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