Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.

Cast

祭りだお化けだ全員集合!!

Onibaba

(Ushi)

The Naked Island

(Senta)

Shachō to onna tenin

Fifth Movement

Turbid youth

Three Faces

Ishimatsu of the Forest

(Waretsuku)

Hachiko

(Hashimoto)

Drunken Angel

(Shop Proprietor)

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha

Reminiscence

Kuroneko

(Farmer)

Good Morning

(Pushy Man)

King of Pornography

The Ballad of Narayama

(Teruyan)

Vengeance Is Mine

(Tanejiro Shibata)

Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha

I am the Judge

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

Violence at Noon

(School director)

Dotanba

The Insect Woman

(Foreman)

Strong Women, Weak Men

(Zenzo)

Today is Payday

(President of Akabane Construction)

Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer

(Shimamura)

Sixteen years old

大吉ぼんのう鏡

Empire of Passion

(Toichiro)

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Foundry Town

(Matsunaga)

My Second Brother

(Hemmi Gengoro)

Fruits of Passion

(Customer)

Dynamite Doctor

(Chairman)

Drunken Harbor

(Doctor)

Koina no Ginpei

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

(Photographer)

Oiran

(Hachibei)

Evil Spirits of Japan

(Pachinko owner)

Seasonal Wind

Children of Hiroshima

(Owner of a ship)

Edo Porn

(Tattooist)

Golden Partners

(Bend master)

Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya

(Tonomura)

Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

(Shimamura)

The King

Human

(Kamegoro)

Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

(Kurazo)

Muddy River

(Man on Festival Boat)

Attack at Daylight

(Saeki)

Three Resurrected Drunkards

(Old man)

快傑耶茶坊

Red Light District: Gonna Get Out

(Kofukuya's Owner)

Hell Riders in Kyoto

The Castle of Sand

(Publican at Ebisu)

Ballad of Orin

(Mountain Man)

Who's The Real Killer

(Frank)

Jazz Daimyo

(Gensai)

Whistling in the morning

Yukyo-retsuden

Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi

The Iron Crown

(Physiognomist)

Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa

(Ippei)

Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama

(Sex Show Manager)

The Key

The Ceremony

(Old Chief)

One Passed Through Hell

Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment

(Kinetarô Kitamura)

Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2

(The Master)

Housewife's Experience: Tenement

(Harukichi)

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

(Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager))

East China Sea

My Way

(Yoshizo Kawamura)

Sisters of Nishijin

Love's Family Tree

The Desperate

Sex and Fury

(Tokuzô Kasai)

Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow

(Sôiku)

A Ghost Love Story of Japan

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

Junko's Bliss

(Taizô Sakata)

Thousand Cranes

Izayoi kaidō

Secret

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

(Senkichi Hanamura)

War and Flowers

Murahachibu

Spring Snow

Hageshī kawa

Eros Eterna

Song of a Traveller

幽霊列車

Why Not?

(Jyosyuya)

限りなき情熱

In the Realm of the Senses

(Old Beggar)

Child of the Sun

Captive's Island

Scandal

(Aoye's friend)

Irezumi

(Horiatsu)

Zegen

(Shimada)

Akitsu Hot Springs

The Bored Samurai

(Father of Ogin)

Legend of the Eight Samurai

(Hikojii)

The Ditch

18 Roughs

(Murata)

Day Dream

(Guard)

Dear Summer Sister

(Takuzo Sakurada)

The Rendezvous

(Murai)

Black Rain

(Old Priest)

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Gate of Hell

(Kakisuke)

Nuclear Gypsies

Hymn

(Harumatsu)

Silence

(Prison guard)

Irohanihoheto

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha

(Kumakichi Takeda)

Stray Dog

The Little Runaway

Policeman's Diary

(Patrolman Kuramochi)

The Wolves

Black Report

(Shinsaku Tsuda)

Underwater Murder

The Last Swordsman

Cape Ashizuri

The Far Road

Nurse's Husband

Tetsugen

Night Drum

Our Town

(Shime)

