About

Known credits:
261
Birthday:
1915-10-17
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Taiji Tonoyama

Overview

Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.

Known for

Acting
1989 Thousand Cranes Actor N/A
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1989 Black Rain Actor Old Priest 61
Fair
1989 War and Flowers Actor N/A
N/A
1988 Tomorrow Actor Storekeeper 59
Average
1988 Tokyo Pop Actor Grandfather 59
Average
1988 Sakura-tai Chiru Actor 59
Average
1987 Hawaiian Dream Actor Shokichi Shimamura N/A
N/A
1987 Hachiko Actor Hashimoto 63
Fair
1987 Zegen Actor Shimada 59
Average
1987 River of Fireflies Actor N/A
N/A
1986 Tree Without Leaves Actor 59
Average
1986 Jazz Daimyo Actor Gensai 59
Average
1985 The Seburi Story Actor Kamezo 59
Average
1985 Nuclear Gypsies Actor 59
Average
1985 Song of the Spring Pony Actor 59
Average
1984 Location Actor Inumaru N/A
N/A
1984 The Horizon Actor Tanimoto N/A
N/A
1983 Legend of the Eight Samurai Actor Hikojii 58
Average
1983 Dark Room Actor Doctor(医師) 58
Average
1983 The Ballad of Narayama Actor Teruyan 62
Fair
1983 Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha Actor N/A
N/A
1983 The Bored Samurai Actor Father of Ogin N/A
N/A
1983 Oiran Actor Hachibei 59
Average
1982 Tora-san, the Expert Actor 59
Average
1982 Irezumi Actor Horiatsu 58
Average
1982 A Ghost Love Story of Japan Actor N/A
N/A
1982 On the Road Actor 59
Average
1982 A Pool Without Water Actor Pharmacist 58
Average
1981 Fifth Movement Actor N/A
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1981 Edo Porn Actor Tattooist 59
Average
1981 Day Dream Actor Guard 58
Average
1981 Fruits of Passion Actor Customer 58
Average
1981 Kinagashi Bugyō Actor N/A
N/A
1981 Yokohama BJ Blues Actor Isao Hori 59
Average
1981 Muddy River Actor Man on Festival Boat 59
Average
1981 Why Not? Actor Jyosyuya 59
Average
1981 Tetsugen Actor N/A
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1980 Daughter of Time Actor Fireworks Hand 2 N/A
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1980 Until Evening Actor Restaurant's Owner N/A
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1980 Child of the Sun Actor N/A
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1980 Nurse's Husband Actor N/A
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1980 A-Un Actor N/A
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1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring Actor 59
Average
1979 Faraway Tomorrow Actor N/A
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1979 The Strangling Actor 59
Average
1979 Golden Partners Actor Bend master N/A
N/A
1979 Vengeance Is Mine Actor Tanejiro Shibata 62
Fair
1979 The Fall of Teenager Actor 58
Average
1978 Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo Actor N/A
N/A
1978 Empire of Passion Actor Toichiro 60
Fair
1978 Love and Faith Actor 59
Average
1978 Junko's Bliss Actor Taizô Sakata 59
Average
1978 幽霊列車 Actor N/A
N/A
1977 Ballad of Orin Actor Mountain Man 59
Average
1977 Tomorrow Evening Actor N/A
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1977 The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro Actor 58
Average
1977 The Far Road Actor 59
Average
1977 Seasonal Wind Actor N/A
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1977 Eros Eterna Actor 58
Average
1977 Case of the Disjointed Murder Actor N/A
N/A
1977 The Gate of Youth Part 2 Actor 59
Average
1977 Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow Actor Sôiku 59
Average
1976 In the Realm of the Senses Actor Old Beggar 62
Fair
1976 Hobo General Actor N/A
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1975 Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment Actor Kinetarô Kitamura N/A
N/A
1975 Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 Actor The Master N/A
N/A
1975 Housewife's Experience: Tenement Actor Harukichi N/A
N/A
1975 A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse Actor Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager) 59
Average
1974 Evening Primrose Actor Genji's father 59
Average
1974 The Last Swordsman Actor 59
Average
1974 The Castle of Sand Actor Publican at Ebisu 60
Fair
1974 The Homeless Actor 59
Average
1974 Red Light District: Gonna Get Out Actor Kofukuya's Owner 59
Average
1974 My Way Actor Yoshizo Kawamura 59
Average
1974 The Key Actor 59
Average
1974 Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya Actor Tonomura N/A
N/A
1974 Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama Actor Sex Show Manager N/A
N/A
1973 The Heart Actor S's Father 59
Average
1973 Stray Dog Actor 59
Average
1973 Love Lost in Tears Actor N/A
N/A
1973 Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby Actor Shimamura 59
