Eijirō Tōno
![Eijirō Tōno](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wsUx6WKA7Z7az2IOIbv5G4cAfXA.jpg)
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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![High and Low](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tgNjemQPG96uIezpiUiXFcer5ga.jpg)
Actor Factory Worker
High and Low
![Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6j7ZNx1SV6aTdxTiJnii07Ex9VK.jpg)
Actor Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
![Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ddQz7EDfbPI85ZPr75pPEiQgj3t.jpg)
Actor Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
![The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c0Yn1D0eCvyI2y4sOm3q86KFML6.jpg)
Actor Akiharu
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
![Twin Sisters of Kyoto](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zSVTNNYUR9YWQTVkInWBBxSjiog.jpg)
Actor Sosuke Otomo
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
![Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nYAr4Qn7ZImVZS6NCwWUJSOUTZ6.jpg)
Actor
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
![Tange Sazen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mZa0o26hcYlgI78resq3pdoulHr.jpg)
Actor
Tange Sazen
![A House in the Quarter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yIF1uUoOyENxadndY59NgG0HsV2.jpg)
Actor
A House in the Quarter
![Life of Hishakaku 2](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zVmaKnAETeohY5bcWCAOSogL0QT.jpg)
Actor
Life of Hishakaku 2
![The Sunshine Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vpyggngAJRZdhEJ64ZOnE9Elye3.jpg)
Actor
The Sunshine Girl
![Ukyunosuke on Patrol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/i1OUgs0cQJ1MQnUXeLwGc2CKffB.jpg)
Actor
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
![Pressure of Guilt](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ldBp9G4qavme0JCRhcv2BKxqyfJ.jpg)
Actor
Pressure of Guilt
![Girls Born in August](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/i98BLQeHJYfVl0X0QhWZdf5ajUR.jpg)
Actor
Girls Born in August
![The Fight of the Gamblers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8D7hgj1p8H5sow40Ojgf739dzQP.jpg)
Actor
The Fight of the Gamblers
![The Navy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/owixbaof9otRfdUYIliS6MtKayS.jpg)
Actor
The Navy
![Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9E4Ywnob4SRlxZVx5zP9wVmxvhq.jpg)
Actor
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
![Double Wedding](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/i337Ugj6BEDprrAHjt6fBRoRpgr.jpg)
Actor Goro
Double Wedding
1962
![Foundry Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7NJlzNwVbYU6Ro7oJIcKAPs9gHj.jpg)
Actor Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Foundry Town
![The Great Wall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/17Pjfun5goKnQASzTHMF3oCM5XZ.jpg)
Actor Li Tang
The Great Wall
![Mount Hakone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bhIrubjMskDLCIBl0GbLeBOs4LZ.jpg)
Actor
Mount Hakone
![Akitsu Hot Springs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3qGtz8KWYerkEZ1q6sk5ZwcsbT5.jpg)
Actor
Akitsu Hot Springs
![A Carpenter and Children](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yd3yTZSSGuR8iLrI3lYoVgH0WSv.jpg)
Actor
A Carpenter and Children
Actor
The Man From the Sea
![Our Marriage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AnSf1E8LOBFAe5nEOoWkfkiZ8tR.jpg)
Actor Father
Our Marriage
![Season of Farewell](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lW0ELxvYoCWm4YvLWfNwX8L8Q26.jpg)
Actor
Season of Farewell
![The Bandits](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6UkOAJT5zOpmKEOeaa1cHJzD49E.jpg)
Actor
The Bandits
![Born in Sin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2Ax5WaDUnJujW2igK3JZbw9Neqr.jpg)
Actor
Born in Sin
![An Autumn Afternoon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4RtWkqywkzxonlnGBwv4RpSw4Rb.jpg)
Actor Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
An Autumn Afternoon
