People
Taiji Tonoyama
Biography:
Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Thousand Cranes | 1989-06-24 |
| Black Rain as Old Priest | 1989-05-13 |
| War and Flowers | 1989-05-11 |
| Tomorrow as Storekeeper | 1988-08-13 |
| Tokyo Pop as Grandfather | 1988-04-15 |
| Sakura-tai Chiru | 1988-04-01 |
| Hawaiian Dream as Shokichi Shimamura | 1987-08-29 |
| Hachiko as Hashimoto | 1987-08-01 |
| Zegen as Shimada | 1987-06-02 |
| River of Fireflies | 1987-02-21 |
| Tree Without Leaves | 1986-11-15 |
| Jazz Daimyo as Gensai | 1986-04-19 |
| The Seburi Story as Kamezo | 1985-05-11 |
| Nuclear Gypsies | 1985-05-05 |
| Song of the Spring Pony | 1985-03-22 |
| Location as Inumaru | 1984-09-22 |
| The Horizon as Tanimoto | 1984-02-11 |
| Legend of the Eight Samurai as Hikojii | 1983-12-10 |
| Dark Room as Doctor(医師) | 1983-09-17 |
| The Ballad of Narayama as Teruyan | 1983-04-29 |
| Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha | 1983-03-25 |
| The Bored Samurai as Father of Ogin | 1983-02-25 |
| Oiran as Hachibei | 1983-02-19 |
| Sacred Koya | 1983-01-01 |
| Tora-san, the Expert | 1982-12-28 |
| Irezumi as Horiatsu | 1982-11-27 |
| A Ghost Love Story of Japan | 1982-08-13 |
| On the Road | 1982-04-17 |
| A Pool Without Water as Pharmacist | 1982-02-20 |
| Fifth Movement | 1981-09-19 |
| Day Dream as Guard | 1981-09-12 |
| Edo Porn as Tattooist | 1981-09-12 |
| Fruits of Passion as Customer | 1981-06-03 |
| Yokohama BJ Blues as Isao Hori | 1981-04-25 |
| Muddy River as Man on Festival Boat | 1981-01-30 |
| Why Not? as Jyosyuya | 1981-01-08 |
| Tetsugen | 1981-01-01 |
| Daughter of Time as Fireworks Hand 2 | 1980-12-20 |
| Until Evening as Restaurant's Owner | 1980-09-20 |
| Child of the Sun | 1980-09-13 |
| Nurse's Husband | 1980-05-10 |
| Tora-san's Dream of Spring | 1979-12-28 |
| Faraway Tomorrow | 1979-11-03 |
| The Bride of the Ghost Lake as Goichi Nishida (village chief) | 1979-10-27 |
| The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case | 1979-06-30 |
| The Strangling | 1979-06-02 |
| Golden Partners as Bend master | 1979-04-28 |
| Vengeance Is Mine as Tanejiro Shibata | 1979-04-21 |
| The Fall of Teenager | 1979-02-24 |
| Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo | 1978-11-01 |
| Empire of Passion as Toichiro | 1978-09-06 |
| Love and Faith | 1978-06-03 |
| Junko's Bliss as Taizô Sakata | 1978-03-04 |
| 幽霊列車 | 1978-01-14 |
| Ballad of Orin as Mountain Man | 1977-11-19 |
| Tomorrow Evening | 1977-10-29 |
| The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | 1977-09-17 |
| The Far Road | 1977-09-11 |
| Seasonal Wind | 1977-07-16 |
| Eros Eterna | 1977-06-25 |
| Case of the Disjointed Murder | 1977-03-14 |
| The Gate of Youth Part 2 | 1977-02-11 |
| Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow as Sôiku | 1977-01-22 |
| Two Harmonicas | 1976-10-02 |
| In the Realm of the Senses as Old Beggar | 1976-09-15 |
| Hobo General | 1976-04-24 |
| A Cheerful Yakuza | 1976-02-14 |
| Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment as Kinetarô Kitamura | 1975-12-24 |
| Scoundrel Boss | 1975-10-18 |
| Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 as The Master | 1975-07-23 |
| Pimp Heaven as Preacher | 1975-05-24 |
| Housewife's Experience: Tenement as Harukichi | 1975-04-26 |
