Eijirō Tōno

Birthday: 1907-09-17
Deathday: 1994-09-08
Birthplace: Gunma, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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).

Credits

Year Title Character
1990-06-02 Tales of a Golden Geisha Prime Minister
1989-11-18 Days with Harasu
1989-10-07 Death of a Tea Master Kokei
1988-07-16 So What
1984-11-24 Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- Narration (voice)
1983-12-03 Adrift at Sea
1983-11-12 Choji Snack Bar
1982-08-30 The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1981-08-30 The King and His Vassal
1979-11-03 The Last Game
1979-06-17 Hunter in the Dark Shogen
1978-12-23 Lord Mito Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1977-08-27 Island of Hell Kaemon Kito
1971-08-14 The Battle of Okinawa
1970-10-17 Will to Conquer
1970-01-26 Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1969-11-14 Tora-san's Cherished Mother Sanpo Sensei
1969-05-01 Goyokin
1968-09-21 Monument to the Girl's Corps Nakaji, Principal
1968-09-17 Song of Vengeance 看守A
1968-07-24 Horus: Prince of the Sun Ganko (voice)
1968-06-22 Kill! Hyogo Moriuchi
1968-05-18 The Saga of Tanegashima Kinbei Yaita
1968-03-16 Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1967-12-30 Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967-10-28 Monsieur Zivaco
1967-01-14 Three Faces of Love Soga
1967-01-03 Zatoichi's Cane Sword Senzo
1967-01-03 Journey to the North Kichinosuke Kawara
1966-10-15 The Great White Tower
1966-09-08 Dash to the Sun
1966-08-27 Lost Sex Neighbor / Writer
1966-06-04 Dynamite Doctor Marshal
1966-02-17 Four and A Half Mats Uyu
1966-02-11 Silence Has No Wings
1965-10-31 Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 Seizo
1965-10-30 An Innocent Witch
1965-10-01 Blood and Sea
1965-09-18 Sword of the Beast Minister
1965-09-04 The Spy
1965-07-25 Illusion of Blood
1965-05-29 Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko
1965-05-16 The Last Judgment
1965-04-03 Red Beard Goheiji
1965-01-03 Samurai Assassin Masagorō Kisoya
1965-01-03 Five Gents' Trick Book
1964-12-26 The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964-11-22 Eddy Currents of Life Shigesuke Hayashi
1964-10-31 ホラ吹き太閤記
1964-09-09 Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964-07-01 The Naked Executive Kosugi, president
1964-05-09 A Story from Echigo
1964-03-29 Our Happiness Alone
1964-03-01 Pale Flower Yasuoka
1964-01-01 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple Haiya
1963-12-28 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963-12-25 Fight of the Gamblers
1963-11-20 Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963-11-17 Tange Sazen
1963-11-16 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman Akiharu
1963-11-01 A House in the Quarter
1963-08-13 The Navy
1963-08-06 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963-07-13 Double Wedding Goro
1963-05-25 Life of Hishakaku 2
1963-04-28 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
1963-04-21 Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963-04-18 The Sunshine Girl
1963-03-01 High and Low Factory Worker
1963-02-19 Girls Born in August
1963-02-17 Pressure of Guilt
1963-01-13 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Sosuke Otomo
1962-11-23 Born in Sin
1962-11-18 An Autumn Afternoon Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962-11-01 The Great Wall Li Tang
1962-09-15 Mount Hakone
1962-07-08 The Man From the Sea
1962-06-28 This Madding Crowd Grandpa Yoshi
1962-06-15 Akitsu Hot Springs
1962-06-10 A Carpenter and Children
1962-05-27 The Bandits
1962-05-01 Facing to the Clouds
1962-04-29 Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962-04-08 Seinen no isu
1962-04-08 Foundry Town Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962-04-01 Musume to watashi
1962-03-25 Lady Sen and Hideyori Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962-03-18 Our Marriage Father
1962-03-07 続サラリーマン清水港
1962-01-14 Season of Farewell
1962-01-03 Salaryman Shimizu Minato
1961-12-24 The Red Shadow Jinzaburô Kamo
1961-12-06 早射ち無頼 大平原の男
1961-12-06 The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961-11-22 Run, Genta, Run!
1961-11-19 Wind and waves of the South Genji
1961-10-31 Buddha Suratha
1961-10-08 The Last War Captain Umehara
1961-09-23 Boss Takes to the Road
1961-09-16 Immortal Love Policeman
1961-07-30 The Crimson Plains Shinzô Okui
1961-07-26 The Estuary
1961-07-19 The Orphan Brother Sanshô Dayû (voice)
1961-06-21 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961-06-17 Challenge to Live
1961-06-11 Fine Man
1961-04-25 Yojimbo Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961-03-12 An Edo Magistrate
1961-02-25 The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961-01-21 Pigs and Battleships Kan'ichi
1960-12-27 俺の故郷は大西部
1960-12-25 The Masterless 47 Gonosuke Kira
1960-11-08 The War Without Weapons