![Three Gentlemen from Tokyo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/g3P5X3JLm2DJLCzQXSqSn5UAKb6.jpg)
Actor
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
![This Madding Crowd](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qTGmX7SgkpS6Ns6fKcYJW3ntpzN.jpg)
Actor Grandpa Yoshi
This Madding Crowd
![Lady Sen and Hideyori](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yZyDYp9XS19ev36G8ed1mlovgHi.jpg)
Actor Tokugawa Ieyasu
Lady Sen and Hideyori
![Salaryman Shimizu Minato](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5BEulaE7tnFa7s1UHflhZKG4Kk5.jpg)
Actor
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
![続サラリーマン清水港](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4uByxDHtHwhJZ5aSr2epQTEn99x.jpg)
Actor
続サラリーマン清水港
![Musume to watashi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mZK2Ma5Pp4wNQgBvB6NY2DL9NVU.jpg)
Actor
Musume to watashi
![Seinen no isu](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ywNdh8QHvrq07wM3KXx9z0y9zH0.jpg)
Actor
Seinen no isu
![Facing to the Clouds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8kJgkfAhX8nllCKU3fQ2KAvhO1N.jpg)
Actor
Facing to the Clouds
1961
![Pigs and Battleships](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9WfCDU8hF3zgFGf9IXdyL0j7Rot.jpg)
Actor Kan'ichi
Pigs and Battleships
![Yojimbo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tN7kYPjRhDolpui9sc9Eq9n5b2O.jpg)
Actor Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Yojimbo
![The Last War](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1Au9xiOTYLmc7Y1zTlAHTgtlxO9.jpg)
Actor Captain Umehara
The Last War
Actor
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
![Buddha](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iFEQHJ5HM7apyWP8ujAEM8aEPs7.jpg)
Actor Suratha
Buddha
![Run, Genta, Run!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mEATbPfcAwP1Fm6kT5kNvTCA3oE.jpg)
Actor
Run, Genta, Run!
![Boss Takes to the Road](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wi10kUbRJg6QJufmXjCUfmctoa1.jpg)
Actor
Boss Takes to the Road
![Immortal Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3baU2LdhHbHuI44D66EtxqXqHfe.jpg)
Actor Policeman
Immortal Love
![Fine Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vTbIDBOGSZSeMKsIVwvZTu1XM7H.jpg)
Actor
Fine Man
![The Orphan Brother](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ru2IIdb6EG4xjNlweEGECbbUUzY.jpg)
Actor Sanshô Dayû (voice)
The Orphan Brother
![Challenge to Live](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nrbbRTfiKYqMzVhA3NH4QowDqn1.jpg)
Actor
Challenge to Live
Actor Jinzaburô Kamo
The Red Shadow
![The Masterless 47 – Part II](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x05DbSKK4Hvum4hQzRifHpncejv.jpg)
Actor
The Masterless 47 – Part II
![Wind and waves of the South](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yxog8kgRYsVPUbAjkqOyUxlbZUV.jpg)
Actor Genji
Wind and waves of the South
![The Estuary](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7xiGk4MjY8IRCFqD0xecuB9a9KW.jpg)
Actor
The Estuary
![An Edo Magistrate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lmSK5ZLQRzTsLscVdnPcFWH7lGp.jpg)
Actor
An Edo Magistrate
![早射ち無頼 大平原の男](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yquI5mZP8qj0nXXBKGVkrX7Sx70.jpg)
Actor
早射ち無頼 大平原の男
![The Crimson Plains](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/76aWszpaRaRc3kPHGrGr00un0NA.jpg)
Actor Shinzô Okui
The Crimson Plains
![Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wWixIwLYrkVPdTBhRAY9pRFaNk1.jpg)
Actor
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1960
![The War Without Weapons](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bbgSpZCqV8HMWOg3J9QIwzGvkZJ.jpg)
Actor
The War Without Weapons
![The Gambling Samurai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/l80ZGATM7bHDz6GfZELQQ56W6XS.jpg)
Actor Kansuke
The Gambling Samurai
![The Twilight Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/o0LJFk4MGy3b3QURvPlow28nSYK.jpg)
Actor
The Twilight Story
Actor Genkichi Miyashita
