About

Known credits:
239
Birthday:
1907-09-17
Place of birth:
Gunma, Japan
Website:
N/A

Eijirō Tōno

Overview

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
1990 Tales of a Golden Geisha Actor Prime Minister 59
Average
1989 Days with Harasu Actor N/A
N/A
1989 Death of a Tea Master Actor Kokei 59
Average
1988 So What Actor N/A
N/A
1984 Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- Actor Narration (voice) 59
Average
1983 Adrift at Sea Actor N/A
N/A
1983 Choji Snack Bar Actor 59
Average
1983 I Lived, But... Actor Self 59
Average
1982 The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo Actor N/A
N/A
1981 The King and His Vassal Actor N/A
N/A
1979 The Last Game Actor N/A
N/A
1979 Hunter in the Dark Actor Shogen 59
Average
1978 Lord Mito Actor Tokugawa Mitsukuni 59
Average
1977 Island of Hell Actor Kaemon Kito 59
Average
1971 水戸黄門 第3部 Actor N/A
N/A
1971 The Battle of Okinawa Actor 59
Average
1970 Will to Conquer Actor N/A
N/A
1970 水戸黄門　第2部 Actor 70
Good
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Actor Admiral Chuici Nagumo 65
Fair
1969 Tora-san's Cherished Mother Actor Sanpo Sensei 59
Average
1969 水戸黄門　第１部 Actor 70
Good
1969 Goyokin Actor 60
Fair
1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps Actor Nakaji, Principal N/A
N/A
1968 Song of Vengeance Actor 看守Ａ 58
Average
1968 Horus: Prince of the Sun Actor Ganko (voice) 59
Average
1968 Kill! Actor Hyogo Moriuchi 60
Fair
1968 The Saga of Tanegashima Actor Kinbei Yaita 58
Average
1968 Wild Ducks and Green Onions Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Young Boss: Leader's Flesh Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Shogun and His Mistress 2 Actor Narrator 58
Average
1967 Monsieur Zivaco Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Three Faces of Love Actor Soga N/A
N/A
1967 Zatoichi's Cane Sword Actor Senzo 59
Average
1967 Journey to the North Actor Kichinosuke Kawara N/A
N/A
1966 The Great White Tower Actor 59
Average
1966 Dash to the Sun Actor N/A
N/A
1966 Lost Sex Actor Neighbor / Writer N/A
N/A
1966 Dynamite Doctor Actor Marshal N/A
N/A
1966 Four and A Half Mats Actor Uyu N/A
N/A
1966 Silence Has No Wings Actor 59
Average
1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 Actor Seizo N/A
N/A
1965 An Innocent Witch Actor 59
Average
1965 Blood and Sea Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Sword of the Beast Actor Minister 60
Fair
1965 The Spy Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Illusion of Blood Actor 59
Average
1965 Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko Actor N/A
N/A
1965 The Last Judgment Actor N/A
N/A
1965 Red Beard Actor Goheiji 68
Fair
1965 Samurai Assassin Actor Masagorō Kisoya 60
Fair
1965 Five Gents' Trick Book Actor N/A
N/A
1964 The Donkey Comes on a Tank Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Eddy Currents of Life Actor Shigesuke Hayashi N/A
N/A
1964 ホラ吹き太閤記 Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa Actor N/A
N/A
1964 The Naked Executive Actor Kosugi, president N/A
N/A
1964 A Story from Echigo Actor 59
Average
1964 Our Happiness Alone Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Pale Flower Actor Yasuoka 61
Fair
1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple Actor Haiya 59
Average
1963 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection Actor 59
Average
1963 Fight of the Gamblers Actor 59
Average
1963 Ukyunosuke on Patrol Actor 59
Average
1963 Tange Sazen Actor N/A
N/A
1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman Actor Akiharu 59
Average
1963 A House in the Quarter Actor 59
Average
1963 The Navy Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Actor Toyotomi Hideyoshi 59
Average
1963 Double Wedding Actor Goro N/A
N/A
1963 Life of Hishakaku 2 Actor 59
Average
1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai Actor Shibiku-Shosuke Hori 59
Average
1963 Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai Actor 59
Average
1963 The Sunshine Girl Actor 59
Average
1963 High and Low Actor Factory Worker 74
Good
1963 Girls Born in August Actor N/A
N/A
1963 Pressure of Guilt Actor 59
Average
1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Actor Sosuke Otomo 59
