Eijirō Tōno

Known For: Acting
Born: September 17, 1907
Place of Birth: Tomioka, Japon
Died: September 8, 1994

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).

Filmography

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990 · Prime Minister

Days with Harasu

1989

Death of a Tea Master

1989 · Kokei

So What

1988

Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-

Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-

1984 · Narration (voice)

The Fox Dancing in the Dusk

1984

Adrift at Sea

1983

Choji Snack Bar

1983

I Lived, But...

1983 · Self

The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo

1982

The King and His Vassal

1981

The Last Game

1979

Hunter in the Dark

1979 · Shogen

Lord Mito

1978 · Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Island of Hell

1977 · Kaemon Kito

水戸黄門第3部

1971

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

1971 · Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

The Battle of Okinawa

1971

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff

1971 · Keinosuke Takamatsu

Will to Conquer

1970

水戸黄門　第2部

1970

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang

1970 · Gōji Keinosuke

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

1970 · Takeyunosuke Gōji

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

1969 · Sanpo Sensei

水戸黄門　第１部

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

1969 · Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

Goyokin

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

1969 · Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)

Crazy Big Discovery

1969

The Flame of Youth

1968

Monument to the Girl's Corps

1968 · Nakaji, Principal

Song of Vengeance

1968 · 看守Ａ

Horus: Prince of the Sun

1968 · Ganko (voice)

Kill!

1968 · Hyogo Moriuchi

The Saga of Tanegashima

1968 · Kinbei Yaita

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

1968

Japan's No. 1 Best Man

1967

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh

1967

The Burning Sun

1967

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967 · Narrator

Monsieur Zivaco

1967

Goal for the Young

1967

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!

1967

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!

1967

Three Faces of Love

1967 · Soga

Industrial Spy Free-for-All

1967

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967 · Senzo

Journey to the North

1967 · Kichinosuke Kawara

The Great White Tower

1966 · Professor Teizō Azuma

Dash to the Sun

1966

Lost Sex

1966 · Neighbor / Writer

Kill the Night Rose

1966

Dynamite Doctor

1966 · Marshal

Four and A Half Mats

1966 · Uyu

Silence Has No Wings

1966

A Company President's Life Story

1966 · Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

1965 · Seizo

An Innocent Witch

1965

Blood and Sea

1965

Sword of the Beast

1965 · Minister

The Spy

1965

Illusion of Blood

1965

Life of Matsu the Untamed

1965

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man

1965

The Last Judgment

1965

Start Here

1965 · President Sagara

Red Beard

1965 · Goheiji

Salaryman's Medal

1965

Samurai Assassin

1965 · Masagorō Kisoya

Five Gents' Trick Book

1965

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

1964

Eddy Currents of Life

1964 · Shigesuke Hayashi

The Sandal Keeper

1964

Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa

1964

The Naked Executive

1964 · Kosugi, president

A Story from Echigo

1964

A Public Benefactor

1964

Our Happiness Alone

1964

The Bride is Fifteen

1964

Pale Flower

1964 · Yasuoka

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964 · Haiya

白さぎと少年

1964 · Narrator (voice)

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

1963 · Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Fight of the Gamblers

1963

Ukyunosuke on Patrol

1963

Tange Sazen

1963

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

1963 · Akiharu

A House in the Quarter

1963

The Sea of Eden

1963

The Navy

1963

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1963 · Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Double Wedding

1963 · Goro

Life of Hishakaku 2

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963 · Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

1963

The Sunshine Girl

1963

High and Low

1963 · Factory Worker

Girls Born in August

1963

Pressure of Guilt

1963

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963 · Sosuke Otomo

Born in Sin

1962

An Autumn Afternoon

1962 · Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

The Great Wall

1962 · Li Tang

Mount Hakone

1962

The Man From the Sea

The Man From the Sea

1962

This Madding Crowd

1962 · Grandpa Yoshi

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962 · Priest

A Carpenter and Children

1962

The Bandits

1962

Facing to the Clouds

1962

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

1962

Seinen no isu

1962

Foundry Town

1962 · Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

Musume to watashi

1962

Lady Sen and Hideyori

1962 · Tokugawa Ieyasu

Our Marriage

1962 · Father

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

1962

Season of Farewell

1962

Shimizu Port Salaryman

1962

The Red Shadow

1961 · Jinzaburô Kamo

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

1961

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

1961

Run, Genta, Run!