| 青春トルコ日記 処女すべり | 1975-04-19 |
| A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager) | 1975-01-29 |
| Evening Primrose as Genji's father | 1974-12-28 |
| The Last Swordsman | 1974-11-02 |
| The Castle of Sand as Publican at Ebisu | 1974-10-19 |
| The Homeless | 1974-10-09 |
| Street of Joy as Kofukuya's Owner | 1974-09-21 |
| My Way as Yoshizo Kawamura | 1974-09-07 |
| The Key | 1974-05-04 |
| Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya as Tonomura | 1974-04-09 |
| Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama as Sex Show Manager | 1974-01-26 |
| The Heart as S's Father | 1973-10-27 |
| Stray Dog | 1973-09-29 |
| Love Lost in Tears | 1973-08-11 |
| Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby as Shimamura | 1973-06-23 |
| Hell Riders in Kyoto | 1973-04-28 |
| A Woman’s Road | 1973-04-14 |
| Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer as Shimamura | 1973-04-07 |
| Time Within Memory | 1973-02-24 |
| Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa as Ippei | 1973-02-21 |
| Sex and Fury as Tokuzô Kasai | 1973-02-17 |
| Did the Red Bird Escape? | 1973-02-17 |
| Deeper Than Blue as Shunkai | 1973-02-10 |
| Hymn as Harumatsu | 1972-12-29 |
| Afternoon Affair: Rear Window as Nomura | 1972-11-18 |
| The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats | 1972-08-25 |
| Dear Summer Sister as Takuzo Sakurada | 1972-08-05 |
| 祭りだお化けだ全員集合!! | 1972-08-05 |
| Turtle Geisha as Ishibashi | 1972-07-03 |
| The Lucky Status Symbol | 1972-06-09 |
| The Erotomaniac Daimyo | 1972-04-26 |
| The Iron Crown as Physiognomist | 1972-04-22 |
| The Rendezvous as Murai | 1972-03-29 |
| Silence as Prison guard | 1971-11-13 |
| Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha | 1971-07-07 |
| Evil Spirits in the Darkness | 1971-06-07 |
| The Ceremony as Old Chief | 1971-05-18 |
| Onna no Iji as Nakano | 1971-05-05 |
| King of Pornography | 1971-05-02 |
| King of the Widow-Killers | 1971-02-25 |
| Evil Spirits of Japan as Pachinko owner | 1970-12-26 |
| Live Today, Die Tomorrow! | 1970-10-31 |
| Hooligans on Buggies | 1970-10-29 |
| The Kingpin of Fair Ladies | 1970-09-09 |
| The Revelation of a Geisha | 1970-08-14 |
| Yukyo-retsuden | 1970-07-04 |
| Strange Affinity | 1970-06-03 |
| Attack at Daylight as Saeki | 1970-02-08 |
| Gokudô Petenshi | 1969-11-15 |
| Heat Wave Island | 1969-10-29 |
| Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! | 1969-05-17 |
| Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting | 1969-01-11 |
| Profound Desires of the Gods as Higa | 1968-11-22 |
| East China Sea | 1968-10-05 |
| Strong Women, Weak Men as Zenzo | 1968-06-30 |
| Wind of Youth | 1968-03-30 |
| Three Resurrected Drunkards as Old man | 1968-03-30 |
| Kuroneko as Farmer | 1968-02-24 |
| The House of the Sleeping Virgins | 1968-01-31 |
| Japanese Summer: Double Suicide | 1967-09-02 |
| Libido | 1967-06-28 |
| The Little Runaway | 1966-12-24 |
| Drunken Harbor as Doctor | 1966-12-24 |
| Lost Sex as Gonpachi | 1966-08-27 |
| Violence at Noon as School director | 1966-07-15 |
| Captive's Island | 1966-07-02 |
| Dynamite Doctor as Chairman | 1966-06-04 |
| The Pornographers as Father | 1966-03-12 |
| Black Curtain | 1966-02-19 |
| Kokoro no sanmyaku | 1966-02-02 |