Average
1973 Hell Riders in Kyoto Actor N/A
N/A
1973 A Woman’s Road Actor N/A
N/A
1973 Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer Actor Shimamura 59
Average
1973 Time Within Memory Actor 59
Average
1973 Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa Actor Ippei N/A
N/A
1973 Did the Red Bird Escape? Actor 59
Average
1973 Sex and Fury Actor Tokuzô Kasai 59
Average
1973 Deeper Than Blue Actor Shunkai N/A
N/A
1972 Hymn Actor Harumatsu 59
Average
1972 Afternoon Affair: Rear Window Actor Nomura 59
Average
1972 The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats Actor N/A
N/A
1972 祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！ Actor N/A
N/A
1972 Dear Summer Sister Actor Takuzo Sakurada 58
Average
1972 Turtle Geisha Actor Ishibashi 58
Average
1972 The Lucky Status Symbol Actor N/A
N/A
1972 The Erotomaniac Daimyo Actor 58
Average
1972 The Iron Crown Actor Physiognomist 58
Average
1972 Ai yori aoku Actor 俊界和尚 N/A
N/A
1972 The Rendezvous Actor Murai 59
Average
1971 Silence Actor Prison guard 59
Average
1971 Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha Actor 59
Average
1971 Evil Spirits in the Darkness Actor 59
Average
1971 The Ceremony Actor Old Chief 59
Average
1971 Onna no Iji Actor Nakano N/A
N/A
1971 King of Pornography Actor 59
Average
1971 King of the Widow-Killers Actor N/A
N/A
1970 Evil Spirits of Japan Actor Pachinko owner 59
Average
1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Actor 59
Average
1970 Hooligans on Buggies Actor N/A
N/A
1970 The Kingpin of Fair Ladies Actor N/A
N/A
1970 The Revelation of a Geisha Actor 58
Average
1970 Yukyo-retsuden Actor 59
Average
1970 Strange Affinity Actor N/A
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1970 Attack at Daylight Actor Saeki 59
Average
1969 Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting Actor N/A
N/A
1968 East China Sea Actor N/A
N/A
1968 Strong Women, Weak Men Actor Zenzo N/A
N/A
1968 Three Resurrected Drunkards Actor Old man 58
Average
1968 Kuroneko Actor Farmer 63
Fair
1968 The House of the Sleeping Virgins Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Japanese Summer: Double Suicide Actor 58
Average
1967 Libido Actor N/A
N/A
1966 Drunken Harbor Actor Doctor N/A
N/A
1966 The Little Runaway Actor 58
Average
1966 Lost Sex Actor Gonpachi N/A
N/A
1966 Violence at Noon Actor School director 59
Average
1966 Captive's Island Actor 59
Average
1966 Dynamite Doctor Actor Chairman N/A
N/A
1966 Ohanahan Actor 溝呂木老人 N/A
N/A
1966 The Pornographers Actor Father 60
Fair
1966 Kokoro no sanmyaku Actor N/A
N/A
1966 The Betrayers Out! Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Conquest Actor Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura N/A
N/A
1965 An Innocent Witch Actor 59
Average
1965 Seisaku's Wife Actor Retired Man 59
Average
1965 The Start of Life Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Onibaba Actor Ushi 67
Fair
1964 Intentions of Murder Actor Beret Musician 60
Fair
1964 Samurai from Nowhere Actor 59
Average
1964 A Story from Echigo Actor 59
Average
1964 The Irresponsible Fool Actor 59
Average
1964 The Desperate Actor 59
Average
1963 Kiri ni Kieta Hito Actor N/A
N/A
1963 The School Cap Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Kanto Wanderer Actor Boss Izu 59
Average
1963 The Insect Woman Actor Foreman 60
Fair
1963 Mother Actor Tajima 59
Average
1963 Bamboo Doll of Echizen Actor Monk 59
Average
1963 18 Roughs Actor Murata 59
Average
1963 Black Report Actor Shinsaku Tsuda 59
Average
1963 Beyond the Green Hills Actor N/A
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1962 The King Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Human Actor Kamegoro 59
Average
1962 Chibusa o daku musume tachi Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Fresh Leaves Actor Zenkichi Segawa N/A
N/A
1962 The Young and Bad Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Akitsu Hot Springs Actor 59
Average
1962 Song of a Traveller Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Foundry Town Actor Matsunaga 59
Average
1962 Tales of President Mito Actor President Toyotomi N/A
N/A
1962 Stolen Pleasure Actor Goro 59
Average
1962 I am the Judge Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Season of Farewell Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Nippon no obaachan Actor N/A
N/A
1962 大吉ぼんのう鏡 Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Love's Family Tree Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Blind Devotion Actor Hikozo N/A
N/A
1961 Pigs and Battleships Actor Chen 60
Fair
1961 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 Actor Kotani N/A
N/A
1960 The Naked Island Actor Senta 63
Fair
1960 Wait for Tomorrow Actor Inosuke Uematsu N/A
