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).
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Character:Prime Minister
Release Date:02/06/1990
Days with Harasu
Character:
Release Date:18/11/1989
Death of a Tea Master
Character:Kokei
Release Date:07/10/1989
So What
Character:
Release Date:16/07/1988
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Character:Narration (voice)
Release Date:24/11/1984
Adrift at Sea
Character:
Release Date:03/12/1983
Choji Snack Bar
Character:
Release Date:12/11/1983
I Lived, But...
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1983
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1982
The King and His Vassal
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1981
The Last Game
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1979
Hunter in the Dark
Character:Shogen
Release Date:17/06/1979
Lord Mito
Character:Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Release Date:23/12/1978
Island of Hell
Character:Kaemon Kito
Release Date:27/08/1977
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
Character:Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
Release Date:30/10/1971
The Battle of Okinawa
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1971
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
Character:Keinosuke Takamatsu
Release Date:22/05/1971
Will to Conquer
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Character:
Release Date:28/02/1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Character:Gōji Keinosuke
Release Date:28/02/1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character:Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Release Date:26/01/1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Character:Takeyunosuke Gōji
Release Date:15/01/1970
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Character:Sanpo Sensei
Release Date:14/11/1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Character:Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
Release Date:17/05/1969
Goyokin
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Character:Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Release Date:15/01/1969
Crazy Big Discovery
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1969
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Character:Nakaji, Principal
Release Date:21/09/1968
Song of Vengeance
Character:看守Ａ
Release Date:17/09/1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Character:Ganko (voice)
Release Date:24/07/1968
Kill!
Character:Hyogo Moriuchi
Release Date:22/06/1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
Character:Kinbei Yaita
Release Date:18/05/1968
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Character:
Release Date:16/03/1968
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Character:
Release Date:30/12/1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/11/1967
Monsieur Zivaco
Character:
Release Date:28/10/1967
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
Character:
Release Date:20/05/1967
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1967
Three Faces of Love
Character:Soga
Release Date:14/01/1967
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1967
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Character:Senzo
Release Date:03/01/1967
Journey to the North
Character:Kichinosuke Kawara
Release Date:03/01/1967
The Great White Tower
Character:
Release Date:15/10/1966
Dash to the Sun
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1966
Lost Sex
Character:Neighbor / Writer
Release Date:27/08/1966
Dynamite Doctor
Character:Marshal
Release Date:04/06/1966
Four and A Half Mats
Character:Uyu
Release Date:17/02/1966
Silence Has No Wings
Character:
Release Date:11/02/1966
A Company President's Life Story
Character:Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
Release Date:03/01/1966
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Character:Seizo
Release Date:31/10/1965
An Innocent Witch
Character:
Release Date:30/10/1965
Blood and Sea
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1965
Sword of the Beast
Character:Minister
Release Date:18/09/1965
The Spy
Character:
Release Date:04/09/1965
Illusion of Blood
Character:
Release Date:25/07/1965
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Character:
Release Date:14/07/1965
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
Character:
Release Date:29/05/1965
The Last Judgment
Character:
Release Date:16/05/1965
Start Here
Character:President Sagara
Release Date:14/04/1965
Red Beard
Character:Goheiji
Release Date:04/03/1965
Salaryman's Medal
Character:
Release Date:13/02/1965
Samurai Assassin
Character:Masagorō Kisoya
Release Date:03/01/1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1965
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1964
Eddy Currents of Life
Character:Shigesuke Hayashi
Release Date:22/11/1964
The Sandal Keeper
Character:
Release Date:31/10/1964
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
Character:
Release Date:09/09/1964
The Naked Executive
Character:Kosugi, president
Release Date:01/07/1964
A Story from Echigo
Character:
Release Date:09/05/1964
A Public Benefactor
Character:
Release Date:04/04/1964
Our Happiness Alone
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1964
The Bride is Fifteen
Character:
Release Date:25/03/1964
Pale Flower
Character:Yasuoka
Release Date:01/03/1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Character:Haiya
Release Date:01/01/1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1963
Fight of the Gamblers
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1963
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Character:
Release Date:20/11/1963
Tange Sazen
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Character:Akiharu
Release Date:16/11/1963
A House in the Quarter
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1963
The Sea of Eden
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1963
The Navy
Character:
Release Date:13/08/1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Character:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Release Date:06/08/1963
Double Wedding
Character:Goro
Release Date:13/07/1963
Life of Hishakaku 2
Character:
Release Date:25/05/1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Character:Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
Release Date:28/04/1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Character:
Release Date:21/04/1963
The Sunshine Girl
Character:
Release Date:18/04/1963
High and Low
Character:Factory Worker
Release Date:01/03/1963
Girls Born in August
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1963
Pressure of Guilt
Character:
Release Date:17/02/1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Character:Sosuke Otomo
Release Date:13/01/1963
Born in Sin
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Character:Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Release Date:18/11/1962
The Great Wall
Character:Li Tang
Release Date:01/11/1962
Mount Hakone
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1962
The Man From the Sea
Character:
Release Date:08/07/1962
This Madding Crowd
Character:Grandpa Yoshi
Release Date:28/06/1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Character:Priest
Release Date:15/06/1962
A Carpenter and Children
Character:
Release Date:10/06/1962
The Bandits
Character:
Release Date:27/05/1962
Facing to the Clouds
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Character:
Release Date:29/04/1962
Seinen no isu
Character:
Release Date:08/04/1962
Foundry Town
Character:Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Release Date:08/04/1962
Musume to watashi
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Character:Tokugawa Ieyasu
Release Date:25/03/1962
Our Marriage
Character:Father
Release Date:18/03/1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Character:
Release Date:07/03/1962
Season of Farewell
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1962
The Red Shadow
Character:Jinzaburô Kamo
Release Date:24/12/1961
Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko
Character:
Release Date:06/12/1961
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Character:
Release Date:06/12/1961
Run, Genta, Run!
