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Eijirō Tōno

1907 - 1994 (age 86) • Acting

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

Horus: Prince of the Sun

64%

Ganko (voice)

1968

Kill!

70%

Hyogo Moriuchi

1968

Sword of the Beast

75%

Minister

1965

Samurai Assassin

73%

Masagorō Kisoya

1965

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

74%

Senzo

1967

Black River

70%

Kurihara

1957

Akitsu Hot Springs

65%

Priest

1962

I Will Buy You

71%

Ogushi

1956

Tales of a Golden Geisha

62%

Prime Minister

1990

Days with Harasu

1989

Death of a Tea Master

56%

Kokei

1989

So What

70%
1988

Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-

58%

Narration (voice)

1984

Adrift at Sea

1983

Choji Snack Bar

74%
1983

I Lived, But...

68%

Self

1983

The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo

1982

The King and His Vassal

1981

The Last Game

90%
1979

Hunter in the Dark

63%

Shogen

1979

Lord Mito

98%

Tokugawa Mitsukuni

1978

Island of Hell

62%

Kaemon Kito

1977

水戸黄門 第3部

Unknown

1971

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

100%

Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

1971

The Battle of Okinawa

78%

Yoshijirō Umezu

1971

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff

70%

Keinosuke Takamatsu

1971

Will to Conquer

Sezaemon

1970

水戸黄門 第2部

100%

Unknown

1970

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang

90%

Gōji Keinosuke

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

72%

Admiral Chuici Nagumo

1970

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

80%

Takeyunosuke Gōji

1970

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

68%

Sanpo Sensei

1969

水戸黄門 第1部

100%

Unknown

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

70%

Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

1969

Goyokin

75%
1969

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