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