principal
Rinchi
1949
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Apostasy
1948
The Human Wall
1959
Foundry Town
1962
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Fugetsusai
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Policeman
For This We Fight
1961
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
The Yamabiko School
1952
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Night Drum
1958
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Haiya
I Will Buy You
1956
as Ogushi
Musume to watashi
1962
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Narrator
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
The Last Judgment
1965
The Red Shadow
1961
as Jinzaburô Kamo
So What
1988
An Osaka Story
1957
as Gonzaemon Hoshino
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
as Yoshii
Firefly Light
1958
This Madding Crowd
1962
as Grandpa Yoshi
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Dynamite Doctor
1966
as Marshal
Beautiful Days
1955
as Imanishi's Father
A Story from Echigo
1964
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Lord Mito
1978
as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Blood and Sea
1965
A Man from Akagi
1950
Fine Man
1961
Undercurrent
1956
as Yujiro Funaki
About 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.… With 287 credits spanning from 1943 to 1990, Eijirō Tōno has appeared in 284 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Kidnapper
- High and Low (1963) — as Factory Worker
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Numata
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
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