Eijirō Tōno

Actor · 1907–1994 · 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).

Acted in 297

1990s

1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister

1980s

1989
Days with Harasu
Movie · Drama
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
65
1988
So What
Movie
1984
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Movie
1983
Adrift at Sea
Movie
Choji Snack Bar
Movie
1982
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Movie
1981
The King and His Vassal
Movie

1970s

1979
The Last Game
Movie
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
68
1978
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1977
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
1971
水戸黄門第3部
TV
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
The Battle of Okinawa
Yoshijirō Umezu
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
1970
Will to Conquer
Sezaemon
水戸黄門　第2部
TV
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
65
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji

1960s

1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
69
水戸黄門　第１部
TV
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Goyokin
Movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Crazy Big Discovery
Movie
1968
The Flame of Youth
Movie
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Movie
It's Tough Being a Man
TV
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
65
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
73
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Movie · Adventure · Comedy
1967
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
Movie
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Movie
The Burning Sun
Movie
Monsieur Zivaco
Movie
Goal for the Young
Movie
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
Movie
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Movie
Three Faces of Love
Soga
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
Movie
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
1966
The Great White Tower
Professor Teizō Azuma
74
Dash to the Sun
Movie · Music
Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
Kill the Night Rose
Movie
Dynamite Doctor
Marshal
Four and A Half Mats
Uyu
Silence Has No Wings
Movie
A Company President's Life Story
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Seizo
An Innocent Witch
Movie
Blood and Sea
Movie
Sword of the Beast
Minister
75
The Spy
Movie
Illusion of Blood
Movie
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Movie · Drama
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
Movie
The Last Judgment
Movie
Start Here
President Sagara
Red Beard
Goheiji
82
Salaryman's Medal
Movie
Samurai Assassin
Masagorō Kisoya
Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie
1964
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Movie · Comedy · Drama
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
Modern Gentleman
Movie
The Sandal Keeper
Movie
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
Movie
The Naked Executive
Kosugi, president
A Story from Echigo
Movie
A Public Benefactor
Movie
Our Happiness Alone
Movie
The Bride is Fifteen
Movie
Pale Flower
Yasuoka
80
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Haiya
1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Fight of the Gamblers
Movie
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Akiharu
A House in the Quarter
Movie · Romance · Drama
The Sea of Eden
Movie
The Navy
Movie
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Double Wedding
Goro
Life of Hishakaku 2
Movie
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Movie
The Sunshine Girl
Movie · Drama
High and Low
Factory Worker
88
Girls Born in August
Movie
Pressure of Guilt
Movie
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
1962
Born in Sin
Movie
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
85
The Great Wall
Li Tang
Mount Hakone
Movie
This Madding Crowd
Grandpa Yoshi
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
70
A Carpenter and Children
Movie · Drama
The Bandits
Movie
Facing to the Clouds
Movie · Drama
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Movie
Seinen no isu
Movie
Foundry Town
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
74
Musume to watashi
Movie
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Our Marriage
Father
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie
Season of Farewell
Movie · Drama · Romance
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie
1961
The Red Shadow
Jinzaburô Kamo
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Movie
Run, Genta, Run!
Movie
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
Buddha
Suratha
The Last War
Captain Umehara
Sanctuary
Movie
Boss Takes to the Road
Movie
Immortal Love
Policeman
73
The Crimson Plains
Shinzô Okui
The Estuary
Movie
The Orphan Brother
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Movie
Challenge to Live
Movie
Yoru wa ijiwaru
Movie
Fine Man
Movie
Tōshi reijō
Movie
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
87
An Edo Magistrate
Movie
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie
Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
For This We Fight
Movie
Botchan yarō seizoroi
Movie
1960
My Hometown is the Wild West
Movie · Action · Western
The Masterless 47
Gonosuke Kira
The War Without Weapons
Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
Wait for Tomorrow
Seisaku Kajiwara
The Pirates
Movie
The Brass General
Movie
The Twilight Story
Movie
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Isuke Tsujikura
Police Precinct Part 13
Movie
Just Barely
Movie
The Master Spearman
Movie
The Man of Seven Faces
Genkichi Miyashita
Ajisai no uta
Movie
The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
The Curio Master
Movie
The Great Road
Movie · Drama
The Forbidden Scoop
Movie
The Cards Will Tell
Movie · Crime
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Isuke Tsujikura (President)