Eijirō Tōno
Acting
🎂 1907-09-17
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).
Cast credits(260)
Kidnapper
1954
Numata
1953
Factory Worker
1963
Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961
1949
Tokichi Hattori
1956
Goheiji
1965
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962
1969
1971
1947
Oshima's father
1957
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1970
1970
Nakaji, Principal
1968
1963
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1956
Ganko (voice)
1968
Baiken Shishido
1955
1959
Yasuoka
1964
Kaemon Kito
1977
Senzo
1967
Tomekichi the Tinker
1957
Prime Minister
1990
Old man from Brazil
1955
1971
Messenger
1958
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
1963
Kan'ichi
1961
Suratha
1961
Shogen
1979
Masagorō Kisoya
1965
Li Tang
1962
1952
Kokei
1989
Hyogo Moriuchi
1968
Minister
1965
1962
Ootomo
1959
1958
1969
Captain Umehara
1961
1957
Policeman
1961
1948
1983
Fugetsusai
1957
1966
Kurihara
1957
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962
1956
看守Ａ
1968
1963
1959
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963
Sakichi Arakawa
1952
Schoolmaster
1954
1961
1962
Akiharu
1963
1979
Self
1983
1966
1951
1954
Kinbei Yaita
1968
1963
1960
1956
Sakuragi
1944
Hyôbei Sugano
1951
1952
Ippei Yamaka
1946
1957
1958
Suezo
1953
1963
1962
Hayashida
1943
Haiya
1964
Genkichi Miyashita
1960
1957
President Kunio
1954
Detective Kuwashima
1959
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956
1953
Seizo
1965
1963
Onizuka
1955
1954
1960
1959
1961
1962
Kosugi, president
1964
Old man Murata
1955
Sosuke Otomo
1963
1963
Goro
1963
Kozo Kawai
1952
1963
1956
1945
1945
1959
1963
Ogushi
1956
Shingo’s father
1944
1967
1965
1956
Shigesuke Hayashi
1964
1961
Grandpa Yoshi
1962
Neighbor / Writer
1966
1958
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1978
1963
1961
Soga
1967
1955
1955
1944
Genji
1961
1961
1953
1962
1959
1958
Kansuke
1957
Yujiro Funaki
1956
1958
1953
Seisaku Kajiwara
1960
1960
1960
1960
1965
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
1960
Magoro Ichikawa
1955
1957
Chaplin san
1957
Shinzô Okui
1961
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962
1963
1949
1967
1970
1961
1962
1951
Takuetsu
1956
1962
1950
1983
1961
1959
Chamberlain
1958
Isuke Tsujikura
1960
1947
1964
1950
Chaplin-San
1957
1962
1966
Saemon, Hikari's father
1959
Gonosuke Kira
1960
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
1969
1959
1951
1964
1951
1962
1952
1962
1960
Mieko's father
1959
1958
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
1969
1954
Kichinosuke Kawara
1967
1950
Narration (voice)
1984
1981
1967
1962
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
1961
1968
Jozo Araki
1955
1961
Teacher Ogata
1943
1956
1958
1950
1961
Shiimbei Hayashi
1956
1967
1962
1967
Sanpo Sensei
1969
1960
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1966
Aisawa
1958
1965
1989
1961
1965
Father
1962
1965
1959
1982
Nakamura, a policeman
1953
1965
Uyu
1966
Policeman
1959
1954
1961
Kansuke
1960
1988
1957
Fumie's father
1947
1965
1955
Fugetsusai
1958
1965
Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957
Jinzaburô Kamo
1961
1952
1951
1960
1959
Yoshii
1948
1962
1963
1964
1964
1964
1958
1949
Narrator
1967
State Councillor Itô
1949
Jurota
1952
1970
1954
1959
1956
1960
1964
1958
Takeyunosuke Gōji
1970
Marshal
1966
1950
1952
1965
1961
Gōji Keinosuke
1970
1956