Average
1962 Born in Sin Actor N/A
N/A
1962 An Autumn Afternoon Actor Sakuma, The 'Gourd' 66
Fair
1962 The Great Wall Actor Li Tang 59
Average
1962 Mount Hakone Actor N/A
N/A
1962 The Man From the Sea Actor N/A
N/A
1962 This Madding Crowd Actor Grandpa Yoshi N/A
N/A
1962 Akitsu Hot Springs Actor 59
Average
1962 A Carpenter and Children Actor 59
Average
1962 The Bandits Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Facing to the Clouds Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Three Gentlemen from Tokyo Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Seinen no isu Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Foundry Town Actor Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) 59
Average
1962 Musume to watashi Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori Actor Tokugawa Ieyasu 59
Average
1962 Our Marriage Actor Father 59
Average
1962 続サラリーマン清水港 Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Season of Farewell Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Salaryman Shimizu Minato Actor N/A
N/A
1961 The Red Shadow Actor Jinzaburô Kamo 59
Average
1961 The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy Actor N/A
N/A
1961 早射ち無頼　大平原の男 Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Run, Genta, Run! Actor 59
Average
1961 Wind and waves of the South Actor Genji N/A
N/A
1961 Buddha Actor Suratha N/A
N/A
1961 The Last War Actor Captain Umehara 58
Average
1961 Boss Takes to the Road Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Immortal Love Actor Policeman 59
Average
1961 The Crimson Plains Actor Shinzô Okui N/A
N/A
1961 The Estuary Actor N/A
N/A
1961 The Orphan Brother Actor Sanshô Dayû (voice) 59
Average
1961 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Challenge to Live Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Fine Man Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Yojimbo Actor Gonji, Tavern Keeper 75
Good
1961 An Edo Magistrate Actor 59
Average
1961 The Masterless 47 – Part II Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Pigs and Battleships Actor Kan'ichi 60
Fair
1960 俺の故郷は大西部 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 The Masterless 47 Actor Gonosuke Kira N/A
N/A
1960 The War Without Weapons Actor N/A
N/A
1960 Wait for Tomorrow Actor Seisaku Kajiwara N/A
N/A
1960 The Pirates Actor 59
Average
1960 The Twilight Story Actor 59
Average
1960 Police Precinct Part 13 Actor N/A
N/A
1960 The Master Spearman Actor 59
Average
1960 The Man of Seven Faces Actor Genkichi Miyashita 58
Average
1960 The Gambling Samurai Actor Kansuke 59
Average
1960 The Great Road Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Actor Mieko's father N/A
N/A
1959 The Three Treasures Actor Ootomo 58
Average
1959 The Human Wall Actor 59
Average
1959 Ripe and Marriageable Actor Saemon, Hikari's father N/A
N/A
1959 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Actor 59
Average
1959 The Beast Shall Die Actor Detective Kuwashima 59
Average
1959 Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Good Morning Actor Hiroshi Tomizawa 65
Fair
1959 Diary of Forsaken Love Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan Actor Policeman 59
Average
1959 Kaze no uchi so to Actor N/A
N/A
1959 The Third Dead Angle Actor N/A
N/A
1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Actor 65
Fair
1959 The Stream of Youth Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Days of Evil Women Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Theater of Life Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Naked General Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Naked Sun Actor N/A
N/A
1958 A Grain of Wheat Actor Aisawa N/A
N/A
1958 Oban kanketsu hen Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind Actor N/A
N/A
1958 The Ballad of Narayama Actor Messenger 60
Fair
1958 Night Drum Actor 59
Average
1958 Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness Actor Chamberlain N/A
N/A
1958 Firefly Light Actor N/A
N/A
1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Actor Fugetsusai 58
Average
1957 Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer Actor N/A
