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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Thousand Cranes
Character:
Release Date:24/06/1989
Black Rain
Character:Old Priest
Release Date:13/05/1989
War and Flowers
Character:
Release Date:11/05/1989
Tomorrow
Character:Storekeeper
Release Date:13/08/1988
Tokyo Pop
Character:Grandfather
Release Date:15/04/1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1988
Hawaiian Dream
Character:Shokichi Shimamura
Release Date:29/08/1987
Hachiko
Character:Hashimoto
Release Date:01/08/1987
Zegen
Character:Shimada
Release Date:02/06/1987
River of Fireflies
Character:
Release Date:21/02/1987
Tree Without Leaves
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1986
Jazz Daimyo
Character:Gensai
Release Date:19/04/1986
The Seburi Story
Character:Kamezo
Release Date:11/05/1985
Nuclear Gypsies
Character:
Release Date:05/05/1985
Song of the Spring Pony
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1985
Location
Character:Inumaru
Release Date:22/09/1984
The Horizon
Character:Tanimoto
Release Date:11/02/1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Character:Hikojii
Release Date:10/12/1983
Dark Room
Character:Doctor(医師)
Release Date:17/09/1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Character:Teruyan
Release Date:29/04/1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Character:
Release Date:25/03/1983
The Bored Samurai
Character:Father of Ogin
Release Date:25/02/1983
Oiran
Character:Hachibei
Release Date:19/02/1983
Tora-san, the Expert
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1982
Irezumi
Character:Horiatsu
Release Date:27/11/1982
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
Character:
Release Date:13/08/1982
On the Road
Character:
Release Date:17/04/1982
A Pool Without Water
Character:Pharmacist
Release Date:20/02/1982
Fifth Movement
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1981
Edo Porn
Character:Tattooist
Release Date:12/09/1981
Day Dream
Character:Guard
Release Date:12/09/1981
Fruits of Passion
Character:Customer
Release Date:03/06/1981
Yokohama BJ Blues
Character:Isao Hori
Release Date:25/04/1981
Muddy River
Character:Man on Festival Boat
Release Date:30/01/1981
Eijanaika
Character:Jyosyuya
Release Date:08/01/1981
Tetsugen
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1981
Daughter of Time
Character:Fireworks Hand 2
Release Date:20/12/1980
Until Evening
Character:Restaurant's Owner
Release Date:20/09/1980
Child of the Sun
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1980
Nurse's Husband
Character:
Release Date:10/05/1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1979
Faraway Tomorrow
Character:
Release Date:03/11/1979
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Character:Goichi Nishida (village chief)
Release Date:27/10/1979
The Strangling
Character:
Release Date:02/06/1979
Golden Partners
Character:Bend master
Release Date:28/04/1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Character:Tanejiro Shibata
Release Date:21/04/1979
The Fall of Teenager
Character:
Release Date:24/02/1979
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1978
Empire of Passion
Character:Toichiro
Release Date:06/09/1978
Love and Faith
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1978
Junko's Bliss
Character:Taizô Sakata
Release Date:04/03/1978
幽霊列車
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1978
Ballad of Orin
Character:Mountain Man
Release Date:19/11/1977
Tomorrow Evening
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Character:
Release Date:17/09/1977
The Far Road
Character:
Release Date:11/09/1977
Seasonal Wind
Character:
Release Date:16/07/1977
Eros Eterna
Character:
Release Date:25/06/1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
Character:
Release Date:14/03/1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Character:
Release Date:11/02/1977
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
Character:Sôiku
Release Date:22/01/1977
Two Harmonicas
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1976
In the Realm of the Senses
Character:Old Beggar
Release Date:15/09/1976
Hobo General
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1976
A Cheerful Yakuza
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1976
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
Character:Kinetarô Kitamura
Release Date:24/12/1975
Scoundrel Boss
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1975
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
Character:The Master
Release Date:23/07/1975
Pimp Heaven
Character:Preacher
Release Date:24/05/1975
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Character:Harukichi
Release Date:26/04/1975
