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).
Seven Samurai
(Kidnapper)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
(Narrator)
Red Beard
(Goheiji)
Early Spring
(Tokichi Hattori)
Stray Dog
I Live in Fear
(Old man from Brazil)
Pigs and Battleships
(Kan'ichi)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Yojimbo
(Gonji, Tavern Keeper)
The Lower Depths
(Tomekichi the Tinker)
Death of a Tea Master
(Kokei)
High and Low
(Factory Worker)
Heat and Mud
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Good Morning
(Hiroshi Tomizawa)
Rinchi
Untamed Woman
(Oshima's father)
Lady Sen and Hideyori
(Tokugawa Ieyasu)
Pale Flower
(Yasuoka)
Yasubei Nakayama
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Beauty and the Thief
(Jurota)
Farewell to Spring
(Sakichi Arakawa)
Hunter in the Dark
(Shogen)
Musume to watashi
Kill!
(Hyogo Moriuchi)
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Sword of the Beast
(Minister)
Seinen no isu
Tokyo Story
(Numata)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
(Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
Foundry Town
(Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father))
A Man from Akagi
The Great Wall
(Li Tang)
Hiroba no kōdoku
Dynamite Doctor
(Marshal)
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Horus: Prince of the Sun
(Ganko (voice))
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
(Senzo)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
(Shibiku-Shosuke Hori)
The Estuary
Sasaki Kojiro
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
(Akiharu)
The Naked Executive
(Kosugi, president)
Children of Hiroshima
Facing to the Clouds
Oban kanketsu hen
Ôban
(Chaplin-San)
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
(Chaplin san)
The Bride from Japan
(Mieko's father)
Samurai Assassin
(Masagorō Kisoya)
The Last War
(Captain Umehara)
Black River
(Kurihara)
Flame of My Love
(State Councillor Itô)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
(Fugetsusai)
I Will Buy You
(Ogushi)
Morning for the Osone Family
(Ippei Yamaka)
Twilight Saloon
(Onizuka)
The Wild Geese
(Suezo)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
(Fugetsusai)
Farewell to Dream
(Yôichi's father, Genkichi)
The King and His Vassal
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Blood and Sea
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
(Gonosuke Kira)
Navy
(Teacher Ogata)
The Crimson Plains
(Shinzô Okui)
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
(Hayashida)
Freedom School
Journey to the North
(Kichinosuke Kawara)
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Mount Hakone
Jūdai no seiten
風雲児
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
(Chamberlain)
Akitsu Hot Springs
(Priest)
An Edo Magistrate
My Hometown is the Wild West
The Battle of Okinawa
Song of Vengeance
(看守A)
Will to Conquer
Four and A Half Mats
(Uyu)
Ginza Cosmetics
(Hyôbei Sugano)
Monument to the Girl's Corps
(Nakaji, Principal)
Buddha
(Suratha)
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
A Carpenter and Children
Undercurrent
(Yujiro Funaki)
Here Is a Spring
Policeman's Diary
(Old man Murata)
The Wolves
A Grain of Wheat
(Aisawa)
Run, Genta, Run!
Illusion of Blood
The Vampire Moth
(Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô)
Apostasy
How Sorrowful
Firefly Light
The War Without Weapons
Night Drum
The Spy
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
(Kansuke)
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
(Sosuke Otomo)
The Sandal Keeper
Immortal Love
(Policeman)
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
An Innocent Witch
The Human Wall
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Marriage
(Fumie's father)
Love on Rainbow Island
(Shiimbei Hayashi)
White Fan
(Takuetsu)
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
(Policeman)
Jubilation Street
(Shingo’s father)
The Man of Seven Faces
(Genkichi Miyashita)
A Story from Echigo
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
(Kansuke)
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Tange Sazen
Rice
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
(Yoshii)
So What
The Black Current
The Ballad of Narayama
(Messenger)
A House in the Quarter
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
(Haiya)
An Osaka Story
(Gonzaemon Hoshino)
Our Marriage
(Father)
Season of Farewell
The Saga of Tanegashima
(Kinbei Yaita)
Sword for Hire
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
(Seizo)
Life of Hishakaku 2
The Bandits
I Lived, But...
(Self)
Fine Man
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
Island of Hell
(Kaemon Kito)
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Three Faces of Love
(Soga)
The Cock Crows Twice
Choji Snack Bar
Pressure of Guilt
Born in Sin
The Days of Evil Women
Eddy Currents of Life
(Shigesuke Hayashi)
Murder on The Last Train
The Third Dead Angle
The Naked Sun
The Three Treasures
(Ootomo)
The Beast Shall Die
(Detective Kuwashima)
Lord Mito
(Tokugawa Mitsukuni)
The Orphan Brother
(Sanshô Dayû (voice))
Flowery Brothers
Challenge to Live
Army
(Sakuragi)
The Master Spearman
Lost Sex
(Neighbor / Writer)
Silence Has No Wings
Wait for Tomorrow
(Seisaku Kajiwara)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
(Sanpo Sensei)
The Naked General
Girls Born in August
An Autumn Afternoon
(Sakuma, The 'Gourd')
The Red Shadow
(Jinzaburô Kamo)
Fight of the Gamblers
The Navy
Sinking the Unsinkable
Tears
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
(Prime Minister)
Izu no musumetachi
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
(Kozo Kawai)
Burden of Love
(Jozo Araki)
The Eleventh Hour
Adrift at Sea
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
Actress
Double Wedding
(Goro)
Goyokin
This Madding Crowd
(Grandpa Yoshi)
Devil's Gold
Theater of Life
Wind and waves of the South
(Genji)
Shishun no izumi
(Nakamura, a policeman)
The Street Without Sun
(President Kunio)
The Great Road
The Pirates
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
The Surf
(Schoolmaster)
Five Gents' Trick Book
Floating Weeds Diary
(Magoro Ichikawa)
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
The Glorious Days
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
The Last Game
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Women's House
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
High Teen
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))
あじさいの歌
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
Hateful Things
(Keisuke kiyama)
The Man from the Moon
Start Here
(President Sagara)
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
(Mouri)
A Public Benefactor
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