N/A
1957 The Eleventh Hour Actor 59
Average
1957 Black River Actor Kurihara 59
Average
1957 The Story of Pure Love Actor 59
Average
1957 The Lower Depths Actor Tomekichi the Tinker 61
Fair
1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Actor Chaplin san N/A
N/A
1957 Untamed Woman Actor Oshima's father 59
Average
1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls Actor Fugetsusai 59
Average
1957 An Osaka Story Actor Gonzaemon Hoshino 59
Average
1957 Ôban Actor Chaplin-San N/A
N/A
1957 Rice Actor 59
Average
1957 Shimizu Port of Chivalry Actor Kansuke 59
Average
1956 Actress Actor N/A
N/A
1956 I Will Buy You Actor Ogushi 59
Average
1956 裸足の青春 Actor Shiimbei Hayashi N/A
N/A
1956 The Forest Is Alive Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Tears Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Night River Actor Yujiro Funaki 59
Average
1956 How Sorrowful Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin Actor N/A
N/A
1956 The Legend of the White Serpent Actor 58
Average
1956 Flowery Brothers Actor N/A
N/A
1956 Farewell to Dream Actor Yôichi's father, Genkichi 59
Average
1956 The Vampire Moth Actor Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô 58
Average
1956 White Fan Actor Takuetsu N/A
N/A
1956 Early Spring Actor Tokichi Hattori 61
Fair
1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Actor Baiken Shishido (uncredited) 61
Fair
1955 I Live in Fear Actor Old man from Brazil 61
Fair
1955 Floating Weeds Diary Actor Magoro Ichikawa 58
Average
1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Actor Baiken Shishido 61
Fair
1955 The Wolves Actor 59
Average
1955 Murder on The Last Train Actor N/A
N/A
1955 Twilight Saloon Actor Onizuka 59
Average
1955 Burden of Love Actor Jozo Araki 59
Average
1955 Here Is a Spring Actor 59
Average
1955 Policeman's Diary Actor Old man Murata 59
Average
1954 The Cock Crows Twice Actor N/A
N/A
1954 Women's House Actor N/A
N/A
1954 The Surf Actor Schoolmaster N/A
N/A
1954 The Black Current Actor N/A
N/A
1954 The Street Without Sun Actor President Kunio N/A
N/A
1954 Seven Samurai Actor Kidnapper 81
Very good
1954 The Glorious Days Actor N/A
N/A
1954 旗本退屈男　どくろ屋敷 Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Tokyo Story Actor Numata 74
Good
1953 Girls in the Orchard Actor N/A
N/A
1953 Hiroba no kōdoku Actor N/A
N/A
1953 The Wild Geese Actor Suezo 59
Average
1953 Shishun no izumi Actor Nakamura, a policeman N/A
N/A
1953 Wife Actor 59
Average
1953 Jûdai no seiten Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Fuun Senryobune Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete Actor Kozo Kawai N/A
N/A
1952 Beauty and the Thief Actor Jurota N/A
N/A
1952 Children of Hiroshima Actor 59
Average
1952 Sword for Hire Actor 59
Average
1952 The Yamabiko School Actor N/A
N/A
1952 Farewell to Spring Actor Sakichi Arakawa N/A
N/A
1951 Sasaki Kojiro Actor 59
Average
1951 風雲児 Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Freedom School Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Ginza Cosmetics Actor Hyôbei Sugano 59
Average
1951 Yasubei Nakayama Actor N/A
N/A
1951 Zoku Sasaki Kojiro Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma Actor N/A
N/A
1950 A Man from Akagi Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Heat and Mud Actor N/A
N/A
1950 Devil's Gold Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Rinchi Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Stray Dog Actor 64
Fair
1949 Late Night Confession Actor N/A
N/A
1949 Flame of My Love Actor State Councillor Itô 59
Average
1948 Apostasy Actor 59
Average
1948 A Woman in the Typhoon Area Actor Yoshii 59
Average
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako Actor 59
Average
1947 Marriage Actor Fumie's father 59
Average
1946 Morning for the Osone Family Actor Ippei Yamaka 59
Average
1945 Izu no musumetachi Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Otome no iru kichi Actor N/A
N/A
1944 Army Actor Sakuragi 59
Average
1944 Jubilation Street Actor Shingo’s father 59
Average
1944 Sinking the Unsinkable Actor N/A
N/A
1943 Navy Actor Teacher Ogata N/A
N/A
1943 Port of Flowers Actor Hayashida 59
Average