1961

Wind and waves of the South

1961 · Genji

Buddha

1961 · Suratha

The Last War

1961 · Captain Umehara

Sanctuary

1961

Boss Takes to the Road

1961

Immortal Love

1961 · Policeman

The Crimson Plains

1961 · Shinzô Okui

The Estuary

1961

The Orphan Brother

1961 · Sanshô Dayû (voice)

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

1961

Challenge to Live

1961

Fine Man

1961

Yojimbo

1961 · Gonji, Tavern Keeper

An Edo Magistrate

1961

The Masterless 47 – Part II

1961

Pigs and Battleships

1961 · Kan'ichi

For This We Fight

1961

Botchan yarō seizoroi

1961

My Hometown is the Wild West

1960

The Masterless 47

1960 · Gonosuke Kira

The War Without Weapons

1960

Wait for Tomorrow

1960 · Seisaku Kajiwara

The Pirates

1960

The Twilight Story

1960

The Brawler

1960 · Section Chief Kitaura

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960 · Isuke Tsujikura

Police Precinct Part 13

1960

Just Barely

1960

The Master Spearman

1960

The Man of Seven Faces

1960 · Genkichi Miyashita

Ajisai no uta

1960

The Gambling Samurai

1960 · Kansuke

The Great Road

1960

The Forbidden Scoop

1960

The Cards Will Tell

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960 · Isuke Tsujikura (President)

The Bride from Japan

1959 · Mieko's father

The Three Treasures

1959 · Ootomo

The Human Wall

1959

Akatsuki no chiheisen

1959

Ripe and Marriageable

1959 · Saemon, Hikari's father

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

1959

Police Precinct: Car 108

1959

The Beast Shall Die

1959 · Detective Kuwashima

High Teen

1959

Good Morning

1959 · Hiroshi Tomizawa

Diary of Forsaken Love

1959

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959 · Policeman

Kaze no uchi so to

1959

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight

1959

The Third Dead Angle

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

The Stream of Youth

1959

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958

The Days of Evil Women

1958

Theater of Life

1958

The Naked General

1958

The Naked Sun

1958

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

1958 · Mouri

A Grain of Wheat

1958 · Aisawa

The Young Beast

1958

Oban kanketsu hen

1958

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

1958

The Ballad of Narayama

1958 · Messenger

Night Drum

1958

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

1958 · Chamberlain

Firefly Light

1958

Princess of Revenge

1958

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

1958 · Fugetsusai

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

1957

The Eleventh Hour

1957

Black River

1957 · Kurihara

The Story of Pure Love

1957

The Lower Depths

1957 · Tomekichi the Tinker

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

1957 · Chaplin san

The Shadow Daughter

1957

Untamed Woman

1957 · Oshima's father

Hateful Things

1957 · Keisuke kiyama

Turtledove

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957 · Fugetsusai

An Osaka Story

1957 · Gonzaemon Hoshino

Ôban

1957 · Chaplin-San

Rice

1957

Shimizu Port of Chivalry

1957 · Kansuke

Actress

1956

I Will Buy You

1956 · Ogushi

Love on Rainbow Island

1956 · Shiimbei Hayashi

The Forest Is Alive

1956

Tears

1956

Undercurrent

1956 · Yujiro Funaki

How Sorrowful

1956

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

1956

The Legend of the White Serpent

1956

Flowery Brothers

1956

Farewell to Dream

1956 · Yôichi's father, Genkichi

The Vampire Moth

1956 · Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô

White Fan

1956 · Takuetsu

Early Spring

1956 · Tokichi Hattori

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956 · Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

I Live in Fear

1955 · Old man from Brazil

Floating Weeds Diary

1955 · Magoro Ichikawa

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955 · Baiken Shishido

The Wolves

1955

Murder on the Last Train

Murder on the Last Train

1955

Twilight Saloon

1955 · Onizuka

Beautiful Days

1955 · Imanishi's Father

Burden of Love

1955 · Jozo Araki

Here Is a Spring

1955

Policeman's Diary

1955 · Old man Murata

The Cock Crows Twice

1954

Women's House

1954

The Surf

1954 · Schoolmaster

The Black Current

1954

The Street Without Sun

1954 · President Kunio

Seven Samurai

1954 · Kidnapper

The Glorious Days

1954

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

1954

Tokyo Story

1953 · Numata

Waseda University

1953 · Guest Nomura

Hiroba no kōdoku

1953

The Wild Geese

1953 · Suezo

Girls in the Orchard

1953

Shishun no izumi

1953 · Nakamura, a policeman

The Tattoo Murder Case

1953

Jūdai no seiten

1953

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

1952

Himitsu

1952

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1952

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952 · Kozo Kawai

Beauty and the Thief

1952 · Jurota

Children of Hiroshima

1952

Sword for Hire

1952

The Yamabiko School

1952

Farewell to Spring

1952 · Sakichi Arakawa

The Man from the Moon

1951

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

風雲児

1951

Freedom School

1951

Ginza Cosmetics

1951 · Hyôbei Sugano

Yasubei Nakayama

1951

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

1951

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950

A Man from Akagi

1950

Heat and Mud

1950

Devil's Gold

1950

Rinchi

1949

Stray Dog

1949

Late Night Confession

Late Night Confession

1949

Flame of My Love

1949 · State Councillor Itô

Apostasy

1948

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

1948 · Yoshii

Rira no hana wasureji

1947

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947

Duel at Moonrise

1947

Marriage

1947 · Fumie's father

Morning for the Osone Family

1946 · Ippei Yamaka

Kigeki wa owarinu

Kigeki wa owarinu

1946

The Young Women of Izu

1945

Otome no iru kichi

1945

Army

1944 · Sakuragi

Jubilation Street

1944 · Shingo’s father

Sinking the Unsinkable

1944

Navy

1943 · Teacher Ogata

Port of Flowers

1943 · Hayashida

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