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