Eijirō Tōno
Acting
- Born:
- 1907-09-17
- Died:
- 1994-09-08
- Place of birth:
- Tomioka, Japon
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).
Known For
Filmography
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Days with Harasu
Death of a Tea Master
So What
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Adrift at Sea
Choji Snack Bar
I Lived, But...
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
The King and His Vassal
The Last Game
Hunter in the Dark
Lord Mito
Island of Hell
水戸黄門 第3部
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
The Battle of Okinawa
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Will to Conquer
水戸黄門 第2部
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
水戸黄門 第１部
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Goyokin
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Crazy Big Discovery
The Flame of Youth
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
It's Tough Being a Man
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Song of Vengeance
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Kill!
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
The Burning Sun
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Monsieur Zivaco
Goal for the Young
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
Three Faces of Love
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Journey to the North
The Great White Tower
Dash to the Sun
Lost Sex
Kill the Night Rose
Dynamite Doctor
Four and A Half Mats
Silence Has No Wings
A Company President's Life Story
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
An Innocent Witch
Blood and Sea
Sword of the Beast
The Spy
Illusion of Blood
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
The Last Judgment
Start Here
Red Beard
Salaryman's Medal
Samurai Assassin
Five Gents' Trick Book
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
Eddy Currents of Life
Modern Gentleman
The Sandal Keeper
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
The Naked Executive
A Story from Echigo
A Public Benefactor
Our Happiness Alone
The Bride is Fifteen
Pale Flower
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
白さぎと少年
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Fight of the Gamblers
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Tange Sazen
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
A House in the Quarter
The Sea of Eden
The Navy
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Double Wedding
Life of Hishakaku 2
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
The Sunshine Girl
High and Low
Girls Born in August
Pressure of Guilt
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Born in Sin
An Autumn Afternoon
The Great Wall
Mount Hakone
The Man From the Sea
This Madding Crowd
Akitsu Hot Springs
A Carpenter and Children
The Bandits
Facing to the Clouds
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Seinen no isu
Foundry Town
Musume to watashi
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Our Marriage
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Season of Farewell
Shimizu Port Salaryman
The Red Shadow
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Run, Genta, Run!
Wind and waves of the South
Buddha
The Last War
Sanctuary
Boss Takes to the Road
Immortal Love
The Crimson Plains
The Estuary
The Orphan Brother
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Challenge to Live
Fine Man
Yojimbo
An Edo Magistrate
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Pigs and Battleships
For This We Fight
Botchan yarō seizoroi
My Hometown is the Wild West
The Masterless 47
The War Without Weapons
Wait for Tomorrow
The Pirates
The Brass General
The Twilight Story
The Brawler
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Police Precinct Part 13
Just Barely
The Master Spearman
The Man of Seven Faces
Ajisai no uta
The Gambling Samurai
The Curio Master
The Great Road
The Forbidden Scoop
The Cards Will Tell
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
The Bride from Japan
The Three Treasures
The Human Wall
Akatsuki no chiheisen
Ripe and Marriageable
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Police Precinct: Car 108
The Beast Shall Die
High Teen
Good Morning
Diary of Forsaken Love
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Kaze no uchi so to
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
The Third Dead Angle
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Stream of Youth
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Days of Evil Women
Theater of Life
The Naked General
The Naked Sun
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
A Grain of Wheat
The Young Beast
Oban kanketsu hen
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
The Ballad of Narayama
Night Drum
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Firefly Light
Handcuffs
Princess of Revenge
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
The Eleventh Hour
Black River
The Story of Pure Love
The Lower Depths
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
The Shadow Daughter
Untamed Woman
Hateful Things
Turtledove
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Love of the Princess
An Osaka Story
Ôban
Rice
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Actress
I Will Buy You
Love on Rainbow Island
The Forest Is Alive
Easy-Going Married Couple
Tears
Undercurrent
How Sorrowful
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
Asashio yushio
The Legend of the White Serpent
Flowery Brothers
Farewell to Dream
Vampire Moth
White Fan
Early Spring
Hanayome no tameiki
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Love at Forty
I Live in Fear
Floating Weeds Diary
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Wolves
Murder on the Last Train
Twilight Saloon
Beautiful Days
Burden of Love
Here Is a Spring
Policeman's Diary
The Cock Crows Twice
Women's House
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
The Surf
Woman of Fire
The Black Current
Midori no nakama
The Street Without Sun
Seven Samurai
The Glorious Days
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
Tokyo Story
Waseda University
Hiroba no kōdoku
The Wild Geese
Girls in the Orchard
Shishun no izumi
The Tattoo Murder Case
Asama no karasu
Jūdai no seiten
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Her Secret
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Beauty and the Thief
Children of Hiroshima
Sword for Hire
The Yamabiko School
Farewell to Spring
The Man from the Moon
Sasaki Kojiro
風雲児
Freedom School
Ginza Cosmetics
Yasubei Nakayama
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
A Man from Akagi
Heat and Mud
Kazanmyaku
Devil's Gold
Rinchi
Chobei the Rogue
Stray Dog
Late Night Confession
Flame of My Love
Apostasy
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
As If To Kill
Rira no hana wasureji
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Duel at Moonrise
Marriage
Morning for the Osone Family
Kigeki wa owarinu
The Young Women of Izu
Otome no iru kichi
Army
Jubilation Street
Sinking the Unsinkable
Navy
Port of Flowers