| The Betrayers Out! | 1966-01-15 |
| Conquest as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura | 1965-11-21 |
| An Innocent Witch | 1965-10-30 |
| Seisaku's Wife as Retired Man | 1965-06-25 |
| Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | 1965-06-12 |
| The Start of Life | 1965-04-29 |
| Onibaba as Ushi | 1964-11-21 |
| Intentions of Murder as Beret Musician | 1964-06-28 |
| A Story from Echigo | 1964-05-09 |
| The Irresponsible Fool | 1964-04-29 |
| The Desperate as Chief Osawa | 1964-04-18 |
| Samurai from Nowhere | 1964-01-15 |
| Onibaba : Film Location | 1964-01-01 |
| Kiri ni Kieta Hito | 1963-12-21 |
| The School Cap | 1963-12-15 |
| Kanto Wanderer as Boss Izu | 1963-11-23 |
| The Insect Woman as Foreman | 1963-11-16 |
| Mother as Tajima | 1963-11-08 |
| Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Monk | 1963-10-05 |
| 18 Roughs as Murata | 1963-09-11 |
| どん底だって平ちゃらさ | 1963-03-27 |
| Violent Street | 1963-03-09 |
| Black Report as Shinsaku Tsuda | 1963-01-13 |
| Beyond the Green Hills | 1963-01-03 |
| The King | 1962-11-23 |
| Human as Kamegoro | 1962-11-04 |
| Chibusa o daku musume tachi | 1962-10-07 |
| Fresh Leaves as Zenkichi Segawa | 1962-10-06 |
| Hageshī kawa | 1962-10-06 |
| The Young and Bad | 1962-09-09 |
| Akitsu Hot Springs as Rokusuke | 1962-06-15 |
| Song of a Traveller | 1962-05-20 |
| Foundry Town as Matsunaga | 1962-04-08 |
| Tales of President Mito as President Toyotomi | 1962-04-04 |
| Stolen Pleasure as Goro | 1962-03-14 |
| I am the Judge | 1962-02-11 |
| Season of Farewell | 1962-01-14 |
| Nippon no obaachan | 1962-01-03 |
| 大吉ぼんのう鏡 | 1962-01-03 |
| Love's Family Tree | 1961-11-22 |
| Police Precinct Part 17 | 1961-09-13 |
| でかんしょ風来坊 | 1961-03-19 |
| Blind Devotion as Hikozo | 1961-03-08 |
| Futaridake no taiyō | 1961-02-14 |
| Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman | 1961-02-01 |
| Pigs and Battleships as Chen | 1961-01-21 |
| Shōjo | 1961-01-15 |
| The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 as Kotani | 1961-01-09 |
| My Hometown is the Wild West | 1960-12-27 |
| The Naked Island as Senta | 1960-11-23 |
| Chikuhō no kodomotachi | 1960-11-13 |
| Storming Squadron | 1960-10-30 |
| Wait for Tomorrow as Inosuke Uematsu | 1960-10-26 |
| Sixteen years old | 1960-10-01 |
| Internees of Kampili | 1960-09-29 |
| Yakuza sensei | 1960-09-21 |
| The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 | 1960-08-07 |
| A Woman’s Uphill Slope | 1960-06-17 |
| Irohanihoheto | 1960-05-20 |
| One Passed Through Hell | 1960-04-19 |
| Secret | 1960-04-05 |
| Knock Down | 1960-03-20 |
| The Cards Will Tell | 1960-01-16 |
| The Prickly Mouthed Geisha as Kumakichi Takeda | 1959-12-06 |
| My Second Brother as Hemmi Gengoro | 1959-10-28 |
| The Human Wall | 1959-10-18 |
| A Killed Stewardess: White or Black as Detective Machida | 1959-10-06 |
| Four Hours of Terror as Teppei Sasada | 1959-09-30 |
| Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene | 1959-09-15 |
| Tokyo no Kodoku | 1959-05-12 |
| Good Morning as Pushy Man | 1959-05-12 |
| Talented Woman | 1959-04-15 |
| Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan | 1959-03-29 |
| Whistling in the morning | 1959-03-04 |
| Lucky Dragon No. 5 | 1959-02-18 |
