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.
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
My Second Brother
(Hemmi Gengoro)
Foundry Town
(Matsunaga)
Fruits of Passion
(Customer)
Drunken Harbor
(Doctor)
Dynamite Doctor
(Chairman)
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)
Dear Summer Sister
(Takuzo Sakurada)
18 Roughs
(Murata)
Day Dream
(Guard)
The Ditch
Legend of the Eight Samurai
(Hikojii)
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
The Far Road
Cape Ashizuri
Tetsugen
Nurse's Husband
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
Tree Without Leaves
Conquest
(Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura)
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 4
(Kotani)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
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)
The Lucky Status Symbol
King of the Widow-Killers
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)
Did the Red Bird Escape?
Stolen Pleasure
(Goro)
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
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
Two Harmonicas
The Roads Men Travel
(Sone)
A-Un
Kinagashi Bugyō
Ai yori aoku
(俊界和尚)
Ohanahan
(溝呂木老人)
Pro Hunter