Eijirō Tōno
Acting
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).
TV Shows(3)
Movies(281)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
1990
Days with Harasu
1989
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
1989
So What
1988
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Narration (voice)
1984
Adrift at Sea
1983
Choji Snack Bar
1983
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
The King and His Vassal
1981
The Last Game
1979
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
1979
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1978
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
1977
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
1971
Will to Conquer
1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji
1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
1969
Goyokin
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
1969
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
The Burning Sun
1968
The Flame of Youth
1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
1968
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
1968
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
1968
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
1967
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
Goal for the Young
1967
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
Three Faces of Love
Soga
1967
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
1967
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
1967
The Great White Tower
1966
Dash to the Sun
1966
Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
1966
Kill the Night Rose
1966
Dynamite Doctor
Marshal
1966
Four and A Half Mats
Uyu
1966
Silence Has No Wings
1966
A Company President's Life Story
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1966
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Seizo
1965
An Innocent Witch
1965
Blood and Sea
1965
Sword of the Beast
Minister
1965
The Spy
1965
Illusion of Blood
1965
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
The Last Judgment
1965
Start Here
President Sagara
1965
Red Beard
Goheiji
1965
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Samurai Assassin
Masagorō Kisoya
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
1964
The Sandal Keeper
1964
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
The Naked Executive
Kosugi, president
1964
A Story from Echigo
1964
A Public Benefactor
1964
Our Happiness Alone
1964
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Pale Flower
Yasuoka
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Haiya
1964
白さぎと少年
Narrator (voice)
1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
Tange Sazen
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Akiharu
1963
A House in the Quarter
1963
The Sea of Eden
1963
The Navy
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963
Double Wedding
Goro
1963
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
The Sunshine Girl
1963
High and Low
Factory Worker
1963
Girls Born in August
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
1963
Born in Sin
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962
The Great Wall
Li Tang
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
The Man From the Sea
1962
This Madding Crowd
Grandpa Yoshi
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Bandits
1962
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Seinen no isu
1962
Foundry Town
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962
Musume to watashi
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962
Our Marriage
Father
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Season of Farewell
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
The Red Shadow
Jinzaburô Kamo
1961
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
1961
Buddha
Suratha
1961
The Last War
Captain Umehara
1961
Sanctuary
1961
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Immortal Love
Policeman
1961
The Crimson Plains
Shinzô Okui
1961
The Estuary
1961
The Orphan Brother
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Challenge to Live
1961
Fine Man
1961
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961
An Edo Magistrate
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
1961
For This We Fight
1961
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
The Masterless 47
Gonosuke Kira
1960
The War Without Weapons
1960
Wait for Tomorrow
Seisaku Kajiwara
1960
The Pirates
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Isuke Tsujikura
1960
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
The Master Spearman
1960
The Man of Seven Faces
Genkichi Miyashita
1960
Ajisai no uta
1960
The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
1960
The Great Road
1960
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
1960
The Bride from Japan
Mieko's father
1959
The Three Treasures
Ootomo
1959
The Human Wall
1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
Saemon, Hikari's father
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
The Beast Shall Die
Detective Kuwashima
1959
High Teen
1959
Good Morning
Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Policeman
1959
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
The Third Dead Angle
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Stream of Youth
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Theater of Life
1958
The Naked General
1958
The Naked Sun
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Mouri
1958
A Grain of Wheat
Aisawa
1958
The Young Beast
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Messenger
1958
Night Drum
1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Chamberlain
1958
Firefly Light
1958
Princess of Revenge
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Fugetsusai
1958
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Black River
Kurihara
1957
The Story of Pure Love
1957
The Lower Depths
Tomekichi the Tinker
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chaplin san
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Untamed Woman
Oshima's father
1957
Hateful Things
Keisuke kiyama
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Fugetsusai
1957
An Osaka Story
Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957
Ôban
Chaplin-San
1957
Rice
1957
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Kansuke
1957
Actress
1956
I Will Buy You
Ogushi
1956
Love on Rainbow Island
Shiimbei Hayashi
1956
The Forest Is Alive
1956
Tears
1956
Undercurrent
Yujiro Funaki
1956
How Sorrowful
1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Flowery Brothers
1956
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956
The Vampire Moth
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956
White Fan
Takuetsu
1956
Early Spring
Tokichi Hattori
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1956
I Live in Fear
Old man from Brazil
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
Magoro Ichikawa
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Baiken Shishido
1955
The Wolves
1955
Murder on the Last Train
1955
Twilight Saloon
Onizuka
1955
Beautiful Days
Imanishi's Father
1955
Burden of Love
Jozo Araki
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Policeman's Diary
Old man Murata
1955
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Women's House
1954
The Surf
Schoolmaster
1954
The Black Current
1954
The Street Without Sun
President Kunio
1954
Seven Samurai
Kidnapper
1954
The Glorious Days
1954
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
Tokyo Story
Numata
1953
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
The Wild Geese
Suezo
1953
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Himitsu
1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Kozo Kawai
1952
Beauty and the Thief
Jurota
1952
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Sword for Hire
1952
The Yamabiko School
1952
Farewell to Spring
Sakichi Arakawa
1952
The Man from the Moon
1951
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
風雲児
1951
Freedom School
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Hyôbei Sugano
1951
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
A Man from Akagi
1950
Heat and Mud
1950
Devil's Gold
1950
Rinchi
1949
Stray Dog
1949
Late Night Confession
1949
Flame of My Love
State Councillor Itô
1949
Apostasy
1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Yoshii
1948
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Marriage
Fumie's father
1947
Morning for the Osone Family
Ippei Yamaka
1946
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Army
Sakuragi
1944
Jubilation Street
Shingo’s father
1944
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Navy
Teacher Ogata
1943
Port of Flowers
Hayashida
1943