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).

Cast

Shogun and His Mistress 2

Tokichi Hattori

Old man from Brazil

Pigs and Battleships

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Gonji, Tavern Keeper

The Lower Depths

Tomekichi the Tinker

Death of a Tea Master

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Hiroshi Tomizawa

Oshima's father

Lady Sen and Hideyori

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Yasubei Nakayama

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Beauty and the Thief

Farewell to Spring

Sakichi Arakawa

Hunter in the Dark

Musume to watashi

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Sword of the Beast

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

A Man from Akagi

Hiroba no kōdoku

Dynamite Doctor

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

Horus: Prince of the Sun

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

The Naked Executive

Kosugi, president

Children of Hiroshima

Facing to the Clouds

Oban kanketsu hen

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

The Bride from Japan

Samurai Assassin

Masagorō Kisoya

Captain Umehara

Flame of My Love

State Councillor Itô

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Morning for the Osone Family

Twilight Saloon

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Farewell to Dream

Yôichi's father, Genkichi

The King and His Vassal

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

Police Precinct: Car 108

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko

The Great White Tower

Days with Harasu

The Masterless 47

The Crimson Plains

Dash to the Sun

The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy

The Forest Is Alive

Kaze no uchi so to

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Port of Flowers

Journey to the North

Kichinosuke Kawara

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

Jūdai no seiten

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

Akitsu Hot Springs

An Edo Magistrate

My Hometown is the Wild West

The Battle of Okinawa

Song of Vengeance

Will to Conquer

Four and A Half Mats

Ginza Cosmetics

Monument to the Girl's Corps

Nakaji, Principal

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

A Carpenter and Children

Here Is a Spring

Policeman's Diary

A Grain of Wheat

Run, Genta, Run!

Illusion of Blood

The Vampire Moth

Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô

The War Without Weapons

The Man From the Sea

The Legend of the White Serpent

Late Night Confession

Boss Takes to the Road

The Twilight Story

The Gambling Samurai

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

The Sandal Keeper

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

An Innocent Witch

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Love on Rainbow Island

Shiimbei Hayashi

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Jubilation Street

Shingo’s father

The Man of Seven Faces

Genkichi Miyashita

A Story from Echigo

Shimizu Port of Chivalry

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

The Black Current

The Ballad of Narayama

A House in the Quarter

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Gonzaemon Hoshino

Season of Farewell

The Saga of Tanegashima

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Life of Hishakaku 2

I Lived, But...

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Baiken Shishido

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Our Happiness Alone

The Sunshine Girl

Ukyunosuke on Patrol

Three Faces of Love

The Cock Crows Twice

Choji Snack Bar

Pressure of Guilt

The Days of Evil Women

Eddy Currents of Life

Shigesuke Hayashi

Murder on The Last Train

The Third Dead Angle

The Three Treasures

The Beast Shall Die

Detective Kuwashima

Tokugawa Mitsukuni

The Orphan Brother

Sanshô Dayû (voice)

Flowery Brothers

Challenge to Live

The Master Spearman

Neighbor / Writer

Silence Has No Wings

Wait for Tomorrow

Seisaku Kajiwara

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

The Naked General

Girls Born in August

An Autumn Afternoon

Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

Jinzaburô Kamo

Fight of the Gamblers

Sinking the Unsinkable

Diary of Forsaken Love

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Monsieur Zivaco

The Story of Pure Love

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

Tales of a Golden Geisha

Izu no musumetachi

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

The Eleventh Hour

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-

Narration (voice)

The Yamabiko School

The Love of the Actress Sumako

This Madding Crowd

Theater of Life

Wind and waves of the South

Shishun no izumi

Nakamura, a policeman

The Street Without Sun

President Kunio

Otome no iru kichi

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man

The Stream of Youth

Girls in the Orchard

The Last Judgment

Five Gents' Trick Book

Floating Weeds Diary

Magoro Ichikawa

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

The Glorious Days

Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

Ripe and Marriageable

Saemon, Hikari's father

Salaryman's Medal

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

Botchan yarō seizoroi

The Cards Will Tell

The Bride is Fifteen

Rira no hana wasureji

For This We Fight

Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!

Akatsuki no chiheisen

Japan's No. 1 Best Man

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Isuke Tsujikura (President)

Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Isuke Tsujikura

A Company President's Life Story

Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Takeyunosuke Gōji

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Gōji Keinosuke

The Shadow Daughter

Life of Matsu the Untamed

Police Precinct Part 13

First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President

Keinosuke Takamatsu

First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday

Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

The Sea of Eden

The Man from the Moon

President Sagara

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

A Public Benefactor

Crazy Big Discovery