People
Eijirō Tōno
- Name: Eijirō Tōno
- Birthday: 1907-09-17
- Also known as: Tōno Eijirō,Эйдзиро Тоно,东野英治郎,東野英治郎
- Place of birth: Tomioka, Japon
- Popularity: 1.9856
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Tales of a Golden Geisha as Prime Minister | 1990-06-02 |
| Days with Harasu | 1989-11-18 |
| Death of a Tea Master as Kokei | 1989-10-07 |
| So What | 1988-07-16 |
| Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- as Narration (voice) | 1984-11-24 |
| The Fox Dancing in the Dusk | 1984-02-09 |
| Adrift at Sea | 1983-12-03 |
| Choji Snack Bar | 1983-11-12 |
| I Lived, But... as Self | 1983-10-29 |
| The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo | 1982-08-30 |
| The King and His Vassal | 1981-08-30 |
| The Last Game | 1979-11-03 |
| Hunter in the Dark as Shogen | 1979-06-17 |
| Lord Mito as Tokugawa Mitsukuni | 1978-12-23 |
| Island of Hell as Kaemon Kito | 1977-08-27 |
| First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President | 1971-10-30 |
| The Battle of Okinawa | 1971-08-14 |
| First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff as Keinosuke Takamatsu | 1971-05-22 |
| Will to Conquer | 1970-10-17 |
| Five Gents and a Kuniang as Gōji Keinosuke | 1970-02-28 |
| The Summit of Mt. Fuji | 1970-02-28 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Chuici Nagumo | 1970-01-26 |
| Five Gents Fly to Taiwan as Takeyunosuke Gōji | 1970-01-15 |
| Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Sanpo Sensei | 1969-11-14 |
| 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO) | 1969-05-17 |
| Goyokin | 1969-05-01 |
| 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles) | 1969-01-15 |
| Crazy Big Discovery | 1969-01-01 |
| The Burning Sun | 1968-12-19 |
| The Flame of Youth | 1968-12-19 |
| Monument to the Girl's Corps as Nakaji, Principal | 1968-09-21 |
| Song of Vengeance as 看守Ａ | 1968-09-17 |
| Horus: Prince of the Sun as Ganko (voice) | 1968-07-24 |
| Kill! as Hyogo Moriuchi | 1968-06-22 |
| The Saga of Tanegashima as Kinbei Yaita | 1968-05-18 |
| Wild Ducks and Green Onions | 1968-03-16 |
| Japan's No. 1 Best Man | 1967-12-31 |
| Young Boss: Leader's Flesh | 1967-12-30 |
| Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Narrator | 1967-11-01 |
| Monsieur Zivaco | 1967-10-28 |
| Goal for the Young | 1967-09-15 |
| Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! | 1967-05-20 |
| Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! | 1967-04-01 |
| Three Faces of Love as Soga | 1967-01-14 |
| Industrial Spy Free-for-All | 1967-01-14 |
| Zatoichi's Cane Sword as Senzo | 1967-01-03 |
| Journey to the North as Kichinosuke Kawara | 1967-01-03 |
| The Great White Tower as Professor Teizō Azuma | 1966-10-15 |
| Dash to the Sun | 1966-09-08 |
| Lost Sex as Neighbor / Writer | 1966-08-27 |
| Kill the Night Rose | 1966-06-09 |
| Dynamite Doctor as Marshal | 1966-06-04 |
| Four and A Half Mats as Uyu | 1966-02-17 |
| Silence Has No Wings | 1966-02-11 |
| A Company President's Life Story as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President) | 1966-01-03 |
| Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 as Seizo | 1965-10-31 |
| An Innocent Witch | 1965-10-30 |
| Blood and Sea | 1965-10-01 |
| Sword of the Beast as Minister | 1965-09-18 |
| The Spy | 1965-09-04 |
| Illusion of Blood | 1965-07-25 |
| Life of Matsu the Untamed | 1965-07-14 |
| Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man | 1965-05-29 |
| The Last Judgment | 1965-05-16 |
