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