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