Eijirō Tōno
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Film
Seven Samurai
Kidnapper
1954
Film
High and Low
Factory Worker
1963
Film
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1970
Film
Tokyo Story
Numata
1953
Film
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961
Film
Red Beard
Goheiji
1965
Series
It's Tough Being a Man
1968
Film
Stray Dog
1949
Film
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Film
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Yoshii
1948
Film
Flame of My Love
State Councillor Itô
1949
Film
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko (voice)
1968
Film
An Innocent Witch
1965
Film
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962
Film
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Policeman
1959
Film
Good Morning
Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959
Film
The Naked General
1958
Film
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1956
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
Film
Dynamite Doctor
Marshal
1966
Film
The Ballad of Narayama
Messenger
1958
Film
A Man from Akagi
1950
Film
Flowery Brothers
1956
Film
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
1977
Film
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Film
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Film
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Film
So What
1988
Film
Kazanmyaku
1950
Film
Will to Conquer
1970
Film
The Red Shadow
Jinzaburô Kamo
1961
Film
The Black Current
1954
Film
Beauty and the Thief
Jurota
1952
Film
Burden of Love
Jozo Araki
1955
Film
Pale Flower
Yasuoka
1964
Film
The Yamabiko School
1952
Film
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
Film
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Chobei the Rogue
1949
Film
The Last War
Captain Umehara
1961
Film
The Orphan Brother
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
1961
Film
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Film
Early Spring
Tokichi Hattori
1956
Film
Goyokin
1969
Film
An Osaka Story
Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957
Film
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
1990
Film
A House in the Quarter
1963
Film
Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
1961
Film
Buddha
Suratha
1961
Film
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
1979
Film
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Baiken Shishido
1955
Film
Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
1966
Film
The Lower Depths
Tomekichi the Tinker
1957
Film
A Story from Echigo
1964
Film
Samurai Assassin
Masagorō Kisoya
1965
Film
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Fugetsusai
1958
Film
Just Barely
1960
Film
The Last Judgment
1965
Film
Sword of the Beast
Minister
1965
Film
The Three Treasures
Ootomo
1959
Film
I Live in Fear
Old man from Brazil
1955
Film
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
1967
Film
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Film
Asashio yushio
1956
Film
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Film
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Film
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
Film
Untamed Woman
Oshima's father
1957
Film
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Film
Port of Flowers
Hayashida
1943
Film
The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
1960
Series
水戸黄門 第3部
1971
Himitsu
1952
Film
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Film
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
1963
Film
Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
1968
Film
The Great Wall
Li Tang
1962
Film
Tears
1956
Film
Waseda University
Guest Nomura
1953
Film
The Street Without Sun
President Kunio
1954
Film
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Seizo
1965
Film
Marriage
Fumie's father
1947
Film
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Fugetsusai
1957
Film
Mount Hakone
1962
Film
Army
Sakuragi
1944
Film
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
1963
Film
Black River
Kurihara
1957
Film
The Great White Tower
Professor Teizō Azuma
1966
Film
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
1969
Murder on the Last Train
1955
Film
The Beast Shall Die
Detective Kuwashima
1959
Film
Immortal Love
Policeman
1961
Film
Duel at Moonrise
1947
Film
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
1962
Film
Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
1989
Film
The Young Beast
1958
Film
Undercurrent
Yujiro Funaki
1956
Film
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
Film
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Film
Illusion of Blood
1965
Film
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963
Film
Ginza Cosmetics
Hyôbei Sugano
1951
Film
As If To Kill
1948
Film
Kill the Night Rose
1966
Film
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Haiya
1964
Film
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Film
Turtledove
1957
Film
Princess of Revenge
1958
Film
The Sunshine Girl
1963
Film
The Vampire Moth
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956
Film
The Tattoo Murder Case
1953
Film
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
1967
Film
Rinchi
1949
Film
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
1963
Film
Jubilation Street
Shingo’s father
1944
Film
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Chamberlain
1958
Film
Night Drum
1958
Film
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Film
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Film
The Navy
1963
Film
Morning for the Osone Family
Ippei Yamaka
1946
Film
The Human Wall
1959
Film
I Will Buy You
Ogushi
1956
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
Film
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
1960
Film
Sanctuary
1961
Film
High Teen
1959
Film
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Film
Beautiful Days
Imanishi's Father
1955
Film
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Film
The Wolves
1955
Film
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Film
Actress
1956
Film
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Film
Foundry Town
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962
Film
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Kansuke
1957
Film
Four and A Half Mats
Uyu
1966
Film
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Film
Apostasy
1948
Film
Twilight Saloon
Onizuka
1955
Film
Fine Man
1961
Film
Rice
1957
Film
A Public Benefactor
1964
Film
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Akiharu
1963
Film
Our Marriage
Father
1962
Film
Sword for Hire
1952
Film
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Film
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Film
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Film
Hateful Things
Keisuke Kiyama
