Taiji Tonoyama
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-10-17
Day of Death
1989-04-30 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Taiji Tonoyama
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1989)
Black Rain
as Old Priest
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Tomorrow
as Storekeeper
(1988)
(1988)
Tokyo Pop
as Grandfather
(1987)
Hachiko
as Hashimoto
(1987)
Zegen
as Shimada
(1987)
Hawaiian Dream
as Shokichi Shimamura
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
Jazz Daimyo
as Gensai
(1985)
The Seburi Story
as Kamezo
(1985)
(1985)
(1984)
Location
as Inumaru
(1984)
The Horizon
as Tanimoto
(1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Hikojii
(1983)
The Ballad of Narayama
as Teruyan
(1983)
Oiran
as Hachibei
(1983)
Dark Room
as Doctor(医師)
(1983)
The Bored Samurai
as Father of Ogin
(1983)
(1982)
A Pool Without Water
as Pharmacist
(1982)
(1982)
Irezumi
as Horiatsu
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Fruits of Passion
as Customer
(1981)
Edo Porn
as Tattooist
(1981)
Yokohama BJ Blues
as Isao Hori
(1981)
Why Not?
as Jyosyuya
(1981)
Day Dream
as Guard
(1981)
Muddy River
as Man on Festival Boat
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
(1980)
Daughter of Time
as Fireworks Hand 2
(1980)
Until Evening
as Restaurant's Owner
(1980)
(1979)
Vengeance Is Mine
as Tanejiro Shibata
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
Golden Partners
as Bend master
(1978)
Empire of Passion
as Toichiro
(1978)
(1978)
Junko's Bliss
as Taizô Sakata
(1978)
(1978)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
Ballad of Orin
as Mountain Man
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1976)
In the Realm of the Senses
as Old Beggar
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
(1975)
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
as Harukichi
(1975)
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
as Kinetarô Kitamura
(1975)
Pimp Heaven
as Preacher
(1975)
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
as The Master
(1974)
The Castle of Sand
as Publican at Ebisu
(1974)
Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
as Kofukuya's Owner
(1974)
Evening Primrose
as Genji's father
(1974)
My Way
as Yoshizo Kawamura
(1974)
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
as Sex Show Manager
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
as Tonomura
(1973)
Sex and Fury
as Tokuzô Kasai
(1973)
(1973)
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
as Shimamura
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
as Shimamura
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
The Heart
as S's Father
(1973)
Deeper Than Blue
as Shunkai
(1973)
(1972)
The Rendezvous
as Murai
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
Dear Summer Sister
as Takuzo Sakurada
(1972)
The Iron Crown
as Physiognomist
(1972)
Hymn
as Harumatsu
(1972)
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
as Nomura
(1972)
Turtle Geisha
as Ishibashi
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
Silence
as Prison guard
(1971)
The Ceremony
as Old Chief
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Onna no Iji
as Nakano
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Evil Spirits of Japan
as Pachinko owner
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Attack at Daylight
as Saeki
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Kuroneko
as Farmer
(1968)
Three Resurrected Drunkards
as Old man
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Zenzo
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
The Pornographers
as Father
(1966)
Violence at Noon
as School director
(1966)
(1966)
Lost Sex
as Gonpachi
(1966)
(1966)
Drunken Harbor
as Doctor
(1966)
Dynamite Doctor
as Chairman
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Seisaku's Wife
as Retired Man
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Conquest
as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
(1964)
Onibaba
as Ushi
(1964)
Intentions of Murder
as Beret Musician
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
The Desperate
as Chief Osawa
(1964)
(1963)
The Insect Woman
as Foreman
(1963)
Black Report
as Shinsaku Tsuda
(1963)
Kanto Wanderer
as Boss Izu
(1963)
18 Roughs
as Murata
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Monk
(1963)
(1963)
Mother
as Tajima
(1963)
(1962)
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Rokusuke
(1962)
Foundry Town
as Matsunaga
(1962)
Stolen Pleasure
as Goro
(1962)
Fresh Leaves
as Zenkichi Segawa
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Human
as Kamegoro
(1962)
Tales of President Mito
as President Toyotomi
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Chen
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Kotani
(1961)
Blind Devotion
as Hikozo
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
The Naked Island
as Senta
(1960)
(1960)
Wait for Tomorrow
as Inosuke Uematsu
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
Good Morning
as Pushy Man
(1959)
(1959)
My Second Brother
as Hemmi Gengoro
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Kumakichi Takeda
(1959)
(1959)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Machida
(1959)
Four Hours of Terror
as Teppei Sasada
(1958)
Endless Desire
as Ramen shop owner
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Wind, Woman and Road
as Kenta
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Masumura
(1957)
On This Earth
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
(1957)
(1957)
Temptation
as Tobe
(1957)
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
as Senkichi Hanamura
(1957)
The Champion
as Pote-chan
(1957)
Who's the Real Killer
as Frank
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Darkness at Noon
as Uhei Matsumura
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Our Town
as Shime
(1956)
Love is Lost
as Gensaku
(1956)
(1956)
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Doctor Otsuki
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Shokichi
(1955)
Ai Sureba Koso
as Bartender (segment 1)
(1955)
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Kuramochi
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Burden of Love
as Mr. Yamaguchi
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
The Street Without Sun
as Gen'ichi Inoue
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
Gate of Hell
as Kakisuke
(1953)
(1953)
Miniature
as Yamada
(1953)
Before Dawn
as Risaburo
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
Children of Hiroshima
as Owner of a ship
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Today is Payday
as President of Akabane Construction
(1952)
(1951)
Clothes of Deception
as Kasama
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
as Priest
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
Scandal
as Aoye's friend
(1950)
Street of Violence
as Ango Shindo
(1950)
(1949)
Ishimatsu of the Forest
as Waretsuku
(1948)
Drunken Angel
as Shop Proprietor
(1948)
Great X
as Matsushita
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Photographer
(1947)
The Ball at the Anjo House
as Yoshida
(1941)
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Rokuzô Ôkuma