Eijirō Tōno
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-09-17
Day of Death
1994-09-08 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Eijirō Tōno
Biography
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).
Known For
Acting
(1990)
Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Prime Minister
(1989)
Death of a Tea Master
as Kokei
(1989)
(1988)
(1984)
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
as Narration (voice)
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
I Lived, But...
as Self
(1982)
(1981)
(1979)
Hunter in the Dark
as Shogen
(1979)
(1978)
Lord Mito
as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
(1977)
Island of Hell
as Kaemon Kito
(1971)
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
as Keinosuke Takamatsu
(1971)
(1971)
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
(1970)
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Gōji Keinosuke
(1970)
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Takeyunosuke Gōji
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
(1969)
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Sanpo Sensei
(1969)
(1968)
Kill!
as Hyogo Moriuchi
(1968)
Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Ganko (voice)
(1968)
(1968)
Song of Vengeance
as 看守Ａ
(1968)
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Nakaji, Principal
(1968)
The Saga of Tanegashima
as Kinbei Yaita
(1967)
(1967)
Journey to the North
as Kichinosuke Kawara
(1967)
Three Faces of Love
as Soga
(1967)
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as Senzo
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Narrator
(1966)
A Company President's Life Story
as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
(1966)
Four and A Half Mats
as Uyu
(1966)
Dynamite Doctor
as Marshal
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
Lost Sex
as Neighbor / Writer
(1965)
Red Beard
as Goheiji
(1965)
(1965)
Sword of the Beast
as Minister
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Masagorō Kisoya
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Seizo
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Eddy Currents of Life
as Shigesuke Hayashi
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
The Naked Executive
as Kosugi, president
(1964)
Pale Flower
as Yasuoka
(1964)
(1963)
High and Low
as Factory Worker
(1963)
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Akiharu
(1963)
(1963)
Double Wedding
as Goro
(1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Sosuke Otomo
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
The Great Wall
as Li Tang
(1962)
Our Marriage
as Father
(1962)
Foundry Town
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
(1962)
(1962)
An Autumn Afternoon
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
This Madding Crowd
as Grandpa Yoshi
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Priest
(1962)
(1962)
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Yojimbo
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Kan'ichi
(1961)
The Orphan Brother
as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
(1961)
Immortal Love
as Policeman
(1961)
(1961)
Buddha
as Suratha
(1961)
(1961)
Wind and waves of the South
as Genji
(1961)
The Crimson Plains
as Shinzô Okui
(1961)
The Last War
as Captain Umehara
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Red Shadow
as Jinzaburô Kamo
(1960)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Isuke Tsujikura
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Wait for Tomorrow
as Seisaku Kajiwara
(1960)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Gambling Samurai
as Kansuke
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Gonosuke Kira
(1960)
The Man of Seven Faces
as Genkichi Miyashita
(1960)
(1959)
Good Morning
as Hiroshi Tomizawa
(1959)
(1959)
The Three Treasures
as Ootomo
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Mieko's father
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Ripe and Marriageable
as Saemon, Hikari's father
(1959)
(1959)
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Policeman
(1959)
(1959)
The Beast Shall Die
as Detective Kuwashima
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Chamberlain
(1958)
(1958)
The Ballad of Narayama
as Messenger
(1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Fugetsusai
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
A Grain of Wheat
as Aisawa
(1957)
(1957)
The Lower Depths
as Tomekichi the Tinker
(1957)
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as Kansuke
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
An Osaka Story
as Gonzaemon Hoshino
(1957)
(1957)
Ôban
as Chaplin-San
(1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Fugetsusai
(1957)
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Chaplin san
(1957)
(1957)
Untamed Woman
as Oshima's father
(1957)
Black River
as Kurihara
(1956)
(1956)
White Fan
as Takuetsu
(1956)
Early Spring
as Tokichi Hattori
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
(1956)
Love on Rainbow Island
as Shiimbei Hayashi
(1956)
The Vampire Moth
as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
I Will Buy You
as Ogushi
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Night River
as Yujiro Funaki
(1956)
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Old man from Brazil
(1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Baiken Shishido
(1955)
(1955)
Burden of Love
as Jozo Araki
(1955)
Floating Weeds Diary
as Magoro Ichikawa
(1955)
(1955)
Policeman's Diary
as Old man Murata
(1955)
Twilight Saloon
as Onizuka
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Kidnapper
(1954)
(1954)
The Surf
as Schoolmaster
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
The Street Without Sun
as President Kunio
(1953)
Tokyo Story
as Numata
(1953)
The Wild Geese
as Suezo
(1953)
Shishun no izumi
as Nakamura, a policeman
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Kozo Kawai
(1952)
Farewell to Spring
as Sakichi Arakawa
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
as Jurota
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
Ginza Cosmetics
as Hyôbei Sugano
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
(1949)
Flame of My Love
as State Councillor Itô
(1948)
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Yoshii
(1948)
(1947)
(1947)
(1947)
Marriage
as Fumie's father
(1946)
Morning for the Osone Family
as Ippei Yamaka
(1945)
(1945)
(1944)
Jubilation Street
as Shingo’s father
(1944)
Army
as Sakuragi
(1944)
(1943)
Port of Flowers
as Hayashida
(1943)
Navy
as Teacher Ogata