| The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | 1959-01-15 |
| Endless Desire as Ramen shop owner | 1958-11-18 |
| The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Masumura | 1958-09-02 |
| Underwater Murder | 1958-07-27 |
| The Boy Who Came Back | 1958-06-29 |
| Night Drum | 1958-04-15 |
| Wind, Woman and Road as Kenta | 1958-04-14 |
| Hobo Village | 1958-01-29 |
| On This Earth as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle | 1957-11-22 |
| Temptation as Tobe | 1957-09-22 |
| Harbor Rats | 1957-08-21 |
| A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kurazo | 1957-07-14 |
| Who's the Real Killer as Frank | 1957-07-03 |
| The Champion as Pote-chan | 1957-05-01 |
| Birth of a Jazz Maiden as Senkichi Hanamura | 1957-04-03 |
| Muhō Ichidai | 1957-03-20 |
| Actress | 1956-11-27 |
| Dotanba | 1956-11-10 |
| Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers as Doctor Otsuki | 1956-11-07 |
| Nikoyon monogatari | 1956-09-11 |
| The Shadow of Fear | 1956-09-11 |
| Our Town as Shime | 1956-08-28 |
| Shiawase wa doko ni as Shokichi | 1956-07-19 |
| 快傑耶茶坊 | 1956-04-18 |
| Darkness at Noon as Uhei Matsumura | 1956-03-26 |
| Love is Lost as Gensaku | 1956-02-05 |
| Policeman's Diary, Part 2 | 1955-11-16 |
| The Beauty and the Dragon | 1955-10-03 |
| Three Faces | 1955-08-09 |
| Ai Sureba Koso as Bartender (segment 1) | 1955-07-05 |
| The Wolves | 1955-07-03 |
| Sisters | 1955-04-10 |
| Burden of Love as Mr. Yamaguchi | 1955-03-18 |
| Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Kuramochi | 1955-02-03 |
| The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes | 1955-01-09 |
| Wakai hito-tachi | 1954-11-08 |
| The Valley Between Love and Death | 1954-09-21 |
| Turbid Youth | 1954-09-21 |
| Ditch | 1954-07-27 |
| The Street Without Sun as Gen'ichi Inoue | 1954-06-24 |
| Cape Ashizuri | 1954-05-18 |
| The End of a Day | 1954-02-03 |
| Koina no Ginpei | 1954-01-15 |
| Gate of Hell as Kakisuke | 1953-10-30 |
| Before Dawn as Risaburo | 1953-10-13 |
| Yokubo | 1953-05-13 |
| Miniature as Yamada | 1953-04-01 |
| Murahachibu | 1953-03-21 |
| Reminiscence | 1953-01-15 |
| Tower of Lilies | 1953-01-09 |
| Today is Payday as President of Akabane Construction | 1952-10-02 |
| Violence | 1952-08-25 |
| Children of Hiroshima as Owner of a ship | 1952-08-06 |
| Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 |
| Dedication of the Great Buddha | 1952-03-20 |
| Izayoi kaidō | 1951-12-14 |
| The Man from the Moon | 1951-11-29 |
| Story of a Beloved Wife | 1951-09-07 |
| The Tale of Genji as Priest | 1951-06-11 |
| 限りなき情熱 | 1951-06-01 |
| Who Will Judge Me? | 1951-05-18 |
| The White Orchid | 1951-03-24 |
| Clothes of Deception as Kasama | 1951-01-13 |
| Scandal as Aoye's friend | 1950-04-26 |
| Spring Snow as Yasuji | 1950-02-26 |
| Street of Violence as Ango Shindo | 1950-02-26 |
| Ishimatsu of the Forest as Waretsuku | 1949-06-04 |
| The Most Beautiful Day of My Life | 1948-09-26 |
| Great X as Matsushita | 1948-05-07 |
| Drunken Angel as Shop Proprietor | 1948-04-27 |
| Temptation | 1948-04-01 |
| Shachō to onna tenin | 1948-01-07 |
| The Ball at the Anjo House as Yoshida | 1947-09-27 |
| Record of a Tenement Gentleman as Photographer | 1947-05-20 |
| The Battle of Kawanakajima as Rokuzô Ôkuma | 1941-11-30 |


