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 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
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
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