1960-10-26 Wait for Tomorrow Seisaku Kajiwara
1960-09-18 The Pirates
1960-08-28 The Twilight Story
1960-06-07 Police Precinct Part 13
1960-05-15 The Master Spearman
1960-04-26 The Man of Seven Faces Genkichi Miyashita
1960-03-28 The Gambling Samurai Kansuke
1960-03-08 The Great Road
1959-11-22 Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Mieko's father
1959-11-01 The Three Treasures Ootomo
1959-10-18 The Human Wall
1959-09-17 Ripe and Marriageable Saemon, Hikari's father
1959-09-13 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959-06-09 Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
1959-06-09 The Beast Shall Die Detective Kuwashima
1959-05-12 Good Morning Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959-04-14 Diary of Forsaken Love
1959-03-29 Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan Policeman
1959-03-24 Kaze no uchi so to
1959-01-22 The Third Dead Angle
1959-01-15 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959-01-15 The Stream of Youth
1958-12-07 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958-11-30 The Days of Evil Women
1958-11-23 Theater of Life
1958-10-28 The Naked General
1958-10-01 The Naked Sun
1958-09-14 A Grain of Wheat Aisawa
1958-07-01 Oban kanketsu hen
1958-06-10 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958-06-01 The Ballad of Narayama Messenger
1958-04-15 Night Drum
1958-03-25 Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness Chamberlain
1958-03-18 Firefly Light
1958-01-03 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Fugetsusai
1957-12-22 Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957-11-24 The Eleventh Hour
1957-10-23 Black River Kurihara
1957-10-15 The Story of Pure Love
1957-10-01 The Lower Depths Tomekichi the Tinker
1957-07-19 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Chaplin san
1957-05-28 Untamed Woman Oshima's father
1957-04-14 Yagyu Secret Scrolls Fugetsusai
1957-03-06 An Osaka Story Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957-03-05 Ôban Chaplin-San
1957-03-04 Rice
1957-01-03 Shimizu Port of Chivalry Kansuke
1956-11-27 Actress
1956-11-21 I Will Buy You Ogushi
1956-10-16 裸足の青春 Shiimbei Hayashi
1956-10-08 The Forest Is Alive
1956-09-26 Tears
1956-09-12 Night River Yujiro Funaki
1956-09-07 How Sorrowful
1956-08-14 Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956-06-22 The Legend of the White Serpent
1956-06-08 Flowery Brothers
1956-04-17 Farewell to Dream Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956-04-11 The Vampire Moth Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956-03-15 White Fan Takuetsu
1956-01-29 Early Spring Tokichi Hattori
1956-01-03 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1955-11-22 I Live in Fear Old man from Brazil
1955-11-15 Floating Weeds Diary Magoro Ichikawa
1955-07-12 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Baiken Shishido
1955-07-03 The Wolves
1955-06-21 Murder on The Last Train
1955-06-19 Twilight Saloon Onizuka
1955-03-18 Burden of Love Jozo Araki
1955-02-12 Here Is a Spring
1955-02-03 Policeman's Diary Old man Murata
1954-11-30 The Cock Crows Twice
1954-11-23 Women's House
1954-10-20 The Surf Schoolmaster
1954-08-31 The Black Current
1954-06-24 The Street Without Sun President Kunio
1954-04-26 Seven Samurai Kidnapper
1954-04-14 The Glorious Days
1954-01-03 旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷
1953-11-03 Tokyo Story Numata
1953-09-15 Hiroba no kōdoku
1953-09-15 The Wild Geese Suezo
1953-09-15 Girls in the Orchard
1953-07-05 Shishun no izumi Nakamura, a policeman
1953-04-29 Wife
1953-02-05 Jûdai no seiten
1952-12-16 Fuun Senryobune
1952-11-06 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952-10-09 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete Kozo Kawai
1952-09-22 Beauty and the Thief Jurota
1952-08-06 Children of Hiroshima
1952-05-22 Sword for Hire
1952-05-01 The Yamabiko School
1952-03-28 Farewell to Spring Sakichi Arakawa
1951-10-26 Sasaki Kojiro
1951-05-18 風雲児
1951-05-05 Freedom School
1951-04-14 Ginza Cosmetics Hyôbei Sugano
1951-03-31 Yasubei Nakayama
1951-03-31 Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1950-11-14 Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950-11-03 Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950-10-07 A Man from Akagi
1950-05-01 Heat and Mud
1950-02-19 Devil's Gold
1949-12-20 Rinchi
1949-10-17 Stray Dog
1949-06-21 Late Night Confession
1949-02-13 Flame of My Love State Councillor Itô
1948-11-30 Apostasy
1948-09-18 A Woman in the Typhoon Area Yoshii
1947-08-16 The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947-03-18 Marriage Fumie's father
1946-02-21 Morning for the Osone Family Ippei Yamaka
1945-08-30 Izu no musumetachi
1945-04-01 Otome no iru kichi
1944-12-07 Army Sakuragi
1944-06-08 Jubilation Street Shingo’s father
1944-03-23 Sinking the Unsinkable
1943-12-08 Navy Teacher Ogata
1943-07-29 Port of Flowers Hayashida