Eijirō Tōno
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
246
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-09-17 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Acting
1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha as Prime Minister1989
Death of a Tea Master as Kokei1989
Days with Harasu as Not available1988
So What as Not available1984
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- as Narration (voice)1983
Choji Snack Bar as Not available1983
Adrift at Sea as Not available1983
I Lived, But... as Self1982
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo as Not available1981
The King and His Vassal as Not available1979
Hunter in the Dark as Shogen1979
The Last Game as Not available1978
Lord Mito as Tokugawa Mitsukuni1977
Island of Hell as Kaemon Kito1971
The Battle of Okinawa as Not available1971
水戸黄門 第3部 as Not available1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Chuici Nagumo1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji as Not available1970
水戸黄門 第2部 as Not available1970
Will to Conquer as Not available1969
Goyokin as Not available1969
水戸黄門 第１部 as Not available1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Sanpo Sensei1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun as Ganko (voice)1968
Kill! as Hyogo Moriuchi1968
The Saga of Tanegashima as Kinbei Yaita1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps as Nakaji, Principal1968
Song of Vengeance as 看守Ａ1968
Wild Ducks and Green Onions as Not available1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword as Senzo1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh as Not available1967
Three Faces of Love as Soga1967
Monsieur Zivaco as Not available1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Narrator1967
Journey to the North as Kichinosuke Kawara1966
Silence Has No Wings as Not available1966
Dash to the Sun as Not available1966
The Great White Tower as Not available1966
Lost Sex as Neighbor / Writer1966
Dynamite Doctor as Marshal1966
Four and A Half Mats as Uyu1965
Red Beard as Goheiji1965
Samurai Assassin as Masagorō Kisoya1965
Sword of the Beast as Minister1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 as Seizo1965
An Innocent Witch as Not available1965
Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko as Not available1965
Illusion of Blood as Not available1965
The Last Judgment as Not available1965
Five Gents' Trick Book as Not available1965
Blood and Sea as Not available1965
The Spy as Not available1965
Salaryman's Medal as Not available1964
Pale Flower as Yasuoka1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Haiya1964
The Naked Executive as Kosugi, president1964
A Story from Echigo as Not available1964
Eddy Currents of Life as Shigesuke Hayashi1964
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa as Not available1964
Our Happiness Alone as Not available1964
The Donkey Comes on a Tank as Not available1964
Hanayome wa jū go-sai as Not available1964
ホラ吹き太閤記 as Not available1963
High and Low as Factory Worker1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori1963
A House in the Quarter as Not available1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Not available1963
Fight of the Gamblers as Not available1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Akiharu1963
The Navy as Not available1963
The Sunshine Girl as Not available1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai as Not available1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto as Sosuke Otomo1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Toyotomi Hideyoshi1963
Double Wedding as Goro1963
Tange Sazen as Not available1963
Pressure of Guilt as Not available1963
Girls Born in August as Not available1963
Life of Hishakaku 2 as Not available1963
Ukyunosuke on Patrol as Not available1962
An Autumn Afternoon as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'1962
Akitsu Hot Springs as Not available1962
Foundry Town as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)1962
The Great Wall as Li Tang1962
Our Marriage as Father1962
続サラリーマン清水港 as Not available1962
Mount Hakone as Not available1962
A Carpenter and Children as Not available1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori as Tokugawa Ieyasu1962
Salaryman Shimizu Minato as Not available1962
This Madding Crowd as Grandpa Yoshi1962
Seinen no isu as Not available1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo as Not available1962
The Bandits as Not available1962
Born in Sin as Not available1962
Facing to the Clouds as Not available1962
Musume to watashi as Not available1962
The Man From the Sea as Not available1962
Season of Farewell as Not available1961
Yojimbo as Gonji, Tavern Keeper1961
Pigs and Battleships as Kan'ichi1961
Buddha as Suratha1961
The Last War as Captain Umehara1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II as Not available1961
Immortal Love as Policeman1961
The Red Shadow as Jinzaburô Kamo1961
The Orphan Brother as Sanshô Dayû (voice)1961
Fine Man as Not available1961
早射ち無頼 大平原の男 as Not available1961
Boss Takes to the Road as Not available1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region as Not available1961
Run, Genta, Run! as Not available1961
Challenge to Live as Not available1961
Wind and waves of the South as Genji1961
An Edo Magistrate as Not available1961
The Crimson Plains as Shinzô Okui1961
The Estuary as Not available1961
Botchan yarō seizoroi as Not available1961