Character:
Release Date:22/11/1961
Wind and waves of the South
Character:Genji
Release Date:19/11/1961
Buddha
Character:Suratha
Release Date:31/10/1961
The Last War
Character:Captain Umehara
Release Date:08/10/1961
Boss Takes to the Road
Character:
Release Date:23/09/1961
Immortal Love
Character:Policeman
Release Date:16/09/1961
The Crimson Plains
Character:Shinzô Okui
Release Date:30/07/1961
The Estuary
Character:
Release Date:26/07/1961
The Orphan Brother
Character:Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Release Date:19/07/1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1961
Challenge to Live
Character:
Release Date:17/06/1961
Fine Man
Character:
Release Date:11/06/1961
Yojimbo
Character:Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Release Date:25/04/1961
An Edo Magistrate
Character:
Release Date:12/03/1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1961
Pigs and Battleships
Character:Kan'ichi
Release Date:21/01/1961
For This We Fight
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1961
Botchan yarō seizoroi
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1961
My Hometown is the Wild West
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1960
The Masterless 47
Character:Gonosuke Kira
Release Date:25/12/1960
The War Without Weapons
Character:
Release Date:08/11/1960
Wait for Tomorrow
Character:Seisaku Kajiwara
Release Date:26/10/1960
The Pirates
Character:
Release Date:18/09/1960
The Twilight Story
Character:
Release Date:28/08/1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Character:Isuke Tsujikura
Release Date:12/07/1960
Police Precinct Part 13
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1960
The Master Spearman
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1960
The Man of Seven Faces
Character:Genkichi Miyashita
Release Date:26/04/1960
Ajisai no uta
Character:
Release Date:02/04/1960
The Gambling Samurai
Character:Kansuke
Release Date:28/03/1960
The Great Road
Character:
Release Date:08/03/1960
The Cards Will Tell
Character:
Release Date:16/01/1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Character:Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Release Date:15/01/1960
The Bride from Japan
Character:Mieko's father
Release Date:22/11/1959
The Three Treasures
Character:Ootomo
Release Date:01/11/1959
The Human Wall
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Character:
Release Date:20/09/1959
Ripe and Marriageable
Character:Saemon, Hikari's father
Release Date:17/09/1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1959
Police Precinct: Car 108
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1959
The Beast Shall Die
Character:Detective Kuwashima
Release Date:09/06/1959
High Teen
Character:
Release Date:26/05/1959
Good Morning
Character:Hiroshi Tomizawa
Release Date:12/05/1959
Diary of Forsaken Love
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Character:Policeman
Release Date:29/03/1959
Kaze no uchi so to
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1959
The Third Dead Angle
Character:
Release Date:22/01/1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1959
The Stream of Youth
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Character:
Release Date:07/12/1958
The Days of Evil Women
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1958
Theater of Life
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1958
The Naked General
Character:
Release Date:28/10/1958
The Naked Sun
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Character:Mouri
Release Date:16/09/1958
A Grain of Wheat
Character:Aisawa
Release Date:14/09/1958
Oban kanketsu hen
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Character:
Release Date:10/06/1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Character:Messenger
Release Date:01/06/1958
Night Drum
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Character:Chamberlain
Release Date:25/03/1958
Firefly Light
Character:
Release Date:18/03/1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Character:Fugetsusai
Release Date:03/01/1958
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1957
The Eleventh Hour
Character:
Release Date:24/11/1957
Black River
Character:Kurihara
Release Date:23/10/1957
The Story of Pure Love
Character:
Release Date:15/10/1957
The Lower Depths
Character:Tomekichi the Tinker
Release Date:01/10/1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Character:Chaplin san
Release Date:19/07/1957
The Shadow Daughter
Character:
Release Date:05/06/1957
Untamed Woman
Character:Oshima's father
Release Date:28/05/1957
Hateful Things
Character:Keisuke kiyama
Release Date:28/05/1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Character:Fugetsusai
Release Date:14/04/1957
An Osaka Story
Character:Gonzaemon Hoshino
Release Date:06/03/1957
Ôban
Character:Chaplin-San
Release Date:05/03/1957
Rice
Character:
Release Date:04/03/1957
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Character:Kansuke
Release Date:03/01/1957
Actress