| Start Here as President Sagara | 1965-04-14 |
| Red Beard as Goheiji | 1965-03-04 |
| Salaryman's Medal | 1965-02-13 |
| Samurai Assassin as Masagorō Kisoya | 1965-01-03 |
| Five Gents' Trick Book | 1965-01-03 |
| The Donkey Comes on a Tank | 1964-12-26 |
| Eddy Currents of Life as Shigesuke Hayashi | 1964-11-22 |
| The Sandal Keeper | 1964-10-31 |
| Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa | 1964-09-09 |
| The Naked Executive as Kosugi, president | 1964-07-01 |
| A Story from Echigo | 1964-05-09 |
| A Public Benefactor | 1964-04-04 |
| Our Happiness Alone | 1964-03-29 |
| The Bride is Fifteen | 1964-03-25 |
| Pale Flower as Yasuoka | 1964-03-01 |
| Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Haiya | 1964-01-01 |
| 白さぎと少年 as Narrator (voice) | 1964-01-01 |
| Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Hideyoshi Toyotomi | 1963-12-28 |
| Fight of the Gamblers | 1963-12-26 |
| Ukyunosuke on Patrol | 1963-11-20 |
| Tange Sazen | 1963-11-17 |
| The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Akiharu | 1963-11-16 |
| A House in the Quarter | 1963-11-01 |
| The Sea of Eden | 1963-08-31 |
| The Navy | 1963-08-13 |
| Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 1963-08-06 |
| Double Wedding as Goro | 1963-07-13 |
| Life of Hishakaku 2 | 1963-05-25 |
| Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori | 1963-04-28 |
| Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai | 1963-04-21 |
| The Sunshine Girl | 1963-04-18 |
| High and Low as Factory Worker | 1963-03-01 |
| Girls Born in August | 1963-02-19 |
| Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 |
| Twin Sisters of Kyoto as Sosuke Otomo | 1963-01-13 |
| Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 |
| An Autumn Afternoon as Sakuma, The 'Gourd' | 1962-11-18 |
| The Great Wall as Li Tang | 1962-11-01 |
| Mount Hakone | 1962-09-15 |
| The Man From the Sea | 1962-07-08 |
| This Madding Crowd as Grandpa Yoshi | 1962-06-28 |
| Akitsu Hot Springs as Priest | 1962-06-15 |
| A Carpenter and Children | 1962-06-10 |
| The Bandits | 1962-05-27 |
| Facing to the Clouds | 1962-05-01 |
| Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | 1962-04-29 |
| Seinen no isu | 1962-04-08 |
| Foundry Town as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) | 1962-04-08 |
| Musume to watashi | 1962-04-01 |
| Lady Sen and Hideyori as Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1962-03-25 |
| Our Marriage as Father | 1962-03-18 |
| Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II | 1962-03-07 |
| Season of Farewell | 1962-01-14 |
| Shimizu Port Salaryman | 1962-01-03 |
| The Red Shadow as Jinzaburô Kamo | 1961-12-24 |
| The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy | 1961-12-06 |
| Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains | 1961-12-06 |
| Run, Genta, Run! | 1961-11-22 |
| Wind and waves of the South as Genji | 1961-11-19 |
| Buddha as Suratha | 1961-10-31 |
| The Last War as Captain Umehara | 1961-10-08 |
| Sanctuary | 1961-10-01 |
| Boss Takes to the Road | 1961-09-23 |
| Immortal Love as Policeman | 1961-09-16 |
| The Crimson Plains as Shinzô Okui | 1961-07-30 |
| The Estuary | 1961-07-26 |
| The Orphan Brother as Sanshô Dayû (voice) | 1961-07-19 |
| Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region | 1961-06-21 |
| Challenge to Live | 1961-06-17 |
| Fine Man | 1961-06-11 |
| Yojimbo as Gonji, Tavern Keeper | 1961-04-25 |
| An Edo Magistrate | 1961-03-12 |
| The Masterless 47 – Part II | 1961-02-25 |
