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