Eijirō Tōno
Acting
Born: 1907-09-17 in Tomioka, Japon
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).
Known For
Seven Samurai
Kidnapper
High and Low
Factory Worker
Yojimbo
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Tokyo Story
Numata
Journey to the North
Kichinosuke Kawara
Island of Hell
Kaemon Kito
Red Beard
Goheiji
The Brawler
Section Chief Kitaura
An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
Wind and waves of the South
Genji
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
A House in the Quarter
The Man From the Sea
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Tears
The Bride is Fifteen
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
A Carpenter and Children
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Narrator
Facing to the Clouds
Eddy Currents of Life
Shigesuke Hayashi
Blood and Sea
For This We Fight
The War Without Weapons
Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
Here Is a Spring
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
The Cards Will Tell
The Black Current
Seinen no isu
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Kill the Night Rose
Akitsu Hot Springs
Priest
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
