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Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

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

Born

Sep 17, 1907

Tomioka, Japon

Died

Sep 08, 1994

Known For

Acting

Movies

286 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 as Kidnapper
★ 8.4
High and Low
High and Low
1963 as Factory Worker
★ 8.4
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
★ 8.1
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 as Numata
★ 8.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
★ 7.2
Red Beard
Red Beard
1965 as Goheiji
★ 8.2
Stray Dog
★ 7.6
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959 as Hiroshi Tomizawa
★ 7.7
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
★ 7.9
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
1957 as Tomekichi the Tinker
★ 7.1
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968 as Ganko (voice)
★ 6.3
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear
1955 as Old man from Brazil
★ 7.3
Buddha
Buddha
1961 as Suratha
★ 10.0
Foundry Town
Foundry Town
1962 as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
★ 7.8
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures
1959 as Ootomo
★ 5.5
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 as Tokichi Hattori
★ 7.5
The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother
1961 as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
★ 6.3
Pale Flower
Pale Flower
1964 as Yasuoka
★ 7.4
Island of Hell
Island of Hell
1977 as Kaemon Kito
★ 6.2
Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin
1965 as Masagorō Kisoya
★ 7.4
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1958 as Messenger
★ 7.5
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships
1961 as Kan'ichi
★ 7.1
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 as Oshima's father
★ 7.5
The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower
1966 as Professor Teizō Azuma
★ 6.9
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
★ 5.9
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 as Baiken Shishido
★ 7.2
The Last War
The Last War
1961 as Captain Umehara
★ 6.6
Black River
Black River
1957 as Kurihara
★ 6.9
Hunter in the Dark
Hunter in the Dark
1979 as Shogen
★ 6.3
Goyokin
★ 7.4
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
★ 6.8
Choji Snack Bar
★ 7.8
Sword for Hire
★ 6.7
Fine Man
★ 8.0
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast
1965 as Minister
★ 7.5
The Eleventh Hour
★ 7.4
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990 as Prime Minister
★ 6.2
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 as Sanpo Sensei
★ 6.8
Kill!
Kill!
1968 as Hyogo Moriuchi
★ 7.0
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967 as Senzo
★ 7.4
Death of a Tea Master
Death of a Tea Master
1989 as Kokei
★ 5.6
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 as Fugetsusai
★ 6.5
Army
Army
1944 as Sakuragi
★ 6.8
Policeman's Diary
Policeman's Diary
1955 as Old man Murata
★ 7.0
Immortal Love
Immortal Love
1961 as Policeman
★ 7.4
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 as Imanishi's Father
★ 6.8
Rice
Rice
1957
★ 6.8
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
★ 6.2
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
1962 as Li Tang
★ 7.0
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963 as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
★ 6.9
The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die
1959 as Detective Kuwashima
★ 6.2
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 as Sosuke Otomo
★ 6.5
The Wolves
★ 6.9
Ginza Cosmetics
Ginza Cosmetics
1951 as Hyôbei Sugano
★ 6.5
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
★ 8.0
The Sandal Keeper
★ 8.0
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese
1953 as Suezo
★ 6.7
The Vampire Moth
The Vampire Moth
1956 as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
★ 4.7
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
★ 8.0
Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 as Priest
★ 6.6
The Human Wall
★ 6.3
The Naked Executive
The Naked Executive
1964 as Kosugi, president
★ 9.0
Love on Rainbow Island
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 as Shiimbei Hayashi
★ 8.0
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
★ 6.9
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 as Chaplin san
★ 9.0
Here Is a Spring
★ 8.2
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...
1983 as Self
★ 6.8
The Street Without Sun
The Street Without Sun
1954 as President Kunio
★ 7.0
Actress
★ 8.0
Devil's Gold
★ 10.0
The Great Road
★ 8.0
Run, Genta, Run!
★ 8.3
Night Drum
★ 5.9
Eddy Currents of Life
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 as Shigesuke Hayashi
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
★ 7.5
Twilight Saloon
Twilight Saloon