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
Character:Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
Release Date:29/01/1975
Evening Primrose
Character:Genji's father
Release Date:28/12/1974
The Last Swordsman
Character:
Release Date:02/11/1974
The Castle of Sand
Character:Publican at Ebisu
Release Date:19/10/1974
The Homeless
Character:
Release Date:09/10/1974
Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
Character:Kofukuya's Owner
Release Date:21/09/1974
My Way
Character:Yoshizo Kawamura
Release Date:07/09/1974
The Key
Character:
Release Date:04/05/1974
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
Character:Tonomura
Release Date:09/04/1974
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
Character:Sex Show Manager
Release Date:26/01/1974
The Heart
Character:S's Father
Release Date:27/10/1973
Stray Dog
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1973
Love Lost in Tears
Character:
Release Date:11/08/1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Character:Shimamura
Release Date:23/06/1973
Hell Riders in Kyoto
Character:
Release Date:28/04/1973
A Woman’s Road
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1973
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Character:Shimamura
Release Date:07/04/1973
Time Within Memory
Character:
Release Date:24/02/1973
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
Character:Ippei
Release Date:21/02/1973
Sex and Fury
Character:Tokuzô Kasai
Release Date:17/02/1973
Did the Red Bird Escape?
Character:
Release Date:17/02/1973
Deeper Than Blue
Character:Shunkai
Release Date:10/02/1973
Hymn
Character:Harumatsu
Release Date:29/12/1972
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
Character:Nomura
Release Date:18/11/1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1972
祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
Character:
Release Date:05/08/1972
Dear Summer Sister
Character:Takuzo Sakurada
Release Date:05/08/1972
Turtle Geisha
Character:Ishibashi
Release Date:03/07/1972
The Lucky Status Symbol
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1972
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
Character:
Release Date:26/04/1972
The Iron Crown
Character:Physiognomist
Release Date:22/04/1972
The Rendezvous
Character:Murai
Release Date:29/03/1972
Silence
Character:Prison guard
Release Date:13/11/1971
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
Character:
Release Date:07/07/1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1971
The Ceremony
Character:Old Chief
Release Date:18/05/1971
Onna no Iji
Character:Nakano
Release Date:05/05/1971
King of Pornography
Character:
Release Date:02/05/1971
King of the Widow-Killers
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1971
Evil Spirits of Japan
Character:Pachinko owner
Release Date:26/12/1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Character:
Release Date:31/10/1970
Hooligans on Buggies
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
Character:
Release Date:09/09/1970
The Revelation of a Geisha
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1970
Yukyo-retsuden
Character:
Release Date:04/07/1970
Strange Affinity
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1970
Attack at Daylight
Character:Saeki
Release Date:08/02/1970
Gokudô Petenshi
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1969
Heat Wave Island
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1969
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
Character:
Release Date:17/05/1969
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1969
Profound Desires of the Gods
Character:Higa
Release Date:22/11/1968
East China Sea
Character:
Release Date:05/10/1968
Strong Women, Weak Men
Character:Zenzo
Release Date:30/06/1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Character:Old man
Release Date:30/03/1968
Wind of Youth
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1968
Kuroneko
Character:Farmer
Release Date:24/02/1968
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Character:
Release Date:31/01/1968
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Character:
Release Date:02/09/1967
Libido
Character:
Release Date:28/06/1967
Drunken Harbor
Character:Doctor
Release Date:24/12/1966
The Little Runaway
Character:
Release Date:24/12/1966
Lost Sex
Character:Gonpachi
Release Date:27/08/1966
Violence at Noon
Character:School director
Release Date:15/07/1966
Captive's Island
Character:
Release Date:02/07/1966
Dynamite Doctor
Character:Chairman
Release Date:04/06/1966
The Pornographers
Character:Father
Release Date:12/03/1966
Black Curtain
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1966
The Betrayers Out!
