Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

  • Birthday: 1907-09-17
  • Deathday: 1994-09-08
  • Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
  • Also know as: 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).

Filmography

Seven Samurai

1954

As Kidnapper

Red Beard

1965

As Goheiji

Early Spring

1956

As Tokichi Hattori

Stray Dog

1949

As

I Live in Fear

1955

As Old man from Brazil

Pigs and Battleships

1961

As Kan'ichi

Yojimbo

1961

As Gonji, Tavern Keeper

Death of a Tea Master

1989

As Kokei

High and Low

1963

As Factory Worker

The Lower Depths

1957

As Tomekichi the Tinker

Good Morning

1959

As Hiroshi Tomizawa

Pale Flower

1964

As Yasuoka

Hunter in the Dark

1979

As Shogen

Kill!

1968

As Hyogo Moriuchi

Sword of the Beast

1965

As Minister

Tokyo Story

1953

As Numata

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1963

As Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow

1962

As Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

The Great Wall

1962

As Li Tang

Horus: Prince of the Sun

1968

As Ganko (voice)

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

1967

As Senzo

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

As Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

Samurai Assassin

1965

As Masagorō Kisoya

The Last War

1961

As Captain Umehara

Flame of My Love

1949

As State Councillor Itô

I Will Buy You

1956

As Ogushi

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957

As Fugetsusai

Morning for the Osone Family

1946

As Ippei Yamaka

The Wild Geese

1953

As Suezo

Farewell to Dream

1956

As Yôichi's father, Genkichi

Port of Flowers

1943

As Hayashida

Mount Hakone

1962

As

Ginza Cosmetics

1951

As Hyôbei Sugano

Monument to the Girl's Corps

1968

As Nakaji, Principal

Black River

1957

As Kurihara

Buddha

1961

As Suratha

Night River

1956

As Yujiro Funaki

The Wolves

1955

As

Apostasy

1948

As

Night Drum

1958

As

The Vampire Moth

1956

As Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô

Policeman's Diary

1955

As Old man Murata

The Spy

1965

As

The Gambling Samurai

1960

As Kansuke

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963

As Sosuke Otomo

Twilight Saloon

1955

As Onizuka

Immortal Love

1961

As Policeman

Rice

1957

As

Marriage

1947

As Fumie's father

White Fan

1956

As Takuetsu

The Man of Seven Faces

1960

As Genkichi Miyashita

Jubilation Street

1944

As Shingo’s father

Shimizu Port of Chivalry

1957

As Kansuke

Tange Sazen

1963

As

So What

1988

As

The Ballad of Narayama

1958

As Messenger

An Osaka Story

1957

As Gonzaemon Hoshino

The Saga of Tanegashima

1968

As Kinbei Yaita

Our Marriage

1962

As Father

The Bandits

1962

As

I Lived, But...

1983

As Self

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

As Baiken Shishido

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

As Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

Fine Man

1961

As

Three Faces of Love

1967

As Soga

Island of Hell

1977

As Kaemon Kito

Born in Sin

1962

As

Eddy Currents of Life

1964

As Shigesuke Hayashi

The Three Treasures

1959

As Ootomo

The Beast Shall Die

1959

As Detective Kuwashima

Lord Mito

1978

As Tokugawa Mitsukuni

The Orphan Brother

1961

As Sanshô Dayû (voice)

Army

1944

As Sakuragi

Lost Sex

1966

As Neighbor / Writer

Wait for Tomorrow

1960

As Seisaku Kajiwara

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

1969

As Sanpo Sensei

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

As Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

The Red Shadow

1961

As Jinzaburô Kamo

The Navy

1963

As

Tears

1956

As

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Tales of a Golden Geisha

1990

As Prime Minister

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

As Kozo Kawai

Burden of Love

1955

As Jozo Araki

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

1984

As Narration (voice)

Actress

1956

As

Double Wedding

1963

As Goro

Goyokin

1969

As

This Madding Crowd

1962

As Grandpa Yoshi

Devil's Gold

1950

As

The Street Without Sun

1954

As President Kunio

Shishun no izumi

1953

As Nakamura, a policeman

The Pirates

1960

As

Floating Weeds Diary

1955

As Magoro Ichikawa

The Surf

1954

As Schoolmaster

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

As Narrator

Untamed Woman

1957

As Oshima's father

Lady Sen and Hideyori

1962

As Tokugawa Ieyasu

Beauty and the Thief

1952

As Jurota

Farewell to Spring

1952

As Sakichi Arakawa

Dynamite Doctor

1966

As Marshal

The Estuary

1961

As

The Naked Executive

1964

As Kosugi, president

Wife

1953

As

Song of Vengeance

1968

As 看守A

Heat and Mud

1950

As

Rinchi

1949

As

Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

1959

As Mieko's father

Ôban

1957

As Chaplin-San

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

1957

As Chaplin san

The Masterless 47

1960

As Gonosuke Kira

Navy

1943

As Teacher Ogata

The Crimson Plains

1961

As Shinzô Okui

Journey to the North

1967

As Kichinosuke Kawara

風雲児

1951

As

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