Eijirō Tōno
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
Acting
1954
asKidnapper
1967
asNarrator
1965
asGoheiji
1956
asTokichi Hattori
1949
as
1955
asOld man from Brazil
1961
asKan'ichi
1959
as
1961
asGonji, Tavern Keeper
1957
asTomekichi the Tinker
1989
asKokei
1963
asFactory Worker
1950
as
1960
as
1952
as
1959
asHiroshi Tomizawa
1949
as
1957
asOshima's father
1962
asTokugawa Ieyasu
1964
asYasuoka
1951
as
1962
as
1952
asJurota
1952
asSakichi Arakawa
1979
asShogen
1962
as
1968
asHyogo Moriuchi
1962
as
1965
asMinister
1962
as
1953
asNumata
1963
asToyotomi Hideyoshi
1962
asIshiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1950
as
1962
asLi Tang
1953
as
1951
as
1966
asMarshal
1968
asGanko (voice)
1967
asSenzo
1963
asShibiku-Shosuke Hori
1961
as
1951
as
1963
asAkiharu
1964
asKosugi, president
1952
as
1962
as
1958
as
1957
asChaplin-San
1957
asChaplin san
1959
asMieko's father
1965
asMasagorō Kisoya
1961
asCaptain Umehara
1957
asKurihara
1949
asState Councillor Itô
1957
asFugetsusai
1956
asOgushi
1946
asIppei Yamaka
1955
asOnizuka
1953
asSuezo
1958
asFugetsusai
1956
asYôichi's father, Genkichi
1981
as
1982
as
1965
as
1959
as
1958
as
1968
as
1961
as
1966
as
1989
as
1960
asGonosuke Kira
1943
asTeacher Ogata
1961
asShinzô Okui
1966
as
1961
as
1956
as
1959
as
1950
as1950
as
1943
asHayashida
1951
as
1967
asKichinosuke Kawara
1961
as
1962
as
1953
as
1951
as
1958
asChamberlain
1962
as
1961
as
1960
as
1971
as
1968
as看守Ａ
1970
as
1966
asUyu
1951
asHyôbei Sugano
1968
asNakaji, Principal
1961
asSuratha
1952
as
1962
as
1956
asYujiro Funaki
1955
as
1955
asOld man Murata
1955
as
1958
asAisawa
1961
as
1965
as
1956
asTetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1948
as1956
as
1958
as
1960
as
1958
as
1965
as1962
as
1956
as1949
as
1961
as
1960
as
1960
asKansuke
1963
asSosuke Otomo
1964
as
1961
asPoliceman
1963
as
1965
as
1959
as
1959
as
1947
asFumie's father
1956
asShiimbei Hayashi
1956
asTakuetsu
1959
asPoliceman
1944
asShingo’s father
1964
as1960
asGenkichi Miyashita
1957
asKansuke
1954
as
1963
as
1957
as
1948
asYoshii
1988
as
1954
as
1958
asMessenger
1963
as
1964
asHaiya
1957
asGonzaemon Hoshino
1962
asFather
1962
as
1968
asKinbei Yaita
1952
as
1965
asSeizo
1963
as
1962
as
1983
asSelf
1961
as
1955
asBaiken Shishido
1956
asBaiken Shishido (uncredited)
1958
as
1964
as
1963
as
1977
asKaemon Kito
1963
as
1967
asSoga
1954
as
1983
as
1963
as
1962
as
1958
as
1964
asShigesuke Hayashi
1955
as
1959
as
1958
as
1959
asOotomo
1959
asDetective Kuwashima
1978
asTokugawa Mitsukuni
1961
asSanshô Dayû (voice)
1956
as
1961
as
1944
asSakuragi
1960
as
1966
asNeighbor / Writer
1966
as
1960
asSeisaku Kajiwara
1969
asSanpo Sensei
1958
as
1963
as
1962
asSakuma, The 'Gourd'
1961
asJinzaburô Kamo
1963
as
1963
as
1944
as
1956
as
1961
as
1959
as
1970
asAdmiral Chuici Nagumo
1967
as
1957
as
1964
as
1990
asPrime Minister
1945
as
1952
asKozo Kawai
1955
asJozo Araki
1957
as
1983
as
1963
as
1962
as1984
asNarration (voice)
1952
as
1947
as
1956
as
1963
asGoro
1969
as
1962
asGrandpa Yoshi
1950
as
1958
as
1961
asGenji
1953
asNakamura, a policeman
1954
asPresident Kunio
1960
as
1960
as
1945
as
1967
as
1965
as
1959
as
1953
as
1965
as
1954
asSchoolmaster
1965
as
1955
asMagoro Ichikawa
1957
as
1954
as
1964
as
1979
as1956
as
1954
as
1959
asSaemon, Hikari's father
1965
as
1970
as
1961
as
1960
as
1964
as
1947
as
1959
as
1961
as
1967
as
1959
as
1967
as
1960
asIsuke Tsujikura (President)
1967
as
1960
asIsuke Tsujikura
as
as
asProduction
Crew
Directing
