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(262)
Kidnapper
1954
Keinosuke Takamatsu
1971
Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
1971
1957
Factory Worker
1963
Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961
Gōji Keinosuke
1970
Takeyunosuke Gōji
1970
1981
Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1966
Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1970
1963
1961
Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
1969
Numata
1953
1964
1961
1983
Grandpa Yoshi
1962
1961
1960
Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
1969
Goheiji
1965
1952
1962
1967
1963
1965
1957
1982
Nakaji, Principal
1968
Prime Minister
1990
1960
1959
1963
1983
Tomekichi the Tinker
1957
1949
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956
1970
Jurota
1952
1959
Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959
1959
1963
1968
1961
Uyu
1966
Shogen
1979
1960
1963
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963
Sanpo Sensei
1969
1956
1965
Hyogo Moriuchi
1968
Kokei
1989
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962
1952
Suezo
1953
Father
1962
1961
1958
1964
1955
Haiya
1964
Kurihara
1957
Magoro Ichikawa
1955
1960
Kan'ichi
1961
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1956
Soga
1967
1951
Mieko's father
1959
Isuke Tsujikura
1960
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
1961
Ootomo
1959
Tokichi Hattori
1956
Messenger
1958
Shinzô Okui
1961
Baiken Shishido
1955
1962
Captain Umehara
1961
Old man from Brazil
1955
Seizo
1965
1961
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
1960
Jozo Araki
1955
1958
1957
1962
1969
1971
1960
Old man Murata
1955
1966
1954
1958
Minister
1965
1958
Chaplin san
1957
1966
1951
1961
Hyôbei Sugano
1951
1979
Ganko (voice)
1968
1970
1962
Sakichi Arakawa
1952
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
1963
1956
1960
Chamberlain
1958
Aisawa
1958
1956
1965
1963
Kaemon Kito
1977
Yasuoka
1964
1966
Chaplin-San
1957
1949
1952
Marshal
1966
1958
Self
1983
1956
1953
1965
Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957
1956
1959
Genkichi Miyashita
1960
1963
President Kunio
1954
1950
1965
Hayashida
1943
Ippei Yamaka
1946
Kansuke
1960
1953
1951
1950
1963
1954
Ogushi
1956
1951
Detective Kuwashima
1959
Masagorō Kisoya
1965
Kozo Kawai
1952
Shigesuke Hayashi
1964
Sosuke Otomo
1963
Oshima's father
1957
Yoshii
1948
1962
1969
1988
1959
1950
1947
1959
1960
Fugetsusai
1957
Goro
1963
Akiharu
1963
1965
Shiimbei Hayashi
1956
State Councillor Itô
1949
1955
1955
1950
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962
Senzo
1967
1963
1948
1957
Neighbor / Writer
1966
1956
1961
1967
1967
1954
Suratha
1961
1945
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956
1962
1962
Policeman
1959
1957
1965
1953
Sakuragi
1944
Kansuke
1957
Fugetsusai
1958
1962
1963
Policeman
1961
Yujiro Funaki
1956
1964
Fumie's father
1947
1959
Onizuka
1955
Schoolmaster
1954
Priest
1962
1952
1961
Shingo’s father
1944
1956
Nakamura, a policeman
1953
Gonosuke Kira
1960
1962
Teacher Ogata
1943
1959
1959
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962
1965
1964
Genji
1961
Li Tang
1962
1970
1961
Kichinosuke Kawara
1967
1958
1967
Takuetsu
1956
1951
1958
Kosugi, president
1964
1962
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1978
Jinzaburô Kamo
1961
1954
1971
1960
看守Ａ
1968
1967
1960
1950
1961
Saemon, Hikari's father
1959
1944
1945
1962
1952
Kinbei Yaita
1968
1959
1962
1947
1964
1954
1963
1961
1958
1964
Seisaku Kajiwara
1960
Narrator
1967
1989
Narration (voice)
1984
1965
1949
1958