Eijirō Tōno
- Acting
- September 17, 1907 · Tomioka, Japon
- September 8, 1994
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 · Prime Minister
- Days with Harasu
- Death of a Tea Master · Kokei
- So What
- Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- · Narration (Voice)
- The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
- Adrift at Sea
- Choji Snack Bar
- I Lived, But... · Self
- The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
- The King and His Vassal
- The Last Game
- Hunter in the Dark · Shogen
- Lord Mito · Tokugawa Mitsukuni
- Island of Hell · Kaemon Kito
- 水戸黄門 第3部
- First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri · Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
- The Battle of Okinawa · Yoshijirō Umezu
- First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff · Keinosuke Takamatsu
- Will to Conquer · Sezaemon
- 水戸黄門 第2部
- The Summit of Mt. Fuji
- Five Gents and a Kuniang · Gōji Keinosuke
- Tora! Tora! Tora! · Admiral Chuici Nagumo
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan · Takeyunosuke Gōji
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother · Sanpo Sensei
- 水戸黄門 第１部
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II · Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
- Goyokin
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu · Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
- 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 · Nakaji, Principal
- Song of Vengeance · 看守Ａ
- Horus: Prince of the Sun · Ganko (Voice)
- Kill! · Hyogo Moriuchi
- The Saga of Tanegashima · Kinbei Yaita
- Wild Ducks and Green Onions
- Japan's No. 1 Best Man
- Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
- The Burning Sun
- Shogun and His Mistress 2 · Narrator
- Monsieur Zivaco
- Goal for the Young
- Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
- Three Faces of Love · Soga
- Industrial Spy Free-for-All
- Zatoichi's Cane Sword · Senzo
- Journey to the North · Kichinosuke Kawara
- The Great White Tower · Professor Teizō Azuma
- Dash to the Sun
- Lost Sex · Neighbor / Writer
- Kill the Night Rose
- Dynamite Doctor · Marshal
- Four and A Half Mats · Uyu
- Silence Has No Wings
- A Company President's Life Story · Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
- Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 · Seizo
- An Innocent Witch
- Blood and Sea
- Sword of the Beast · Minister
- The Spy
- Illusion of Blood
- Life of Matsu the Untamed
- Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
- The Last Judgment
- Start Here · President Sagara
- Red Beard · Goheiji
- Salaryman's Medal
- Samurai Assassin · Masagorō Kisoya
- Five Gents' Trick Book
- The Donkey Comes on a Tank
- Eddy Currents of Life · Shigesuke Hayashi
- Modern Gentleman
- The Sandal Keeper
- Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
- The Naked Executive · Kosugi, president