Eijirō Tōno
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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
Credits
Seven Samurai (1954)
as Kidnapper
High and Low (1963)
as Factory Worker
Yojimbo (1961)
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tokyo Story (1953)
as Numata
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
So What (1988)
Actor
A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)
as Yoshii
Flame of My Love (1949)
as State Councillor Itô
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy (1961)
Actor
Dynamite Doctor (1966)
as Marshal
Burden of Love (1955)
as Jozo Araki
The Black Current (1954)
Actor
An Innocent Witch (1965)
Actor
The Cock Crows Twice (1954)
Actor
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
as Policeman
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
as Jurota
Red Beard (1965)
as Goheiji
A Man from Akagi (1950)
Actor
The Red Shadow (1961)
as Jinzaburô Kamo
Flowery Brothers (1956)
Actor
An Edo Magistrate (1961)
Actor
Will to Conquer (1970)
Actor
The Days of Evil Women (1958)
Actor
I Live in Fear (1955)
as Old man from Brazil
Good Morning (1959)
as Hiroshi Tomizawa
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Actor
Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)
as Ganko (voice)
The Naked General (1958)
Actor
Diary of Forsaken Love (1959)
Actor
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Stray Dog (1949)
Actor
Kill the Night Rose (1966)
Actor
The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Actor
The Yamabiko School (1952)
Actor
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
The Orphan Brother (1961)
as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Just Barely (1960)
Actor
The Young Beast (1958)
Actor
Goyokin (1969)
Actor
An Osaka Story (1957)
as Gonzaemon Hoshino
Turtledove (1957)
Actor
Pale Flower (1964)
as Yasuoka
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
as Kan'ichi
Island of Hell (1977)
as Kaemon Kito
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Actor
The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)
Actor
Sanctuary (1961)
Actor
Duel at Moonrise (1947)
Actor
Samurai Assassin (1965)
as Masagorō Kisoya
Kigeki wa owarinu (1946)
Actor
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
as Shogen
The Brawler (1960)
as Section Chief Kitaura
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Actor
Lost Sex (1966)
as Neighbor / Writer
Goal for the Young (1967)
Actor
The Flame of Youth (1968)
Actor
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
as Fugetsusai
Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)
as Narrator
Untamed Woman (1957)
as Oshima's father
The Gambling Samurai (1960)
as Kansuke
The Last War (1961)
as Captain Umehara
Choji Snack Bar (1983)
Actor
Rinchi (1949)
Actor
Murder on the Last Train (1955)
Actor
Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Actor
Immortal Love (1961)
as Policeman
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
as Baiken Shishido
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
as Prime Minister
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
as Messenger
Mount Hakone (1962)
Actor
Early Spring (1956)
as Tokichi Hattori
The Lower Depths (1957)
as Tomekichi the Tinker
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight (1959)
Actor
Ukyunosuke on Patrol (1963)
Actor
Himitsu (1952)
Actor
The Three Treasures (1959)
as Ootomo
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk (1984)
Actor
Marriage (1947)
as Fumie's father
Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
as Hyôbei Sugano
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Actor
Waseda University (1953)
as Guest Nomura
Princess of Revenge (1958)
Actor
The Last Judgment (1965)
Actor
Five Gents' Trick Book (1965)
Actor
Crazy Big Discovery (1969)
Actor
Illusion of Blood (1965)
Actor
Kill! (1968)
as Hyogo Moriuchi
Sword of the Beast (1965)
as Minister
Death of a Tea Master (1989)
as Kokei
The Forbidden Scoop (1960)
Actor
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Actor
Foundry Town (1962)
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Black River (1957)
as Kurihara
The Great Wall (1962)
as Li Tang
The Burning Sun (1967)
Actor
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
as Fugetsusai
Our Marriage (1962)
as Father
The Vampire Moth (1956)
as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as President Kunio
The Wild Geese (1953)
as Suezo
The Great White Tower (1966)
as Professor Teizō Azuma
The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
Actor
The Tattoo Murder Case (1953)
Actor
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
as Haiya
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
as Priest
Morning for the Osone Family (1946)
as Ippei Yamaka
Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)
as Nakaji, Principal
I Will Buy You (1956)
as Ogushi
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)
as Akiharu
Actress (1956)
Actor
I Lived, But... (1983)
as Self
Army (1944)
as Sakuragi
Tears (1956)
Actor
Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)
as Sanpo Sensei
The Eleventh Hour (1957)
Actor
Twilight Saloon (1955)
as Onizuka
Sword for Hire (1952)
Actor
Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963)
as Sosuke Otomo
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo (1962)
Actor
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)
as Seizo
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
Actor
Night Drum (1958)
Actor
The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
Actor
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Actor
The Naked Sun (1958)
Actor
The Sunshine Girl (1963)
Actor
Undercurrent (1956)
as Yujiro Funaki
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Actor
白さぎと少年 (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
as Seisaku Kajiwara
Four and A Half Mats (1966)
as Uyu
Start Here (1965)
as President Sagara
A House in the Quarter (1963)
Actor
Jubilation Street (1944)
as Shingo’s father
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
as Senzo
Buddha (1961)
as Suratha
The Master Spearman (1960)
Actor
Apostasy (1948)
Actor
The Shadow Daughter (1957)
Actor
Here Is a Spring (1955)
Actor
Love on Rainbow Island (1956)
as Shiimbei Hayashi
