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