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)
Tokyo Pop
as Grandfather
(1988)
(1988)
Tomorrow
as Storekeeper
(1987)
Hachiko
as Hashimoto
(1987)
Zegen
as Shimada
(1987)
Hawaiian Dream
as Shokichi Shimamura
(1987)
(1986)
Jazz Daimyo
as Gensai
(1986)
(1985)
(1985)
The Seburi Story
as Kamezo
(1985)
(1984)
Location
as Inumaru
(1984)
The Horizon
as Tanimoto
(1983)
The Ballad of Narayama
as Teruyan
(1983)
Oiran
as Hachibei
(1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Hikojii
(1983)
Dark Room
as Doctor(医師)
(1983)
(1983)
The Bored Samurai
as Father of Ogin
(1982)
A Pool Without Water
as Pharmacist
(1982)
Irezumi
as Horiatsu
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Edo Porn
as Tattooist
(1981)
Fruits of Passion
as Customer
(1981)
Yokohama BJ Blues
as Isao Hori
(1981)
Muddy River
as Man on Festival Boat
(1981)
Why Not?
as Jyosyuya
(1981)
Day Dream
as Guard
(1981)
(1981)
(1980)
Until Evening
as Restaurant's Owner
(1980)
Daughter of Time
as Fireworks Hand 2
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
Vengeance Is Mine
as Tanejiro Shibata
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
Golden Partners
as Bend master
(1979)
(1979)
(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)
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
(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
(1975)
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
as Harukichi
(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)
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
as Sex Show Manager
(1974)
My Way
as Yoshizo Kawamura
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
as Tonomura
(1973)
Sex and Fury
as Tokuzô Kasai
(1973)
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
as Shimamura
(1973)
The Heart
as S's Father
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
Deeper Than Blue
as Shunkai
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
as Shimamura
(1973)
(1972)
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
as Nomura
(1972)
Dear Summer Sister
as Takuzo Sakurada
(1972)
The Iron Crown
as Physiognomist
(1972)
The Rendezvous
as Murai
(1972)
(1972)
Turtle Geisha
as Ishibashi
(1972)
(1972)
Hymn
as Harumatsu
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
The Ceremony
as Old Chief
(1971)
Silence
as Prison guard
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Onna no Iji
as Nakano
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Evil Spirits of Japan
as Pachinko owner
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Attack at Daylight
as Saeki
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
Kuroneko
as Farmer
(1968)
(1968)
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Zenzo
(1968)
Three Resurrected Drunkards
as Old man
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
The Pornographers
as Father
(1966)
Violence at Noon
as School director
(1966)
(1966)
Drunken Harbor
as Doctor
(1966)
(1966)
Dynamite Doctor
as Chairman
(1966)
(1966)
Lost Sex
as Gonpachi
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
Seisaku's Wife
as Retired Man
(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)
Kanto Wanderer
as Boss Izu
(1963)
Black Report
as Shinsaku Tsuda
(1963)
(1963)
18 Roughs
as Murata
(1963)
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Monk
(1963)
(1963)
Mother
as Tajima
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
Human
as Kamegoro
(1962)
Tales of President Mito
as President Toyotomi
(1962)
Foundry Town
as Matsunaga
(1962)
Fresh Leaves
as Zenkichi Segawa
(1962)
(1962)
Stolen Pleasure
as Goro
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Chen
(1961)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Kotani
(1961)
(1961)
Blind Devotion
as Hikozo
(1961)
(1960)
The Naked Island
as Senta
(1960)
Wait for Tomorrow
as Inosuke Uematsu
(1960)
(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)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Kumakichi Takeda
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Machida
(1959)
(1959)
Four Hours of Terror
as Teppei Sasada
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Endless Desire
as Ramen shop owner
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Wind, Woman and Road
as Kenta
(1958)
(1958)
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Masumura
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Temptation
as Tobe
(1957)
Who's the Real Killer
as Frank
(1957)
(1957)
On This Earth
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
(1957)
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
as Senkichi Hanamura
(1957)
The Champion
as Pote-chan
(1956)
(1956)
Our Town
as Shime
(1956)
Darkness at Noon
as Uhei Matsumura
(1956)
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Doctor Otsuki
(1956)
Love is Lost
as Gensaku
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Shokichi
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
Ai Sureba Koso
as Bartender (segment 1)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Burden of Love
as Mr. Yamaguchi
(1955)
(1955)
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Kuramochi
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
The Street Without Sun
as Gen'ichi Inoue
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
Gate of Hell
as Kakisuke
(1953)
(1953)
Miniature
as Yamada
(1953)
(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)
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
as Priest
(1951)
Clothes of Deception
as Kasama
(1951)
(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)
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
Great X
as Matsushita
(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