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1956
I Will Buy You
Character:Ogushi
Release Date:21/11/1956
Love on Rainbow Island
Character:Shiimbei Hayashi
Release Date:16/10/1956
The Forest Is Alive
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1956
Tears
Character:
Release Date:26/09/1956
Undercurrent
Character:Yujiro Funaki
Release Date:12/09/1956
How Sorrowful
Character:
Release Date:07/09/1956
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1956
Flowery Brothers
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1956
Farewell to Dream
Character:Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Release Date:17/04/1956
The Vampire Moth
Character:Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
Release Date:11/04/1956
White Fan
Character:Takuetsu
Release Date:15/03/1956
Early Spring
Character:Tokichi Hattori
Release Date:29/01/1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Character:Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Release Date:03/01/1956
I Live in Fear
Character:Old man from Brazil
Release Date:22/11/1955
Floating Weeds Diary
Character:Magoro Ichikawa
Release Date:15/11/1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Character:Baiken Shishido
Release Date:12/07/1955
The Wolves
Character:
Release Date:03/07/1955
Murder on the Last Train
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1955
Twilight Saloon
Character:Onizuka
Release Date:19/06/1955
Burden of Love
Character:Jozo Araki
Release Date:18/03/1955
Here Is a Spring
Character:
Release Date:12/02/1955
Policeman's Diary
Character:Old man Murata
Release Date:03/02/1955
The Cock Crows Twice
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1954
Women's House
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1954
The Surf
Character:Schoolmaster
Release Date:20/10/1954
The Black Current
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1954
The Street Without Sun
Character:President Kunio
Release Date:24/06/1954
Seven Samurai
Character:Kidnapper
Release Date:26/04/1954
The Glorious Days
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1954
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1954
Tokyo Story
Character:Numata
Release Date:03/11/1953
Hiroba no kōdoku
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1953
The Wild Geese
Character:Suezo
Release Date:15/09/1953
Girls in the Orchard
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1953
Shishun no izumi
Character:Nakamura, a policeman
Release Date:05/07/1953
Jūdai no seiten
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1953
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Character:
Release Date:06/11/1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Character:Kozo Kawai
Release Date:09/10/1952
Beauty and the Thief
Character:Jurota
Release Date:22/09/1952
Children of Hiroshima
Character:
Release Date:06/08/1952
Sword for Hire
Character:
Release Date:22/05/1952
The Yamabiko School
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1952
Farewell to Spring
Character:Sakichi Arakawa
Release Date:28/03/1952
The Man from the Moon
Character:
Release Date:29/11/1951
Sasaki Kojiro
Character:
Release Date:26/10/1951
風雲児
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1951
Freedom School
Character:
Release Date:05/05/1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Character:Hyôbei Sugano
Release Date:14/04/1951
Yasubei Nakayama
Character:
Release Date:31/03/1951
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Character:
Release Date:31/03/1951
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Character:
Release Date:14/11/1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1950
A Man from Akagi
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1950
Heat and Mud
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1950
Devil's Gold
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1950
Rinchi
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1949
Stray Dog
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1949
Late Night Confession
Character:
Release Date:21/06/1949
Flame of My Love
Character:State Councillor Itô
Release Date:13/02/1949
Apostasy
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Character:Yoshii
Release Date:18/09/1948
Rira no hana wasureji
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Character:
Release Date:16/08/1947
Marriage
Character:Fumie's father
Release Date:18/03/1947
Morning for the Osone Family
Character:Ippei Yamaka
Release Date:21/02/1946
Izu no musumetachi
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1945
Otome no iru kichi
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1945
Army
Character:Sakuragi
Release Date:07/12/1944
Jubilation Street
Character:Shingo’s father
Release Date:08/06/1944
Sinking the Unsinkable
Character:
Release Date:23/03/1944
Navy
Character:Teacher Ogata
Release Date:08/12/1943
Port of Flowers
Character:Hayashida
Release Date:29/07/1943
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