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy as Not available1960
The Masterless 47 as Gonosuke Kira1960
Wait for Tomorrow as Seisaku Kajiwara1960
The Great Road as Not available1960
The Man of Seven Faces as Genkichi Miyashita1960
The Pirates as Not available1960
The Cards Will Tell as Not available1960
The Twilight Story as Not available1960
The Gambling Samurai as Kansuke1960
Police Precinct Part 13 as Not available1960
The Master Spearman as Not available1960
The War Without Weapons as Not available1960
俺の故郷は大西部 as Not available1959
Good Morning as Hiroshi Tomizawa1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Not available1959
The Three Treasures as Ootomo1959
The Beast Shall Die as Detective Kuwashima1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Not available1959
Diary of Forsaken Love as Not available1959
The Stream of Youth as Not available1959
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi as Mieko's father1959
High Teen as Not available1959
The Third Dead Angle as Not available1959
The Human Wall as Not available1959
Kaze no uchi so to as Not available1959
Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha as Not available1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan as Policeman1959
Ripe and Marriageable as Saemon, Hikari's father1958
The Ballad of Narayama as Messenger1958
The Naked Sun as Not available1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Fugetsusai1958
The Days of Evil Women as Not available1958
Night Drum as Not available1958
The Naked General as Not available1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind as Not available1958
Firefly Light as Not available1958
Oban kanketsu hen as Not available1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as Not available1958
A Grain of Wheat as Aisawa1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness as Chamberlain1958
Theater of Life as Not available1957
Untamed Woman as Oshima's father1957
The Lower Depths as Tomekichi the Tinker1957
Ôban as Chaplin-San1957
Black River as Kurihara1957
The Story of Pure Love as Not available1957
Shimizu Port of Chivalry as Kansuke1957
An Osaka Story as Gonzaemon Hoshino1957
Rice as Not available1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Chaplin san1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Fugetsusai1957
The Eleventh Hour as Not available1957
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer as Not available1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)1956
Early Spring as Tokichi Hattori1956
I Will Buy You as Ogushi1956
The Legend of the White Serpent as Not available1956
Farewell to Dream as Yôichi's father, Genkichi1956
Actress as Not available1956
Night River as Yujiro Funaki1956
The Vampire Moth as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin as Not available1956
White Fan as Takuetsu1956
裸足の青春 as Shiimbei Hayashi1956
How Sorrowful as Not available1956
Tears as Not available1956
Flowery Brothers as Not available1956
The Forest Is Alive as Not available1955
I Live in Fear as Old man from Brazil1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Baiken Shishido1955
The Wolves as Not available1955
Twilight Saloon as Onizuka1955
Here Is a Spring as Not available1955
Burden of Love as Jozo Araki1955
Murder on The Last Train as Not available1955
Floating Weeds Diary as Magoro Ichikawa1955
Policeman's Diary as Old man Murata1954
Seven Samurai as Kidnapper1954
The Surf as Schoolmaster1954
The Black Current as Not available1954
The Glorious Days as Not available1954
The Street Without Sun as President Kunio1954
Women's House as Not available1954
The Cock Crows Twice as Not available1954
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls as Not available1953
Tokyo Story as Numata1953
Wife as Not available1953
The Wild Geese as Suezo1953
Jūdai no seiten as Not available1953
Hiroba no kōdoku as Not available1953
Shishun no izumi as Nakamura, a policeman1953
Girls in the Orchard as Not available1952
Children of Hiroshima as Not available1952
Sword for Hire as Not available1952
Farewell to Spring as Sakichi Arakawa1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu as Not available1952
The Yamabiko School as Not available1952
Beauty and the Thief as Jurota1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete as Kozo Kawai1952
Fuun Senryobune as Not available1951
Ginza Cosmetics as Hyôbei Sugano1951
Sasaki Kojiro as Not available1951
Yasubei Nakayama as Not available1951
風雲児 as Not available1951
Freedom School as Not available1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro as Not available1950
A Man from Akagi as Not available1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom as Not available1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil as Not available1950
Heat and Mud as Not available1950
Devil's Gold as Not available1949
Stray Dog as Not available1949
Flame of My Love as State Councillor Itô1949
Late Night Confession as Not available1949
Rinchi as Not available1948
Apostasy as Not available1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Yoshii1947
Rira no hana wasureji as Not available1947
Marriage as Fumie's father1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako as Not available1946
Morning for the Osone Family as Ippei Yamaka1945
Otome no iru kichi as Not available1945
Izu no musumetachi as Not available1944
Army as Sakuragi1944
Sinking the Unsinkable as Not available1944
Jubilation Street as Shingo’s father1943
Navy as Teacher Ogata1943
Port of Flowers as Hayashida