1955 as Onizuka
★ 8.0
Farewell to Dream
Farewell to Dream
1956 as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
★ 7.1
Lord Mito
Lord Mito
1978 as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
★ 9.8
Apostasy
★ 6.0
The Black Current
★ 10.0
The Masterless 47
The Masterless 47
1960 as Gonosuke Kira
★ 10.0
The Spy
★ 10.0
Firefly Light
★ 9.0
The Last Game
★ 9.0
Monsieur Zivaco
★ 8.0
Challenge to Live
★ 9.0
The Man of Seven Faces
The Man of Seven Faces
1960 as Genkichi Miyashita
★ 6.3
This Madding Crowd
This Madding Crowd
1962 as Grandpa Yoshi
★ 7.0
An Osaka Story
An Osaka Story
1957 as Gonzaemon Hoshino
★ 6.0
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957 as Kansuke
★ 8.0
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow
1961 as Jinzaburô Kamo
★ 6.7
Floating Weeds Diary
Floating Weeds Diary
1955 as Magoro Ichikawa
★ 4.3
The Surf
The Surf
1954 as Schoolmaster
★ 8.0
Undercurrent
Undercurrent
1956 as Yujiro Funaki
★ 6.2
Port of Flowers
Port of Flowers
1943 as Hayashida
★ 7.0
Illusion of Blood
★ 6.4
Jubilation Street
Jubilation Street
1944 as Shingo’s father
★ 6.1
A Company President's Life Story
A Company President's Life Story
1966 as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
★ 7.0
The Naked Sun
★ 7.0
Ripe and Marriageable
Ripe and Marriageable
1959 as Saemon, Hikari's father
★ 10.0
The Saga of Tanegashima
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968 as Kinbei Yaita
★ 5.5
Tange Sazen
★ 9.0
Navy
Navy
1943 as Teacher Ogata
★ 8.0
Wait for Tomorrow
Wait for Tomorrow
1960 as Seisaku Kajiwara
Morning for the Osone Family
Morning for the Osone Family
1946 as Ippei Yamaka
★ 6.7
Theater of Life
★ 10.0
Pressure of Guilt
★ 7.5
movie
★ 7.0
Ôban
Ôban
1957 as Chaplin-San
★ 9.0
Three Faces of Love
Three Faces of Love
1967 as Soga
★ 9.0
So What
★ 7.0
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 as Nakaji, Principal
★ 10.0
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 as Kozo Kawai
Flame of My Love
Flame of My Love
1949 as State Councillor Itô
★ 5.4
The Sunshine Girl
★ 5.7
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962 as Tokugawa Ieyasu
★ 8.0
Double Wedding
Double Wedding
1963 as Goro
Freedom School
★ 7.0
Born in Sin
★ 9.0
The Bride from Japan
The Bride from Japan
1959 as Mieko's father
★ 9.0
Journey to the North
Journey to the North
1967 as Kichinosuke Kawara
Four and A Half Mats
Four and A Half Mats
1966 as Uyu
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
1956 as Ogushi
★ 7.1
The Pirates
★ 7.6
Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief
1952 as Jurota
★ 9.0
Burden of Love
Burden of Love
1955 as Jozo Araki
★ 7.1
The Naked General
★ 7.0
movie
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971 as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
★ 10.0
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
★ 10.0
The Gambling Samurai
The Gambling Samurai
1960 as Kansuke
★ 6.9
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969 as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
★ 10.0
Jūdai no seiten
★ 7.0
Women's House
★ 6.0
Song of Vengeance
Song of Vengeance
1968 as 看守A
★ 6.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969 as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
★ 7.0
Lost Sex
Lost Sex
1966 as Neighbor / Writer
★ 9.0
movie
White Fan
1956 as Takuetsu
Shishun no izumi
Shishun no izumi
1953 as Nakamura, a policeman
★ 7.0
Heat and Mud
★ 7.0
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967 as Narrator
★ 4.5
movie
★ 8.0
The Crimson Plains
The Crimson Plains
1961 as Shinzô Okui
Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring
1952 as Sakichi Arakawa
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
1958 as Aisawa
Our Marriage
Our Marriage
1962 as Father
★ 7.1
Tears
Tears
1956
Dynamite Doctor
Dynamite Doctor
1966 as Marshal
The Last Judgment
★ 8.3
An Innocent Witch
★ 7.2
Sasaki Kojiro
★ 6.0
Mount Hakone
★ 7.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971 as Keinosuke Takamatsu
★ 7.0
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
★ 5.4
An Edo Magistrate
★ 6.6
Marriage
Marriage
1947 as Fumie's father
★ 7.7
Musume to watashi
★ 10.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970 as Takeyunosuke Gōji
★ 8.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970 as Gōji Keinosuke
★ 9.0
The Sea of Eden
★ 8.0
movie
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
1984 as Narration (voice)
★ 5.8
Diary of a  Successful Salaryman Part 3
★ 10.0
movie
★ 8.0
Start Here
Start Here
1965 as President Sagara
★ 7.0
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
★ 7.5
The Young Beast
★ 8.0
Hateful Things
Hateful Things
1957 as Keisuke kiyama
Waseda University
Waseda University
1953 as Guest Nomura
The Brawler
The Brawler
1960 as Section Chief Kitaura
The Burning Sun
★ 7.0
白さぎと少年
白さぎと少年
1964 as Narrator (voice)