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 (288)
Seven Samurai
Kidnapper
High and Low
Factory Worker
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Tokyo Story
Numata
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Red Beard
Goheiji
Will to Conquer
Sezaemon
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Stray Dog
1949
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
The Spy
1965
Good Morning
Hiroshi Tomizawa
The Master Spearman
1960
Early Spring
Tokichi Hattori
The Lower Depths
Tomekichi the Tinker
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
I Live in Fear
Old man from Brazil
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Pale Flower
Yasuoka
The Battle of Okinawa
Yoshijirō Umezu
The Ballad of Narayama
Messenger
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Baiken Shishido
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
An Edo Magistrate
1961
A House in the Quarter
1963
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Policeman
An Innocent Witch
1965
Untamed Woman
Oshima's father
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
The Three Treasures
Ootomo
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Beauty and the Thief
Jurota
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Yoshii
Flame of My Love
State Councillor Itô
The Last War
Captain Umehara
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
A Man from Akagi
1950
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
So What
1988
Army
Sakuragi
Goyokin
1969
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Street Without Sun
President Kunio
Dynamite Doctor
Marshal
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Naked General
1958
The War Without Weapons
Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
The Red Shadow
Jinzaburô Kamo
Four and A Half Mats
Uyu
Dash to the Sun
1966
The Great White Tower
Professor Teizō Azuma
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Haiya
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Great Wall
Li Tang
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Seizo
Burden of Love
Jozo Araki
The Curio Master
1960
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Yamabiko School
1952
Apostasy
1948
The Black Current
1954
Buddha
Suratha
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
The Masterless 47
Gonosuke Kira
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
The Wolves
1955
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
The Beast Shall Die
Detective Kuwashima
The King and His Vassal
1981
Samurai Assassin
Masagorō Kisoya
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
The Sunshine Girl
1963
Ginza Cosmetics
Hyôbei Sugano
Sword of the Beast
Minister
Flowery Brothers
1956
Immortal Love
Policeman
Black River
Kurihara
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Isuke Tsujikura
Freedom School
1951
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Fugetsusai
Undercurrent
Yujiro Funaki
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Man of Seven Faces
Genkichi Miyashita
Devil's Gold
1950
The Wild Geese
Suezo
The Orphan Brother
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
A Carpenter and Children
1962
The Glorious Days
1954
A Public Benefactor
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Akiharu
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
The Naked Executive
Kosugi, president
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Jubilation Street
Shingo’s father
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
For This We Fight
1961
The Sandal Keeper
1964
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
The Story of Pure Love
1957
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
Kazanmyaku
1950
Morning for the Osone Family
Ippei Yamaka
Here Is a Spring
1955
Sword for Hire
1952
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
Asama no karasu
1953
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
The Great Road
1960
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Night Drum
1958
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Double Wedding
Goro
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Musume to watashi
1962
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Days with Harasu
1989
The Last Judgment
1965
The Bride from Japan
Mieko's father
Firefly Light
1958
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Pirates
1960
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
The Last Game
1979
Beautiful Days
Imanishi's Father
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
The Eleventh Hour
1957
The Twilight Story
1960
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Foundry Town
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Adrift at Sea
1983
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
The Naked Sun
Yoshida
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
A Company President's Life Story
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
Ôban
Chaplin-San
This Madding Crowd
Grandpa Yoshi
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
The Human Wall
1959
Rice
1957
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
Wait for Tomorrow
Seisaku Kajiwara
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Kansuke
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Facing to the Clouds
1962
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
Kill the Night Rose
1966
Born in Sin
1962
An Osaka Story
Gonzaemon Hoshino
The Vampire Moth
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
Otome no iru kichi
1945
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Chamberlain
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
The Shadow Daughter
Shigeo
Love on Rainbow Island
Shiimbei Hayashi
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Hateful Things
Keisuke Kiyama
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Tange Sazen
1963
Policeman's Diary
Old man Murata
The Forest Is Alive
1956
Actress
1956
A Grain of Wheat
Aisawa
Love of the Princess
1957
Waseda University
Guest Nomura
I Will Buy You
Ogushi
Illusion of Blood
1965
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
Girls Born in August
1963
Just Barely
1960
Our Marriage
Father
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Three Faces of Love
Soga
Goal for the Young
1967
The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Kozo Kawai
Princess of Revenge
1958
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
Seinen no isu
1962
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
Heat and Mud
1950
Challenge to Live
1961
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Turtledove
1957
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
The Stream of Youth
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Marriage
Fumie's father
The Burning Sun
1967
The Sea of Eden
1963
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chaplin san
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Rinchi
1949
Women's House
1954
白さぎと少年
Narrator (voice)
The Third Dead Angle
1959
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Twilight Saloon
Onizuka
Navy
Teacher Ogata
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
Port of Flowers
Hayashida
Farewell to Spring
Sakichi Arakawa
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
The Young Beast
1958
The Navy
1963
As If To Kill
1948
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
The Brass General
1960
Ripe and Marriageable
Saemon, Hikari's father
Ajisai no uta
1960
Theater of Life
1958
The Flame of Youth
1968
The Surf
Schoolmaster
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Fugetsusai
The Estuary
1961
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Fine Man
1961
The Man from the Moon
1951
High Teen
1959
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
The Tattoo Murder Case
1953
Asashio yushio
1956
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Duel at Moonrise
1947
Mount Hakone
1962
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Blood and Sea
1965
Love at Forty
1955
Her Secret
1952
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Floating Weeds Diary
Magoro Ichikawa
風雲児
1951
Start Here
President Sagara
The Bandits
1962
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Tears
1956
Sanctuary
1961
The Crimson Plains
Shinzô Okui
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Mouri
Season of Farewell
1962
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
Modern Gentleman
1964