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1966
Conquest
Character:Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
Release Date:21/11/1965
An Innocent Witch
Character:
Release Date:30/10/1965
Seisaku's Wife
Character:Retired Man
Release Date:25/06/1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Character:
Release Date:12/06/1965
The Start of Life
Character:
Release Date:29/04/1965
Onibaba
Character:Ushi
Release Date:21/11/1964
Intentions of Murder
Character:Beret Musician
Release Date:28/06/1964
A Story from Echigo
Character:
Release Date:09/05/1964
The Irresponsible Fool
Character:
Release Date:29/04/1964
The Desperate
Character:Chief Osawa
Release Date:18/04/1964
Samurai from Nowhere
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1964
Kiri ni Kieta Hito
Character:
Release Date:21/12/1963
The School Cap
Character:
Release Date:15/12/1963
Kanto Wanderer
Character:Boss Izu
Release Date:23/11/1963
The Insect Woman
Character:Foreman
Release Date:16/11/1963
Mother
Character:Tajima
Release Date:08/11/1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Character:Monk
Release Date:05/10/1963
18 Roughs
Character:Murata
Release Date:11/09/1963
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
Character:
Release Date:27/03/1963
Black Report
Character:Shinsaku Tsuda
Release Date:13/01/1963
Beyond the Green Hills
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1963
The King
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1962
Human
Character:Kamegoro
Release Date:04/11/1962
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1962
Hageshī kawa
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1962
Fresh Leaves
Character:Zenkichi Segawa
Release Date:06/10/1962
The Young and Bad
Character:
Release Date:09/09/1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Character:Rokusuke
Release Date:15/06/1962
Song of a Traveller
Character:
Release Date:20/05/1962
Foundry Town
Character:Matsunaga
Release Date:08/04/1962
Tales of President Mito
Character:President Toyotomi
Release Date:04/04/1962
Stolen Pleasure
Character:Goro
Release Date:14/03/1962
I am the Judge
Character:
Release Date:11/02/1962
Season of Farewell
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1962
大吉ぼんのう鏡
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1962
Nippon no obaachan
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1962
Love's Family Tree
Character:
Release Date:22/11/1961
Police Precinct Part 17
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1961
でかんしょ風来坊
Character:
Release Date:19/03/1961
Blind Devotion
Character:Hikozo
Release Date:08/03/1961
Futaridake no taiyō
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1961
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1961
Pigs and Battleships
Character:Chen
Release Date:21/01/1961
Shōjo
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Character:Kotani
Release Date:09/01/1961
My Hometown is the Wild West
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1960
The Naked Island
Character:Senta
Release Date:23/11/1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Character:
Release Date:13/11/1960
Wait for Tomorrow
Character:Inosuke Uematsu
Release Date:26/10/1960
Sixteen years old
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1960
Internees of Kampili
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Character:
Release Date:07/08/1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Character:
Release Date:17/06/1960
Irohanihoheto
Character:
Release Date:20/05/1960
One Passed Through Hell
Character:
Release Date:19/04/1960
Secret
Character:
Release Date:05/04/1960
Knock Down
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1960
The Cards Will Tell
Character:
Release Date:16/01/1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Character:Kumakichi Takeda
Release Date:06/12/1959
My Second Brother
Character:Hemmi Gengoro
Release Date:28/10/1959
The Human Wall
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Character:Detective Machida
Release Date:06/10/1959
Four Hours of Terror
Character:Teppei Sasada
Release Date:30/09/1959
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1959
Good Morning
Character:Pushy Man
Release Date:12/05/1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
Character:
Release Date:12/05/1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1959
Whistling in the morning
Character:
Release Date:04/03/1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Character:
Release Date:18/02/1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1959
Endless Desire
Character:Ramen shop owner
Release Date:18/11/1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Character:Masumura
Release Date:02/09/1958