| Pigs and Battleships as Kan'ichi | 1961-01-21 |
| For This We Fight | 1961-01-14 |
| Botchan yarō seizoroi | 1961-01-09 |
| My Hometown is the Wild West | 1960-12-27 |
| The Masterless 47 as Gonosuke Kira | 1960-12-25 |
| The War Without Weapons | 1960-11-08 |
| Wait for Tomorrow as Seisaku Kajiwara | 1960-10-26 |
| The Pirates | 1960-09-18 |
| The Twilight Story | 1960-08-28 |
| The Brawler as Section Chief Kitaura | 1960-08-10 |
| New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Isuke Tsujikura | 1960-07-12 |
| Police Precinct Part 13 | 1960-06-07 |
| The Master Spearman | 1960-05-15 |
| The Man of Seven Faces as Genkichi Miyashita | 1960-04-26 |
| Ajisai no uta | 1960-04-02 |
| The Gambling Samurai as Kansuke | 1960-03-28 |
| The Great Road | 1960-03-08 |
| The Forbidden Scoop | 1960-02-21 |
| The Cards Will Tell | 1960-01-16 |
| New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Isuke Tsujikura (President) | 1960-01-15 |
| The Bride from Japan as Mieko's father | 1959-11-22 |
| The Three Treasures as Ootomo | 1959-11-01 |
| The Human Wall | 1959-10-18 |
| Akatsuki no chiheisen | 1959-09-20 |
| Ripe and Marriageable as Saemon, Hikari's father | 1959-09-17 |
| Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka | 1959-09-13 |
| The Beast Shall Die as Detective Kuwashima | 1959-06-09 |
| Police Precinct: Car 108 | 1959-06-09 |
| High Teen | 1959-05-26 |
| Good Morning as Hiroshi Tomizawa | 1959-05-12 |
| Diary of Forsaken Love | 1959-04-14 |
| Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan as Policeman | 1959-03-29 |
| Kaze no uchi so to | 1959-03-24 |
| The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight | 1959-03-10 |
| The Third Dead Angle | 1959-01-22 |
| The Stream of Youth | 1959-01-15 |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 1959-01-15 |
| Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | 1958-12-07 |
| The Days of Evil Women | 1958-11-30 |
| Theater of Life | 1958-11-23 |
| The Naked General | 1958-10-28 |
| The Naked Sun | 1958-10-01 |
| Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 as Mouri | 1958-09-16 |
| A Grain of Wheat as Aisawa | 1958-09-14 |
| The Young Beast | 1958-07-12 |
| Oban kanketsu hen | 1958-07-01 |
| Beyond the Seasonal Wind | 1958-06-10 |
| The Ballad of Narayama as Messenger | 1958-06-01 |
| Night Drum | 1958-04-15 |
| Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness as Chamberlain | 1958-03-25 |
| Firefly Light | 1958-03-18 |
| Princess of Revenge | 1958-01-09 |
| Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Fugetsusai | 1958-01-03 |
| Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer | 1957-12-22 |
| The Eleventh Hour | 1957-11-24 |
| Black River as Kurihara | 1957-10-23 |
| The Story of Pure Love | 1957-10-15 |
| The Lower Depths as Tomekichi the Tinker | 1957-10-01 |
| Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Chaplin san | 1957-07-19 |
| The Shadow Daughter | 1957-06-05 |
| Hateful Things as Keisuke kiyama | 1957-05-28 |
| Untamed Woman as Oshima's father | 1957-05-28 |
| Turtledove | 1957-05-08 |
| Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Fugetsusai | 1957-04-14 |
| An Osaka Story as Gonzaemon Hoshino | 1957-03-06 |
| Ôban as Chaplin-San | 1957-03-05 |
| Rice | 1957-03-04 |
| Shimizu Port of Chivalry as Kansuke | 1957-01-03 |
| Actress | 1956-11-27 |
| I Will Buy You as Ogushi | 1956-11-21 |
| Love on Rainbow Island as Shiimbei Hayashi | 1956-10-16 |
| The Forest Is Alive | 1956-10-08 |
