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).
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Full filmography
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Kidnapper
- High and Low (1963) as Factory Worker
- Yojimbo (1961) as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Numata
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
- Red Beard (1965) as Goheiji
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
- Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) as Ganko (voice)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
- Good Morning (1959) as Hiroshi Tomizawa
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
- The Lower Depths (1957) as Tomekichi the Tinker
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
- Buddha (1961) as Suratha
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Ootomo
- I Live in Fear (1955) as Old man from Brazil
- Island of Hell (1977) as Kaemon Kito
- Pale Flower (1964) as Yasuoka
- Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Kan'ichi
- A House in the Quarter (1963)
- Early Spring (1956) as Tokichi Hattori
- The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
- Untamed Woman (1957) as Oshima's father