1957
Film
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Film
The Man of Seven Faces
Genkichi Miyashita
1960
Film
Policeman's Diary
Old man Murata
1955
Film
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Film
The Surf
Schoolmaster
1954
Film
This Madding Crowd
Grandpa Yoshi
1962
Film
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Film
Three Faces of Love
Soga
1967
Film
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Gōji Keinosuke
1970
How Sorrowful
1956
Film
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
Film
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
Film
Lord Mito
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1978
Film
Goal for the Young
1967
Film
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Series
水戸黄門 第１部
1969
Film
Floating Weeds Diary
Magoro Ichikawa
1955
Film
The Young Women of Izu
1945
Film
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Film
The Wild Geese
Suezo
1953
Film
Born in Sin
1962
Film
The Spy
1965
Film
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Film
Wait for Tomorrow
Seisaku Kajiwara
1960
Film
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Film
The Flame of Youth
1968
Film
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
Film
Love on Rainbow Island
Shiimbei Hayashi
1956
Film
Adrift at Sea
1983
Film
The King and His Vassal
1981
Film
Tange Sazen
1963
Film
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
1964
Film
Here Is a Spring
1955
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
Film
A Grain of Wheat
Aisawa
1958
Film
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Film
Season of Farewell
1962
Film
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Film
The War Without Weapons
1960
Film
Ripe and Marriageable
Saemon, Hikari's father
1959
Film
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
Film
The Naked Executive
Kosugi, president
1964
Film
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Film
Ôban
Chaplin-San
1957
Film
The Saga of Tanegashima
Kinbei Yaita
1968
Film
The Bandits
1962
Film
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Film
The Last Game
1979
Film
Double Wedding
Goro
1963
Film
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Film
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Film
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
The Man From the Sea
1962
Film
The Burning Sun
1967
Film
Navy
Teacher Ogata
1943
Film
Women's House
1954
Film
The Twilight Story
1960
Film
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Film
Firefly Light
1958
Film
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Nakaji, Principal
1968
Film
Challenge to Live
1961
Film
Days with Harasu
1989
Film
The Pirates
1960
Film
The Master Spearman
1960
Film
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Mouri
1958
Film
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Film
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Film
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
1960
Film
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Film
Musume to watashi
1962
Film
The Naked Sun
1958
Film
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962
Film
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Takeyunosuke Gōji
1970
Film
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
Film
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Film
Theater of Life
1958
Film
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
1971
Film
The Great Road
1960
Film
Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
1953
Series
水戸黄門 第2部
1970
Film
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Isuke Tsujikura
1960
Film
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
Film
The Masterless 47
Gonosuke Kira
1960
Film
A Company President's Life Story
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1966
Film
白さぎと少年
Narrator (voice)
1964
Film
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
Film
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
Film
For This We Fight
1961
Film
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Film
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
Film
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Film
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
Film
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
Film
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Film
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Film
Freedom School
1951
Film
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Film
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
Film
Our Happiness Alone
1964
Film
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
1969
Film
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
Film
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
Film
The Estuary
1961
Film
Seinen no isu
1962
Film
The Man from the Moon
1951
Film
The Glorious Days
1954
Film
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
1967
Film
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Film
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Kozo Kawai
1952
Film
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Film
The Stream of Youth
1959
Film
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Film
Dash to the Sun
1966
Late Night Confession
1949
Film
Girls Born in August
1963
Film
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
Film
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Film
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
Film
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
1961
White Fan
Takuetsu
1956
Film
Heat and Mud
1950
Film
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
Film
Devil's Gold
1950
Film
The Brass General
1960
Film
Start Here
President Sagara
1965
Film
The Third Dead Angle
1959
Film
The Sandal Keeper
1964
Film
The Bride from Japan
Mieko's father
1959
Film
The Forest Is Alive
1956
Film
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Film
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Keinosuke Takamatsu
1971
Film
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
Film
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Film
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
Film
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chaplin san
1957
Film
The Crimson Plains
Shinzô Okui
1961
Film
Farewell to Spring
Sakichi Arakawa
1952
Film
Blood and Sea
1965
Film
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
Film
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Film
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956
Film
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
1969
Film
The Sea of Eden
1963
Film
Song of Vengeance
看守Ａ
1968
Film
風雲児
1951
Film
Ajisai no uta
1960
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Narration (voice)
1984
Film
The Curio Master
1960