Underwater Murder
Character:
Release Date:27/07/1958
The Boy Who Came Back
Character:
Release Date:29/06/1958
Night Drum
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1958
Wind, Woman and Road
Character:Kenta
Release Date:14/04/1958
Hobo Village
Character:
Release Date:29/01/1958
On This Earth
Character:Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Release Date:22/11/1957
Temptation
Character:Tobe
Release Date:22/09/1957
Harbor Rats
Character:
Release Date:21/08/1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Character:Kurazo
Release Date:14/07/1957
Who's the Real Killer
Character:Frank
Release Date:03/07/1957
The Champion
Character:Pote-chan
Release Date:01/05/1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Character:Senkichi Hanamura
Release Date:03/04/1957
Muhō Ichidai
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1957
Actress
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1956
Dotanba
Character:
Release Date:10/11/1956
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Character:Doctor Otsuki
Release Date:07/11/1956
The Shadow of Fear
Character:
Release Date:11/09/1956
Nikoyon monogatari
Character:
Release Date:11/09/1956
Our Town
Character:Shime
Release Date:28/08/1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
Character:Shokichi
Release Date:19/07/1956
快傑耶茶坊
Character:
Release Date:18/04/1956
Darkness at Noon
Character:Uhei Matsumura
Release Date:26/03/1956
Love is Lost
Character:Gensaku
Release Date:05/02/1956
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Character:
Release Date:16/11/1955
The Beauty and the Dragon
Character:
Release Date:03/10/1955
Three Faces
Character:
Release Date:09/08/1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Character:Bartender (segment 1)
Release Date:05/07/1955
The Wolves
Character:
Release Date:03/07/1955
Sisters
Character:
Release Date:10/04/1955
Burden of Love
Character:Mr. Yamaguchi
Release Date:18/03/1955
Policeman's Diary
Character:Patrolman Kuramochi
Release Date:03/02/1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1955
Wakai hito-tachi
Character:
Release Date:08/11/1954
Turbid Youth
Character:
Release Date:21/09/1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
Character:
Release Date:21/09/1954
Ditch
Character:
Release Date:27/07/1954
The Street Without Sun
Character:Gen'ichi Inoue
Release Date:24/06/1954
Cape Ashizuri
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1954
The End of a Day
Character:
Release Date:03/02/1954
Koina no Ginpei
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1954
Gate of Hell
Character:Kakisuke
Release Date:30/10/1953
Before Dawn
Character:Risaburo
Release Date:13/10/1953
Yokubo
Character:
Release Date:13/05/1953
Miniature
Character:Yamada
Release Date:01/04/1953
Murahachibu
Character:
Release Date:21/03/1953
Reminiscence
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1953
Tower of Lilies
Character:
Release Date:09/01/1953
Today is Payday
Character:President of Akabane Construction
Release Date:02/10/1952
Violence
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1952
Children of Hiroshima
Character:Owner of a ship
Release Date:06/08/1952
Sisters of Nishijin
Character:
Release Date:17/04/1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1952
Izayoi kaidō
Character:
Release Date:14/12/1951
The Man from the Moon
Character:
Release Date:29/11/1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
Character:
Release Date:07/09/1951
The Tale of Genji
Character:Priest
Release Date:11/06/1951
限りなき情熱
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1951
Who Will Judge Me?
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1951
The White Orchid
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1951
Clothes of Deception
Character:Kasama
Release Date:13/01/1951
Scandal
Character:Aoye's friend
Release Date:26/04/1950
Spring Snow
Character:
Release Date:26/02/1950
Street of Violence
Character:Ango Shindo
Release Date:26/02/1950
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Character:Waretsuku
Release Date:04/06/1949
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Character:
Release Date:26/09/1948
Great X
Character:Matsushita
Release Date:07/05/1948
Drunken Angel
Character:Shop Proprietor
Release Date:27/04/1948
Temptation
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1948
Shachō to onna tenin
Character:
Release Date:07/01/1948
The Ball at the Anjo House
Character:Yoshida
Release Date:27/09/1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Character:Photographer
Release Date:20/05/1947
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Character:Rokuzô Ôkuma
Release Date:30/11/1941
Television Appearances
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