| Tears | 1956-09-26 |
| Undercurrent as Yujiro Funaki | 1956-09-12 |
| How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 |
| Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin | 1956-08-14 |
| The Legend of the White Serpent | 1956-06-22 |
| Flowery Brothers | 1956-06-08 |
| Farewell to Dream as Yôichi's father, Genkichi | 1956-04-17 |
| The Vampire Moth as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô | 1956-04-11 |
| White Fan as Takuetsu | 1956-03-15 |
| Early Spring as Tokichi Hattori | 1956-01-29 |
| Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Baiken Shishido (uncredited) | 1956-01-03 |
| I Live in Fear as Old man from Brazil | 1955-11-22 |
| Floating Weeds Diary as Magoro Ichikawa | 1955-11-15 |
| Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Baiken Shishido | 1955-07-12 |
| The Wolves | 1955-07-03 |
| Murder on the Last Train | 1955-06-21 |
| Twilight Saloon as Onizuka | 1955-06-19 |
| Beautiful Days as Imanishi's Father | 1955-05-25 |
| Burden of Love as Jozo Araki | 1955-03-18 |
| Here Is a Spring | 1955-02-12 |
| Policeman's Diary as Old man Murata | 1955-02-03 |
| The Cock Crows Twice | 1954-11-30 |
| Women's House | 1954-11-23 |
| The Surf as Schoolmaster | 1954-10-20 |
| The Black Current | 1954-08-31 |
| The Street Without Sun as President Kunio | 1954-06-24 |
| Seven Samurai as Kidnapper | 1954-04-26 |
| The Glorious Days | 1954-04-14 |
| Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls | 1954-01-03 |
| Tokyo Story as Numata | 1953-11-03 |
| Waseda University as Guest Nomura | 1953-10-27 |
| Girls in the Orchard | 1953-09-15 |
| The Wild Geese as Suezo | 1953-09-15 |
| Hiroba no kōdoku | 1953-09-15 |
| Shishun no izumi as Nakamura, a policeman | 1953-07-05 |
| Jūdai no seiten | 1953-02-05 |
| One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds | 1952-12-16 |
| Himitsu | 1952-11-27 |
| Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu | 1952-11-06 |
| Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete as Kozo Kawai | 1952-10-09 |
| Beauty and the Thief as Jurota | 1952-09-22 |
| Children of Hiroshima | 1952-08-06 |
| Sword for Hire | 1952-05-22 |
| The Yamabiko School | 1952-05-01 |
| Farewell to Spring as Sakichi Arakawa | 1952-03-28 |
| The Man from the Moon | 1951-11-29 |
| Sasaki Kojiro | 1951-10-26 |
| 風雲児 | 1951-05-18 |
| Freedom School | 1951-05-05 |
| Ginza Cosmetics as Hyôbei Sugano | 1951-04-14 |
| Zoku Sasaki Kojiro | 1951-03-31 |
| Yasubei Nakayama | 1951-03-31 |
| Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom | 1950-11-14 |
| Les Miserables I: God and the Devil | 1950-11-03 |
| A Man from Akagi | 1950-10-07 |
| Heat and Mud | 1950-05-01 |
| Devil's Gold | 1950-02-19 |
| Rinchi | 1949-12-20 |
| Stray Dog | 1949-10-17 |
| Late Night Confession | 1949-06-21 |
| Flame of My Love as State Councillor Itô | 1949-02-13 |
| Apostasy | 1948-11-30 |
| A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Yoshii | 1948-09-18 |
| Rira no hana wasureji | 1947-10-08 |
| The Love of the Actress Sumako | 1947-08-16 |
| Marriage as Fumie's father | 1947-03-18 |
| Morning for the Osone Family as Ippei Yamaka | 1946-02-21 |
| Kigeki wa owarinu | 1946-01-10 |
| The Young Women of Izu | 1945-08-30 |
| Otome no iru kichi | 1945-04-01 |
| Army as Sakuragi | 1944-12-07 |
| Jubilation Street as Shingo’s father | 1944-06-08 |
| Sinking the Unsinkable | 1944-03-23 |
| Navy as Teacher Ogata | 1943-12-08 |
| Port of Flowers as Hayashida | 1943-07-29 |
