
Eijirō Tōno
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1907
- Died
- September 8, 1994 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Tomioka, Japon
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 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).
Known For
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Filmography

Tales of a Golden Geisha
Movie · as Prime Minister

Death of a Tea Master
Movie · as Kokei

Days with Harasu
Movie

So What
Movie
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Movie · as Narration (voice)

The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Movie

I Lived, But...
Movie · as Self

Choji Snack Bar
Movie

Adrift at Sea
Movie

The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Movie

The King and His Vassal
Movie

Hunter in the Dark
Movie · as Shogen

The Last Game
Movie

Lord Mito
Movie · as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Island of Hell
Movie · as Kaemon Kito

The Battle of Okinawa
Movie · as Yoshijirō Umezu

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Movie · as Keinosuke Takamatsu

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Movie · as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

水戸黄門 第3部
TV · 1 ep

Will to Conquer
Movie · as Sezaemon

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie · as Takeyunosuke Gōji

Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie · as Gōji Keinosuke

水戸黄門 第2部
TV · 1 ep

Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Movie · as Sanpo Sensei

Goyokin
Movie

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie · as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie · as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

Crazy Big Discovery
Movie

水戸黄門 第1部
TV · 1 ep

Kill!
Movie · as Hyogo Moriuchi

Horus: Prince of the Sun
Movie · as Ganko (voice)

Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Movie

It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
Movie

Song of Vengeance
Movie · as 看守A

Monument to the Girl's Corps
Movie · as Nakaji, Principal

The Saga of Tanegashima
Movie · as Kinbei Yaita

The Flame of Youth
Movie

It's Tough Being a Man
TV · 26 eps

Shogun and His Mistress 2
Movie · as Narrator

Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Movie · as Senzo

Journey to the North
Movie · as Kichinosuke Kawara

Three Faces of Love
Movie · as Soga

Monsieur Zivaco
Movie

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Movie

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Movie

Japan's No. 1 Best Man
Movie

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
Movie

Industrial Spy Free-for-All
Movie

Goal for the Young
Movie

The Burning Sun
Movie

Dynamite Doctor
Movie · as Marshal

The Great White Tower
Movie · as Professor Teizō Azuma

Dash to the Sun
Movie

Four and A Half Mats
Movie · as Uyu

Lost Sex
Movie · as Neighbor / Writer

Silence Has No Wings
Movie

A Company President's Life Story
Movie · as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

Kill the Night Rose
Movie

Red Beard
Movie · as Goheiji

Sword of the Beast
Movie · as Minister

Samurai Assassin
Movie · as Masagorō Kisoya

Blood and Sea
Movie

Illusion of Blood
Movie

The Spy
Movie

An Innocent Witch
Movie

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Movie · as Seizo

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
Movie

The Last Judgment
Movie

Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie

Salaryman's Medal
Movie

Life of Matsu the Untamed
Movie

Start Here
Movie · as President Sagara

Pale Flower
Movie · as Yasuoka

The Naked Executive
Movie · as Kosugi, president

The Sandal Keeper
Movie

A Story from Echigo
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Movie · as Haiya

Our Happiness Alone
Movie

Eddy Currents of Life
Movie · as Shigesuke Hayashi

The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Movie

Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
Movie

The Bride is Fifteen
Movie

A Public Benefactor
Movie

白さぎと少年
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Modern Gentleman
Movie

High and Low
Movie · as Factory Worker

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie · as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Movie · as Akiharu

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Movie · as Sosuke Otomo

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Movie · as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Tange Sazen
Movie

A House in the Quarter
Movie

Life of Hishakaku 2
Movie

The Sunshine Girl
Movie

Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Movie

Pressure of Guilt
Movie

Girls Born in August
Movie

Fight of the Gamblers
Movie

The Navy
Movie

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Movie

Double Wedding
Movie · as Goro

The Sea of Eden
Movie

Lady Sen and Hideyori
Movie · as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie

Musume to watashi
Movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie

Seinen no isu
Movie

Foundry Town
Movie · as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

The Great Wall
Movie · as Li Tang

Facing to the Clouds
Movie

Mount Hakone
Movie

Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie · as Priest

A Carpenter and Children
Movie
The Man From the Sea
Movie

Our Marriage
Movie · as Father

Season of Farewell
Movie

The Bandits
Movie

Born in Sin
Movie

An Autumn Afternoon
Movie · as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Movie

This Madding Crowd
Movie · as Grandpa Yoshi

Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Kan'ichi

Yojimbo
Movie · as Gonji, Tavern Keeper

The Estuary
Movie

The Last War
Movie · as Captain Umehara

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Movie

The Crimson Plains
Movie · as Shinzô Okui
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Movie

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

An Edo Magistrate
Movie

Buddha
Movie · as Suratha

Run, Genta, Run!
Movie

Boss Takes to the Road
Movie

Immortal Love
Movie · as Policeman

Fine Man
Movie

The Orphan Brother
Movie · as Sanshô Dayû (voice)

Challenge to Live
Movie

The Red Shadow
Movie · as Jinzaburô Kamo

The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie

Wind and waves of the South
Movie · as Genji

Botchan yarō seizoroi
Movie

For This We Fight
Movie

Sanctuary
Movie

Tōshi reijō
Movie

Yoru wa ijiwaru
Movie

The Masterless 47
Movie · as Gonosuke Kira

My Hometown is the Wild West
Movie

The War Without Weapons
Movie · as Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father

The Twilight Story
Movie

The Gambling Samurai
Movie · as Kansuke

The Man of Seven Faces
Movie · as Genkichi Miyashita

The Master Spearman
Movie

Wait for Tomorrow
Movie · as Seisaku Kajiwara

The Great Road
Movie

The Pirates
Movie

The Cards Will Tell
Movie

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Movie · as Isuke Tsujikura (President)