The Man of Seven Faces
![The Master Spearman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pRSBi8jBBHr7YhQcUIVFiPlgHku.jpg)
Actor
The Master Spearman
![Wait for Tomorrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k2uOtNJNzY035gne1heQcQSOW1Z.jpg)
Actor Seisaku Kajiwara
Wait for Tomorrow
![The Great Road](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/orlopVDSz2PSe8g2O6KTwUFA6Vc.jpg)
Actor
The Great Road
![The Pirates](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cnZ92MFFPqRtOOULLjDrtC5ilZA.jpg)
Actor
The Pirates
![Police Precinct Part 13](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/83kJuCfiOHDgK6KRce2sZaYodD1.jpg)
Actor
Police Precinct Part 13
![The Masterless 47](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qY67pfBemUkWXIykoJ1m9LbapRk.jpg)
Actor Gonosuke Kira
The Masterless 47
![俺の故郷は大西部](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4Hc8JHYdECSCzVE18woAuOUaUhx.jpg)
Actor
俺の故郷は大西部
1959
![The Human Condition I: No Greater Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oWCFLELvRjNj1mbsCDOKWRcnmD2.jpg)
Actor
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
![The Human Wall](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fM7dDeEwfcdJ60mRo14JTCYwyPJ.jpg)
Actor
The Human Wall
![Good Morning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dXy2LFsE0VlHlHJU3SLBdJgrzEq.jpg)
Actor Hiroshi Tomizawa
Good Morning
![Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sirgtXeBdxS7MRjuJG6LyPTvMUq.jpg)
Actor
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
![Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zRVZvzVsSticnZZnfHM5oPi9iOO.jpg)
Actor Policeman
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
![The Three Treasures](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qJMKNuVPayFisBeyu7AHlZDngAg.jpg)
Actor Ootomo
The Three Treasures
![The Third Dead Angle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nUqIzYfmJbeexOYTTA2LI3bxi2e.jpg)
Actor
The Third Dead Angle
![The Beast Shall Die](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7zH5ftl7qJHiMC0anrWlC22AtNt.jpg)
Actor Detective Kuwashima
The Beast Shall Die
![Diary of Forsaken Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hZYs0mSzepk4tcsvPUdRe8Ah2g5.jpg)
Actor
Diary of Forsaken Love
![The Stream of Youth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/29gKvivB2c43Zt1eBJfw3n0LwZ6.jpg)
Actor
The Stream of Youth
![Kaze no uchi so to](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/conTd4RuGhGQnyZsXWGgMUOX9wo.jpg)
Actor
Kaze no uchi so to
![Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iASCiD1nxlBr6S1YZeBe5JCL3om.jpg)
Actor Mieko's father
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
![Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/a5mt4pM0gXsrHajflP5jkbKvrFh.jpg)
Actor
Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
1958
![Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/A3A6urMVjlSbg89iNAxRKEFk3yy.jpg)
Actor Fugetsusai
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
![Firefly Light](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AcIgKgVHC73lWJwlq0Pvw4DndbF.jpg)
Actor
Firefly Light
![Night Drum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uSQkL1H0smo48Abavg6t7hW7Qvi.jpg)
Actor
Night Drum
![The Ballad of Narayama](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kwvNyyXFsVAPg9PYQsogcXj99lV.jpg)
Actor Messenger
The Ballad of Narayama
![Beyond the Seasonal Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ahq5SAS4DdTMP6JG0bF7YTv3rgf.jpg)
Actor
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
![The Days of Evil Women](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7ndF6aiIqwIEZ2scg9PfoE5gq0X.jpg)
Actor
The Days of Evil Women
![The Naked Sun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8gfUQuI2xDoHQGfe4Uv9nNtWPyP.jpg)
Actor
The Naked Sun
![The Naked General](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2XxupiHIWSUoTBZl9CYImW7scmG.jpg)
Actor
The Naked General
