Eijirō Tōno
Age: N/A | From: Gunma, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Tōno Eijirō , Эйдзиро Тоно , 东野英治郎
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 88
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Seven Samurai
(1954) Kidnapper
High and Low
(1963) Factory Worker
Yojimbo
(1961) Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Tokyo Story
(1953) Numata
Death of a Tea Master
(1989) Kokei
Farewell to Dream
(1956) Yôichi's father, Genkichi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
(1969) Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
Our Marriage
(1962) FatherActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Prime Minister | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| Kokei | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Narration (voice) | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
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| Self | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Shogen | ||
| 1978 | Tokugawa Mitsukuni | |
| 1977 | Kaemon Kito | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
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| Keinosuke Takamatsu | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
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| Gōji Keinosuke | ||
| Admiral Chuici Nagumo | ||
| Takeyunosuke Gōji | ||
| 1969 | Sanpo Sensei | |
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| Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO) | ||
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| Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles) | ||
| 1968 | Nakaji, Principal | |
| 看守Ａ | ||
| Ganko (voice) | ||
| Hyogo Moriuchi | ||
| Kinbei Yaita | ||
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| 1967 | N/A | |
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| Narrator | ||
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| Soga | ||
| Senzo | ||
| Kichinosuke Kawara | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
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| Neighbor / Writer | ||
| Marshal | ||
| Uyu | ||
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| Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President) | ||
| 1965 | Seizo | |
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| Minister | ||
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| Goheiji | ||
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| Masagorō Kisoya | ||
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| 1964 | N/A | |
| Shigesuke Hayashi | ||
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| Kosugi, president | ||
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| Yasuoka | ||
| Haiya | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
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| Akiharu | ||
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| Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ||
| Goro | ||
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| Shibiku-Shosuke Hori | ||
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| Factory Worker | ||
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| Sosuke Otomo | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Sakuma, The 'Gourd' | ||
| Li Tang | ||
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| Grandpa Yoshi | ||
| Priest | ||
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| Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) | ||
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| Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||
| Father | ||
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| 1961 | Jinzaburô Kamo | |
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| Genji | ||
| Suratha | ||
| Captain Umehara | ||
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| Policeman | ||
| Shinzô Okui | ||
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| Sanshô Dayû (voice) | ||
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| Gonji, Tavern Keeper | ||
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| Kan'ichi | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| Gonosuke Kira | ||
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| Seisaku Kajiwara | ||
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| Isuke Tsujikura | ||
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| Genkichi Miyashita | ||
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| Kansuke | ||
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| Isuke Tsujikura (President) | ||
| 1959 | Mieko's father | |
| Ootomo | ||
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| Saemon, Hikari's father | ||
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| Detective Kuwashima | ||
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| Hiroshi Tomizawa | ||
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| Policeman | ||
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| 1958 | N/A | |
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| Aisawa | ||
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| Messenger | ||
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| Chamberlain | ||
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| Fugetsusai | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
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| Kurihara | ||
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| Tomekichi the Tinker | ||
| Chaplin san | ||
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| Oshima's father | ||
| Keisuke kiyama | ||
| Fugetsusai | ||
| Gonzaemon Hoshino | ||
| Chaplin-San | ||
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| Kansuke | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Ogushi | ||
| Shiimbei Hayashi | ||
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| Yujiro Funaki | ||
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| Yôichi's father, Genkichi | ||
| Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô | ||
| Takuetsu | ||
| Tokichi Hattori | ||
| Baiken Shishido (uncredited) | ||
| 1955 | Old man from Brazil | |
| Magoro Ichikawa | ||
| Baiken Shishido | ||
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| Onizuka | ||
| Jozo Araki | ||
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| Old man Murata | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
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| Schoolmaster | ||
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| President Kunio | ||
| Kidnapper | ||
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| 1953 | Numata | |
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| Suezo | ||
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| Nakamura, a policeman | ||
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| 1952 | N/A | |
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| Kozo Kawai | ||
| Jurota | ||
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| Sakichi Arakawa | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
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| Hyôbei Sugano | ||
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| 1950 | N/A | |
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| 1949 | N/A | |
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| State Councillor Itô | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Yoshii | ||
| 1947 | N/A | |
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| Fumie's father | ||
| 1946 | Ippei Yamaka | |
| 1945 | N/A | |
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| 1944 | Sakuragi | |
| Shingo’s father | ||
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| 1943 | Teacher Ogata | |
| Hayashida | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