N/A
1960 Sixteen years old Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Internees of Kampili Actor N/A
N/A
1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Irohanihoheto Actor N/A
N/A
1960 One Passed Through Hell Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Secret Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Knock Down Actor N/A
N/A
1959 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Actor Kumakichi Takeda N/A
N/A
1959 My Second Brother Actor Hemmi Gengoro 59
Average
1959 The Human Wall Actor 59
Average
1959 A Killed Stewardess: White or Black Actor Detective Machida N/A
N/A
1959 Four Hours of Terror Actor Teppei Sasada 59
Average
1959 Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Good Morning Actor Pushy Man 65
Fair
1959 Tokyo no Kodoku Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan Actor 59
Average
1959 Whistling in the morning Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5 Actor 59
Average
1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Actor 65
Fair
1958 Endless Desire Actor Ramen shop owner 59
Average
1958 The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow Actor Masumura N/A
N/A
1958 Underwater Murder Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Boy Who Came Back Actor 59
Average
1958 Night Drum Actor 59
Average
1958 Wind, Woman and Road Actor Kenta 59
Average
1958 Hobo Village Actor N/A
N/A
1957 On This Earth Actor Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle N/A
N/A
1957 Temptation Actor Tobe 59
Average
1957 Harbor Rats Actor N/A
N/A
1957 A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era Actor Kurazo 59
Average
1957 Who's The Real Killer Actor Frank N/A
N/A
1957 The Champion Actor Pote-chan 59
Average
1957 Birth of a Jazz Maiden Actor Senkichi Hanamura N/A
N/A
1957 Muhō Ichidai Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Actress Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Dotanba Actor 59
Average
1956 Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers Actor Doctor Otsuki N/A
N/A
1956 The Shadow of Fear Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Nikoyon monogatari Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Our Town Actor Shime 59
Average
1956 Shiawase wa doko ni Actor Shokichi N/A
N/A
1956 快傑耶茶坊 Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Darkness at Noon Actor Uhei Matsumura 59
Average
1956 Love is Lost Actor Gensaku 59
Average
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2 Actor 59
Average
1955 The Beauty and the Dragon Actor N/A
N/A
1955 Three Faces Actor N/A
N/A
1955 Ai Sureba Koso Actor Bartender (segment 1) N/A
N/A
1955 The Wolves Actor 59
Average
1955 Burden of Love Actor Mr. Yamaguchi 59
Average
1955 Policeman's Diary Actor Patrolman Kuramochi 59
Average
1955 The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Turbid youth Actor N/A
N/A
1954 The Ditch Actor 59
Average
1954 The Street Without Sun Actor Gen'ichi Inoue N/A
N/A
1954 Cape Ashizuri Actor N/A
N/A
1954 The End of a Day Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Koina no Ginpei Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Gate of Hell Actor Kakisuke 60
Fair
1953 Before Dawn Actor Risaburo N/A
N/A
1953 Yokubo Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Miniature Actor Yamada 59
Average
1953 Murahachibu Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Reminiscence Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Tower of Lilies Actor 59
Average
1952 Today is Payday Actor President of Akabane Construction N/A
N/A
1952 Violence Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Children of Hiroshima Actor Owner of a ship 59
Average
1952 Sisters of Nishijin Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Dedication of the Great Buddha Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Izayoi kaidō Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Story of a Beloved Wife Actor 59
Average
1951 限りなき情熱 Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Who Will Judge Me? Actor N/A
N/A
1951 The White Orchid Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Clothes of Deception Actor Kasama 59
Average
1950 Scandal Actor Aoye's friend 60
Fair
1950 Street of Violence Actor Ango Shindo 58
Average
1950 Spring Snow Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest Actor Waretsuku N/A
N/A
1948 The Most Beautiful Day of My Life Actor N/A
N/A
1948 Great X Actor Matsushita N/A
N/A
1948 Drunken Angel Actor Shop Proprietor 64
Fair
1948 Temptation Actor 59
Average
1948 Shachō to onna tenin Actor N/A
N/A
1947 The Ball at the Anjo House Actor Yoshida 59
Average
1947 Record of a Tenement Gentleman Actor Photographer 60
Fair
1941 The Battle of Kawanakajima Actor Rokuzô Ôkuma N/A
N/A