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Movie · as Isuke Tsujikura

Ajisai no uta
Movie

Police Precinct Part 13
Movie

The Forbidden Scoop
Movie

The Brawler
Movie · as Section Chief Kitaura

Just Barely
Movie

The Brass General
Movie

The Curio Master
Movie

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie

Good Morning
Movie · as Hiroshi Tomizawa

The Bride from Japan
Movie · as Mieko's father

Police Precinct: Car 108
Movie

Kaze no uchi so to
Movie

The Human Wall
Movie

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Movie

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Movie · as Policeman

The Third Dead Angle
Movie

The Three Treasures
Movie · as Ootomo

The Beast Shall Die
Movie · as Detective Kuwashima

Diary of Forsaken Love
Movie

The Stream of Youth
Movie

Ripe and Marriageable
Movie · as Saemon, Hikari's father

High Teen
Movie

Akatsuki no chiheisen
Movie

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
Movie

Oban kanketsu hen
Movie

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Movie · as Fugetsusai

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Movie · as Chamberlain

A Grain of Wheat
Movie · as Aisawa

Firefly Light
Movie

Night Drum
Movie

The Ballad of Narayama
Movie · as Messenger

Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Movie · as Principal Saiki

The Days of Evil Women
Movie

The Naked Sun
Movie · as Yoshida

The Naked General
Movie

Theater of Life
Movie

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Movie · as Mouri

The Young Beast
Movie

Princess of Revenge
Movie

Handcuffs
Movie

The Lower Depths
Movie · as Tomekichi the Tinker

Untamed Woman
Movie · as Oshima's father

Ôban
Movie · as Chaplin-San

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Movie · as Chaplin san

Black River
Movie · as Kurihara

Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Movie · as Fugetsusai

Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Movie · as Kansuke

Rice
Movie

An Osaka Story
Movie · as Gonzaemon Hoshino

The Story of Pure Love
Movie

The Eleventh Hour
Movie

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Movie

The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Shigeo

Hateful Things
Movie · as Keisuke Kiyama

Turtledove
Movie

Love of the Princess
Movie

Early Spring
Movie · as Tokichi Hattori

I Will Buy You
Movie · as Ogushi

Farewell to Dream
Movie · as Yôichi's father, Genkichi

The Forest Is Alive
Movie

Undercurrent
Movie · as Yujiro Funaki

Vampire Moth
Movie · as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
How Sorrowful
Movie

The Legend of the White Serpent
Movie

Love on Rainbow Island
Movie · as Shiimbei Hayashi
White Fan
Movie · as Takuetsu

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie · as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

Flowery Brothers
Movie

Tears
Movie

Actress
Movie
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Movie

Asashio yushio
Movie

Easy-Going Married Couple
Movie

Hanayome no tameiki
Movie

I Live in Fear
Movie · as Old man from Brazil

Twilight Saloon
Movie · as Onizuka

Here Is a Spring
Movie

Policeman's Diary
Movie · as Old man Murata

The Wolves
Movie

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie · as Baiken Shishido
Murder on the Last Train
Movie

Burden of Love
Movie · as Jozo Araki

Floating Weeds Diary
Movie · as Magoro Ichikawa

Beautiful Days
Movie · as Imanishi's Father

Love at Forty
Movie

Seven Samurai
Movie · as Kidnapper

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Movie

The Black Current
Movie

The Cock Crows Twice
Movie

The Street Without Sun
Movie · as President Kunio

The Surf
Movie · as Schoolmaster

The Glorious Days
Movie

Women's House
Movie

Green Friends
Movie

Woman of Fire
Movie

The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Movie

Tokyo Story
Movie · as Numata

Hiroba no kōdoku
Movie

The Wild Geese
Movie · as Suezo

Jūdai no seiten
Movie

Shishun no izumi
Movie · as Nakamura, a policeman

Girls in the Orchard
Movie

Waseda University
Movie · as Guest Nomura

The Tattoo Murder Case
Movie

Asama no karasu
Movie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Movie

Beauty and the Thief
Movie · as Jurota

Farewell to Spring
Movie · as Sakichi Arakawa

Children of Hiroshima
Movie

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Movie

Sword for Hire
Movie

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Movie · as Kozo Kawai

The Yamabiko School
Movie

Her Secret
Movie

Yasubei Nakayama
Movie

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Movie

Sasaki Kojiro
Movie

Freedom School
Movie

風雲児
Movie

Ginza Cosmetics
Movie · as Hyôbei Sugano

The Man from the Moon
Movie

Heat and Mud
Movie

A Man from Akagi
Movie

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Movie

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Movie

Devil's Gold
Movie

Kazanmyaku
Movie

Stray Dog
Movie

Rinchi
Movie

Flame of My Love
Movie · as State Councillor Itô
Late Night Confession
Movie
Chobei the Rogue
Movie

Apostasy
Movie

A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Movie · as Yoshii

As If To Kill
Movie

Marriage
Movie · as Fumie's father

The Love of the Actress Sumako
Movie

Rira no hana wasureji
Movie

Duel at Moonrise
Movie

Morning for the Osone Family
Movie · as Ippei Yamaka
Kigeki wa owarinu
Movie

The Young Women of Izu
Movie

Otome no iru kichi
Movie

Jubilation Street
Movie · as Shingo’s father

Army
Movie · as Sakuragi

Sinking the Unsinkable
Movie

Navy
Movie · as Teacher Ogata

Port of Flowers
Movie · as Hayashida