The Man of Seven Faces (1960)
as Genkichi Miyashita
The Masterless 47 (1960)
as Gonosuke Kira
Run, Genta, Run! (1961)
Actor
The Human Wall (1959)
Actor
How Sorrowful (1956)
Actor
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (1963)
as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu (1969)
as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer (1957)
Actor
Industrial Spy Free-for-All (1967)
Actor
My Hometown is the Wild West (1960)
Actor
The War Without Weapons (1960)
Actor
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968)
as Kinbei Yaita
Police Precinct Part 13 (1960)
Actor
Port of Flowers (1943)
as Hayashida
The Bride is Fifteen (1964)
Actor
Firefly Light (1958)
Actor
The Navy (1963)
Actor
The Twilight Story (1960)
Actor
Ripe and Marriageable (1959)
as Saemon, Hikari's father
Shishun no izumi (1953)
as Nakamura, a policeman
Beautiful Days (1955)
as Imanishi's Father
The Surf (1954)
as Schoolmaster
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness (1958)
as Chamberlain
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls (1954)
Actor
The Sandal Keeper (1964)
Actor
Policeman's Diary (1955)
as Old man Murata
Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Salaryman's Medal (1965)
Actor
Pressure of Guilt (1963)
Actor
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan (1970)
as Takeyunosuke Gōji
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin (1956)
Actor
A Carpenter and Children (1962)
Actor
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa (1964)
Actor
The Cards Will Tell (1960)
Actor
The Bride from Japan (1959)
as Mieko's father
Beyond the Seasonal Wind (1958)
Actor
Rira no hana wasureji (1947)
Actor
The Last Game (1979)
Actor
Song of Vengeance (1968)
as 看守Ａ
Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963)
Actor
Fine Man (1961)
Actor
The Donkey Comes on a Tank (1964)
Actor
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960)
as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Sinking the Unsinkable (1944)
Actor
This Madding Crowd (1962)
as Grandpa Yoshi
Devil's Gold (1950)
Actor
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff (1971)
as Keinosuke Takamatsu
Ôban (1957)
as Chaplin-San
Japan's No. 1 Best Man (1967)
Actor
Three Faces of Love (1967)
as Soga
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! (1967)
Actor
Fight of the Gamblers (1963)
Actor
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 (1958)
as Mouri
Shimizu Port of Chivalry (1957)
as Kansuke
Theater of Life (1958)
Actor
The Wolves (1955)
Actor
A Public Benefactor (1964)
Actor
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
as Kozo Kawai
Adrift at Sea (1983)
Actor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
Women's House (1954)
Actor
Shimizu Port Salaryman (1962)
Actor
A Grain of Wheat (1958)
as Aisawa
The Estuary (1961)
Actor
Our Happiness Alone (1964)
Actor
A Company President's Life Story (1966)
as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
The Crimson Plains (1961)
as Shinzô Okui
Akatsuki no chiheisen (1959)
Actor
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)
as Chaplin san
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II (1962)
Actor
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education (1960)
as Isuke Tsujikura
Police Precinct: Car 108 (1959)
Actor
Double Wedding (1963)
as Goro
Farewell to Dream (1956)
as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Five Gents and a Kuniang (1970)
as Gōji Keinosuke
Eddy Currents of Life (1964)
as Shigesuke Hayashi
The Spy (1965)
Actor
Girls Born in August (1963)
Actor
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri (1971)
as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds (1952)
Actor
As If To Kill (1948)
Actor
Asashio yushio (1956)
Actor
The Sea of Eden (1963)
Actor
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Actor
The Beast Shall Die (1959)
as Detective Kuwashima
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)
Actor
High Teen (1959)
Actor
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo (1982)
Actor
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region (1961)
Actor
Rice (1957)
Actor
Botchan yarō seizoroi (1961)
Actor
Heat and Mud (1950)
Actor
Yasubei Nakayama (1951)
Actor
Wind and waves of the South (1961)
as Genji
The Man From the Sea (1962)
Actor
Dash to the Sun (1966)
Actor
Journey to the North (1967)
as Kichinosuke Kawara
The Third Dead Angle (1959)
Actor
Lord Mito (1978)
as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II (1969)
as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! (1967)
Actor
The Glorious Days (1954)
Actor
Tange Sazen (1963)
Actor
The Young Women of Izu (1945)
Actor
Boss Takes to the Road (1961)
Actor
Kaze no uchi so to (1959)
Actor
Navy (1943)
as Teacher Ogata
Hateful Things (1957)
as Keisuke kiyama
Freedom School (1951)
Actor
Facing to the Clouds (1962)
Actor
White Fan (1956)
as Takuetsu
Blood and Sea (1965)
Actor
The Naked Executive (1964)
as Kosugi, president
The Great Road (1960)
Actor
Season of Farewell (1962)
Actor
The Bandits (1962)
Actor
The Forest Is Alive (1956)
Actor
Monsieur Zivaco (1967)
Actor
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man (1965)
Actor
For This We Fight (1961)
Actor
Challenge to Live (1961)
Actor
Farewell to Spring (1952)
as Sakichi Arakawa
Late Night Confession (1949)
Actor
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh (1967)
Actor
Floating Weeds Diary (1955)
as Magoro Ichikawa
Musume to watashi (1962)
Actor
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
Seinen no isu (1962)
Actor
Hiroba no kōdoku (1953)
Actor
The Man from the Moon (1951)
Actor
Wild Ducks and Green Onions (1968)
Actor
Otome no iru kichi (1945)
Actor
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- (1984)
as Narration (voice)
Life of Matsu the Untamed (1965)
Actor
The Stream of Youth (1959)
Actor
Born in Sin (1962)
Actor
Days with Harasu (1989)
Actor
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
Actor
Ajisai no uta (1960)
Actor
Jūdai no seiten (1953)
Actor
風雲児 (1951)
Actor
The Pirates (1960)
Actor
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains (1961)
Actor
The King and His Vassal (1981)
Actor
Girls in the Orchard (1953)
Actor
Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
Actor