![Jinsei Gekijo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/orTzrK0dCYG4SMK0bFqUebNQJZY.jpg)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo
![Oban kanketsu hen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3dWkAE0wJMKfnlVYgdTero81cTB.jpg)
Actor
Oban kanketsu hen
![Yajikita dōchū sugoroku](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1xGGKe4rPtPMsBKCmBrOCEQNIiG.jpg)
Actor
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
![Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4lff51AM2Xg37bwrmOpsboUSPjB.jpg)
Actor Chamberlain
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
![A Grain of Wheat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aEe0BH5UOtFBn24a54L5aZWMACl.jpg)
Actor Aisawa
A Grain of Wheat
1957
![The Lower Depths](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dSWtJ3JzAfqsMlN80qFN21vZoQ5.jpg)
Actor Tomekichi the Tinker
The Lower Depths
![Yagyu Secret Scrolls](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/puaCaXOejdqsmW3LYavFybIvVR6.jpg)
Actor Fugetsusai
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
![Black River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ngqkpjfP2fU3bAXElKSbfSXlTVv.jpg)
Actor Kurihara
Black River
![Rice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/m7zrVglnSG6pkNZkpS2Ggr1u6sN.jpg)
Actor
Rice
![Shimizu Port of Chivalry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ogovEJ5bm3KWAwXdvj1JMsba1Ae.jpg)
Actor Kansuke
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
![An Osaka Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3tYe8HtvmnaaFv3JiB2byJh7oTv.jpg)
Actor Gonzaemon Hoshino
An Osaka Story
![The Story of Pure Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2ODAn0ziPflQaInE5hRcT5UPbDD.jpg)
Actor
The Story of Pure Love
![The Eleventh Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/997zCqOPMwoPjpw9E1zV7aMNleP.jpg)
Actor
The Eleventh Hour
![Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kuP59QiwvrXhCteuSral4XttUuH.jpg)
Actor
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
![Untamed Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zxgQPtJalcdjwtqzigcpKNGlBnq.jpg)
Actor Oshima's father
Untamed Woman
![Ôban](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iii35Wc1CO0AVXBkOSU9LfX2o3r.jpg)
Actor Chaplin-San
Ôban
![Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fMrOX9xblzBnUIch6bqA2UyEiZ4.jpg)
Actor Chaplin san
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1956
![Early Spring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aEZuNAL70fVDiAoSG2sAEVHa3xO.jpg)
Actor Tokichi Hattori
Early Spring
![The Legend of the White Serpent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rF6bAB8wRFhyRehPaoLzugDwak2.jpg)
Actor
The Legend of the White Serpent
![I Will Buy You](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3yA03L6Zm1ULhEje63NRXptEHRz.jpg)
Actor Ogushi
I Will Buy You
![Farewell to Dream](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5QIQkV8w5Ov3KZzejbBddSekius.jpg)
Actor Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Farewell to Dream
![Night River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/f9h37SRKHZKB6VV2nxa9qibuO2I.jpg)
Actor Yujiro Funaki
Night River
Actor
How Sorrowful
![The Vampire Moth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/usw9Xd6wfm9IR9K1c5VxRPwWFwb.jpg)
Actor Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
The Vampire Moth
Actor Takuetsu
White Fan
![Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4uz7G1u9q4bebnzEnTuStIc2ZxF.jpg)
Actor Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
![Flowery Brothers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2vKP4a477DyR6DIaslEn7qQgycB.jpg)
Actor
Flowery Brothers
![Tears](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7iJd8HCnRg5SeOAdQo7GcQspQVd.jpg)
Actor
Tears
![Actress](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pF179H4qIYg3THCSiJnk8SCPsc5.jpg)
Actor
Actress
Actor
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
![The Forest Is Alive](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/72ja8hei7q7VIEZuL68evFl5MfV.jpg)
Actor
The Forest Is Alive