Eijirō Tōno
Acting
Born: September 17, 1907 · Tomioka, Japon
Died: September 8, 1994 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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
Seven Samurai
1954
Yojimbo
1961
Tokyo Story
1953
High and Low
1963
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Red Beard
1965
Stray Dog
1949
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Good Morning
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Lower Depths
1957
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Photos (2)
Movies (293)
Seven Samurai
Kidnapper
High and Low
Factory Worker
Red Beard
Goheiji
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Tokyo Story
Numata
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Stray Dog
1949
Good Morning
Hiroshi Tomizawa
Handcuffs
1958
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
A House in the Quarter
1963
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
Goyokin
1969
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Ginza Cosmetics
Hyôbei Sugano
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
The Great White Tower
Professor Teizō Azuma
I Live in Fear
Old man from Brazil
Pale Flower
Yasuoka
Night Drum
1958
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
Samurai Assassin
Masagorō Kisoya
Undercurrent
Yujiro Funaki
The Ballad of Narayama
Messenger
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Early Spring
Tokichi Hattori
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Haiya
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Baiken Shishido
Her Secret
1952
The Three Treasures
Ootomo
The Battle of Okinawa
Yoshijirō Umezu
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Akiharu
The Story of Pure Love
1957
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
The Beast Shall Die
Detective Kuwashima
Untamed Woman
Oshima's father
The Last Judgment
1965
Foundry Town
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Lower Depths
Tomekichi the Tinker
Firefly Light
1958
Twilight Saloon
Onizuka
The Last War
Captain Umehara
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
The Bride from Japan
Mieko's father
The Great Wall
Li Tang
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Army
Sakuragi
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Woman of Fire
1954
Sword of the Beast
Minister
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Buddha
Suratha
Wait for Tomorrow
Seisaku Kajiwara
Three Faces of Love
Soga
Illusion of Blood
1965
Midori no nakama
1954
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji
The Sunshine Girl
1963
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Floating Weeds Diary
Magoro Ichikawa
Here Is a Spring
1955
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Black River
Kurihara
The Masterless 47
Gonosuke Kira
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
Asashio yushio
1956
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Apostasy
1948
The Wild Geese
Suezo
The Navy
1963
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
The Street Without Sun
President Kunio
Beautiful Days
Imanishi's Father
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Fugetsusai
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
Policeman's Diary
Old man Murata
The Master Spearman
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
This Madding Crowd
Grandpa Yoshi
A Story from Echigo
1964
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
Dash to the Sun
1966
Challenge to Live
1961
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Just Barely
1960
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Kansuke
Otome no iru kichi
1945
The Naked Executive
Kosugi, president
Immortal Love
Policeman
Love on Rainbow Island
Shiimbei Hayashi
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Seizo
The Twilight Story
1960
The Forest Is Alive
1956
Days with Harasu
1989
Modern Gentleman
1964
Double Wedding
Goro
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
The Third Dead Angle
1959
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Vampire Moth
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
The Great Road
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Isuke Tsujikura
Heat and Mud
1950
Adrift at Sea
1983
Facing to the Clouds
1962
I Will Buy You
Ogushi
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
Jubilation Street
Shingo’s father
The Wolves
1955
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
High Teen
1959
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Ripe and Marriageable
Saemon, Hikari's father
Marriage
Fumie's father
The Surf
Schoolmaster
Morning for the Osone Family
Ippei Yamaka
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
The Last Game
1979
A Man from Akagi
1950
Asama no karasu
1953
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Our Marriage
Father
The Stream of Youth
1959
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Sword for Hire
1952
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
The Man of Seven Faces
Genkichi Miyashita
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
The Naked Sun
Yoshida
The Sandal Keeper
1964
As If To Kill
1948
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Freedom School
1951
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
The Orphan Brother
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
The Spy
1965
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
Actress
1956
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Waseda University
Guest Nomura
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Girls in the Orchard
1953
The Human Wall
1959
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Chamberlain
The War Without Weapons
Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
Rice
1957
風雲児
1951
Port of Flowers
Hayashida
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Love of the Princess
1957
The Naked General
1958
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
The Crimson Plains
Shinzô Okui
Dynamite Doctor
Marshal
Mount Hakone
1962
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Policeman
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Duel at Moonrise
1947
Blood and Sea
1965
Goal for the Young
1967
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chaplin san
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
A Public Benefactor
1964
Navy
Teacher Ogata
So What
1988
An Osaka Story
Gonzaemon Hoshino
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Musume to watashi
1962
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Sanctuary
1961
Devil's Gold
1950
An Innocent Witch
1965
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Kazanmyaku
1950
Flame of My Love
State Councillor Itô
The Shadow Daughter
Shigeo
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
Fine Man
1961
The Pirates
1960
Season of Farewell
1962
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
Tange Sazen
1963
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
Farewell to Spring
Sakichi Arakawa
The Young Beast
1958
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Girls Born in August
1963
The Bandits
1962
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
A Company President's Life Story
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
The Curio Master
1960
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Yoshii
Love at Forty
1955
Women's House
1954
The Glorious Days
1954
The Burning Sun
1967
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Born in Sin
1962
Four and A Half Mats
Uyu
The Red Shadow
Jinzaburô Kamo
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
The Estuary
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Fugetsusai
Princess of Revenge
1958
Ôban
Chaplin-San
For This We Fight
1961
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
Will to Conquer
Sezaemon
Hateful Things
Keisuke Kiyama
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
The Black Current
1954
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Theater of Life
1958
The Brass General
1960
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Tears
1956
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
Seinen no isu
1962
An Edo Magistrate
1961
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
The Yamabiko School
1952
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The King and His Vassal
1981
Beauty and the Thief
Jurota
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
白さぎと少年
Narrator (voice)
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Burden of Love
Jozo Araki
Kill the Night Rose
1966
The Young Women of Izu
1945
The Flame of Youth
1968
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
Flowery Brothers
1956
The Tattoo Murder Case
1953
Rinchi
1949
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Mouri
Start Here
President Sagara
Turtledove
1957
The Sea of Eden
1963
A Grain of Wheat
Aisawa
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Kozo Kawai
Ajisai no uta
1960
The Man from the Moon
1951