Four Hours of Terror

(Teppei Sasada)

Before Dawn

(Risaburo)

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

The Heart

(S's Father)

On the Road

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

(Monk)

Beyond the Green Hills

Endless Desire

(Ramen shop owner)

An Innocent Witch

The Human Wall

Dark Room

(Doctor(医師))

Tomorrow Evening

River of Fireflies

Harbor Rats

Tokyo Pop

(Grandfather)

Story of a Beloved Wife

Conquest

(Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura)

Tree Without Leaves

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

A Story from Echigo

Love Lost in Tears

Tokyo no Kodoku

Street of Violence

(Ango Shindo)

A Woman’s Road

Libido

Hobo Village

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

(Kotani)

Location

(Inumaru)

Great X

(Matsushita)

The Ball at the Anjo House

(Yoshida)

Case of the Disjointed Murder

Evening Primrose

(Genji's father)

Chibusa o daku musume tachi

The Shadow of Fear

Seisaku's Wife

(Retired Man)

Season of Farewell

Wind, Woman and Road

(Kenta)

King of the Widow-Killers

The Lucky Status Symbol

The Betrayers Out!

The Strangling

Deeper Than Blue

(Shunkai)

Blind Devotion

(Hikozo)

Time Within Memory

Mother

(Tajima)

Hawaiian Dream

(Shokichi Shimamura)

Internees of Kampili

The Battle of Kawanakajima

(Rokuzô Ôkuma)

The End of a Day

The Champion

(Pote-chan)

Darkness at Noon

(Uhei Matsumura)

Hooligans on Buggies

The Revelation of a Geisha

Pigs and Battleships

(Chen)

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

Love is Lost

(Gensaku)

Clothes of Deception

(Kasama)

Turtle Geisha

(Ishibashi)

The Start of Life

The Seburi Story

(Kamezo)

Daughter of Time

(Fireworks Hand 2)

Faraway Tomorrow

A Pool Without Water

(Pharmacist)

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Stolen Pleasure

(Goro)

Did the Red Bird Escape?

Kanto Wanderer

(Boss Izu)

Lost Sex

(Gonpachi)

Fresh Leaves

(Zenkichi Segawa)

Yokohama BJ Blues

(Isao Hori)

Until Evening

(Restaurant's Owner)

Wait for Tomorrow

(Inosuke Uematsu)

Intentions of Murder

(Beret Musician)

Tales of President Mito

(President Toyotomi)

Strange Affinity

The Homeless

The Young and Bad

The School Cap

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

(Doctor Otsuki)

Nippon no obaachan

Tower of Lilies

Miniature

(Yamada)

The Fall of Teenager

The Boy Who Came Back

Afternoon Affair: Rear Window

(Nomura)

Shiawase wa doko ni

(Shokichi)

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Burden of Love

(Mr. Yamaguchi)

The Irresponsible Fool

Love and Faith

Nikoyon monogatari

Samurai from Nowhere

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Tora-san, the Expert

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

The White Orchid

Who Will Judge Me?

The Erotomaniac Daimyo

Sakura-tai Chiru

Ai Sureba Koso

(Bartender (segment 1))

The Street Without Sun

(Gen'ichi Inoue)

Tomorrow

(Storekeeper)

Song of the Spring Pony

Temptation

(Tobe)

On This Earth

(Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle)

The Pornographers

(Father)

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

(Masumura)

Hobo General

Temptation

Dedication of the Great Buddha

Yokubo

Knock Down

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Onna no Iji

(Nakano)

The Beauty and the Dragon

Kokoro no sanmyaku

The Horizon

(Tanimoto)

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Actress

Violence

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black

(Detective Machida)

Muhō Ichidai

Kiri ni Kieta Hito

Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo

The Roads Men Travel

(Sone)

A-Un

Kinagashi Bugyō

Ai yori aoku

(俊界和尚)

Ohanahan

(溝呂木老人)

Pro Hunter