Eijirō Tōno

Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 17, 1907
Day of Death: September 8, 1994 (87 years old)
Place of Birth: Gunma, Japan
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).
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Actor Goheiji
Red Beard

Actor Minister
Sword of the Beast

Actor Masagorō Kisoya
Samurai Assassin

Actor
Blood and Sea

Actor
Illusion of Blood

Actor
The Spy

Actor
An Innocent Witch

Actor Seizo
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Actor
Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko

Actor
The Last Judgment

Actor
Five Gents' Trick Book

Actor
Salaryman's Medal
1964

Actor Yasuoka
Pale Flower

Actor Kosugi, president
The Naked Executive

Actor
ホラ吹き太閤記

Actor
A Story from Echigo

Actor Haiya
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

Actor
Our Happiness Alone

Actor Shigesuke Hayashi
Eddy Currents of Life

Actor
The Donkey Comes on a Tank

Actor
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa

Actor
Hanayome wa jū go-sai
1963

Actor Factory Worker
High and Low

Actor Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Actor Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Actor Akiharu
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

Actor Sosuke Otomo
Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Actor
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

Actor
Tange Sazen

Actor
A House in the Quarter

Actor
Life of Hishakaku 2

Actor
The Sunshine Girl

Actor
Ukyunosuke on Patrol

Actor
Pressure of Guilt

Actor
Girls Born in August

Actor
Fight of the Gamblers

Actor
The Navy

Actor
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Actor Goro
Double Wedding
1962

Actor Tokugawa Ieyasu
Lady Sen and Hideyori

Actor
続サラリーマン清水港

Actor
Musume to watashi

Actor
Salaryman Shimizu Minato

Actor
Seinen no isu

Actor Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Foundry Town

Actor Li Tang
The Great Wall

Actor
Facing to the Clouds

Actor
Mount Hakone

Actor
Akitsu Hot Springs

Actor
A Carpenter and Children
Actor
The Man From the Sea

Actor Father
Our Marriage

Actor
Season of Farewell

Actor
The Bandits

Actor
Born in Sin

Actor Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
An Autumn Afternoon

Actor
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Actor Grandpa Yoshi
This Madding Crowd
1961

Actor Kan'ichi
Pigs and Battleships

Actor Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Yojimbo

Actor
The Estuary

Actor Captain Umehara
The Last War

Actor
早射ち無頼 大平原の男

Actor Shinzô Okui
The Crimson Plains
Actor
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

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

Actor
An Edo Magistrate

Actor Suratha
Buddha

Actor
Run, Genta, Run!

Actor
Boss Takes to the Road

Actor Policeman
Immortal Love

Actor
Fine Man

Actor Sanshô Dayû (voice)
The Orphan Brother

Actor
Challenge to Live

Actor Jinzaburô Kamo
The Red Shadow

Actor
The Masterless 47 – Part II

Actor Genji
Wind and waves of the South

Actor
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1960

Actor
Police Precinct Part 13

Actor Gonosuke Kira
The Masterless 47

Actor
俺の故郷は大西部

Actor
The War Without Weapons

Actor
The Twilight Story

Actor Kansuke
The Gambling Samurai
Actor Genkichi Miyashita
The Man of Seven Faces

Actor
The Master Spearman

Actor Seisaku Kajiwara
Wait for Tomorrow

Actor
The Great Road

Actor
The Pirates

Actor
The Cards Will Tell
1959

Actor
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Actor Hiroshi Tomizawa
Good Morning

Actor Mieko's father
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

Actor
Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha

Actor
Kaze no uchi so to

Actor
The Human Wall

Actor
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Actor Policeman
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Actor
The Third Dead Angle

Actor Ootomo
The Three Treasures

Actor Detective Kuwashima
The Beast Shall Die

Actor
Diary of Forsaken Love

Actor
The Stream of Youth

Actor Saemon, Hikari's father
Ripe and Marriageable
1958

Actor
Oban kanketsu hen

Actor Fugetsusai
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Actor
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Actor Chamberlain
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

Actor Aisawa
A Grain of Wheat

Actor
Firefly Light

Actor
Night Drum

Actor Messenger
The Ballad of Narayama

Actor
Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Actor
The Days of Evil Women

Actor
The Naked Sun

Actor
The Naked General

Actor
Theater of Life
1957

Actor Tomekichi the Tinker
The Lower Depths

Actor Oshima's father
Untamed Woman

Actor Chaplin-San
Ôban

Actor Chaplin san
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Actor Kurihara
Black River

Actor Fugetsusai
Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Actor Kansuke
Shimizu Port of Chivalry

Actor
Rice

Actor Gonzaemon Hoshino
An Osaka Story

Actor
The Story of Pure Love

Actor
The Eleventh Hour

Actor
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1956

Actor Tokichi Hattori
Early Spring

Actor Ogushi
I Will Buy You

Actor Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Farewell to Dream

Actor
The Forest Is Alive

Actor Yujiro Funaki
Night River

Actor Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
The Vampire Moth
Actor
How Sorrowful

Actor
The Legend of the White Serpent

Actor Shiimbei Hayashi
裸足の青春
Actor Takuetsu
White Fan

Actor Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Actor
Flowery Brothers

Actor
Tears

Actor
Actress
Actor
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin