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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

306 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Kidnapper
★ 8.5
High and Low
High and Low
1963 • as Factory Worker
★ 8.4
Red Beard
Red Beard
1965 • as Goheiji
★ 8.2
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 • as Numata
★ 8.1
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 • as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
★ 8.1
The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower
1966 • as Professor Teizō Azuma
★ 7.3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
★ 7.2
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 • as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
★ 7.9
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959 • as Hiroshi Tomizawa
★ 7.7
Stray Dog
★ 7.6
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968 • as Ganko (voice)
★ 6.4
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 • as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
★ 7.2
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear
1955 • as Old man from Brazil
★ 7.3
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1958 • as Messenger
★ 7.6
Goyokin
★ 7.5
The Young Beast
★ 8.0
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 • as Tokichi Hattori
★ 7.5
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
1957 • as Tomekichi the Tinker
★ 7.1
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships
1961 • as Kan'ichi
★ 7.2
Pale Flower
Pale Flower
1964 • as Yasuoka
★ 7.4
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa
1971 • as Yoshijirō Umezu
★ 7.8
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 • as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
★ 6.7
The Three Treasures
The Three Treasures
1959 • as Ootomo
★ 5.5
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 • as Baiken Shishido
★ 7.2
The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese
1953 • as Suezo
★ 6.7
Hunter in the Dark
Hunter in the Dark
1979 • as Shogen
★ 6.3
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 • as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
★ 6.9
Kill!
Kill!
1968 • as Hyogo Moriuchi
★ 7.0
Night Drum
★ 5.9
Island of Hell
Island of Hell
1977 • as Kaemon Kito
★ 6.3
Samurai Assassin
Samurai Assassin
1965 • as Masagorō Kisoya
★ 7.3
Death of a Tea Master
Death of a Tea Master
1989 • as Kokei
★ 5.6
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
★ 7.5
Immortal Love
Immortal Love
1961 • as Policeman
★ 7.4
Lord Mito
Lord Mito
1978 • as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
★ 9.8
Buddha
Buddha
1961 • as Suratha
★ 10.0
The Last War
The Last War
1961 • as Captain Umehara
★ 6.8
The Last Judgment
★ 8.0
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
★ 5.9
Black River
Black River
1957 • as Kurihara
★ 7.0
Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 • as Priest
★ 6.5
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
1962 • as Li Tang
★ 7.5
Vampire Moth
Vampire Moth
1956 • as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
★ 4.7
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990 • as Prime Minister
★ 6.2
Her Secret
★ 8.0
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967 • as Senzo
★ 7.3
The Human Wall
★ 6.2
The Wolves
★ 6.9
Undercurrent
Undercurrent
1956 • as Yujiro Funaki
★ 6.2
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 • as Sosuke Otomo
★ 6.5
An Innocent Witch
★ 7.2
A Company President's Life Story
A Company President's Life Story
1966 • as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
★ 7.0
The Street Without Sun
The Street Without Sun
1954 • as President Kunio
★ 7.0
白さぎと少年
白さぎと少年
1964 • as Narrator (voice)
Ginza Cosmetics
Ginza Cosmetics
1951 • as Hyôbei Sugano
★ 6.5
Choji Snack Bar
★ 7.2
Army
Army
1944 • as Sakuragi
★ 6.8
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 • as Oshima's father
★ 7.5
Ripe and Marriageable
Ripe and Marriageable
1959 • as Saemon, Hikari's father
★ 10.0
The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die
1959 • as Detective Kuwashima
★ 6.2
Sasaki Kojiro
★ 5.4
Flame of My Love
Flame of My Love
1949 • as State Councillor Itô
★ 5.6
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast
1965 • as Minister
★ 7.5
The Gambling Samurai
The Gambling Samurai
1960 • as Kansuke
★ 6.9
Apostasy
★ 6.0
Run, Genta, Run!
★ 8.3
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
★ 6.2
Twilight Saloon
Twilight Saloon
1955 • as Onizuka
★ 8.0
Pressure of Guilt
★ 7.5
The Brawler
The Brawler
1960 • as Section Chief Kitaura
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow
1961 • as Jinzaburô Kamo
★ 6.7
Will to Conquer
Will to Conquer
1970 • as Sezaemon
So What
★ 7.0
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...
1983 • as Self
★ 6.8
The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother
1961 • as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
★ 6.3
Tears
Tears
1956
The Great Road
★ 8.0
An Osaka Story
An Osaka Story
1957 • as Gonzaemon Hoshino
★ 6.0
Waseda University
Waseda University
1953 • as Guest Nomura
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 • as Isuke Tsujikura (President)
★ 8.0
Illusion of Blood
★ 6.4
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 • as Fugetsusai
★ 6.5
I Will Buy You
I Will Buy You
1956 • as Ogushi
★ 7.1
Foundry Town
Foundry Town
1962 • as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
★ 7.8
The Naked General
★ 7.0
Morning for the Osone Family
Morning for the Osone Family
1946 • as Ippei Yamaka
★ 6.7
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
★ 7.3
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
★ 5.4
Shishun no izumi
Shishun no izumi
1953 • as Nakamura, a policeman
★ 7.0
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969 • as Sanpo Sensei
★ 6.8
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
Tange Sazen
★ 9.0
Freedom School
★ 7.0
The Black Current
★ 10.0
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963 • as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
★ 7.0
Rice
Rice
1957
★ 6.8
Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief
1952 • as Jurota
★ 9.0
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 • as Kozo Kawai
Burden of Love
Burden of Love
1955 • as Jozo Araki
★ 6.8
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 • as Imanishi's Father
★ 6.9
The Last Game
★ 9.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970 • as Gōji Keinosuke
★ 9.0
The Sandal Keeper
★ 8.0
Sword for Hire
★ 6.7
The Man of Seven Faces
The Man of Seven Faces
1960 • as Genkichi Miyashita
★ 6.3
Our Marriage
Our Marriage
1962 • as Father
★ 7.1
Fine Man
★ 8.0
Jubilation Street
Jubilation Street
1944 • as Shingo’s father
★ 6.1
Four and A Half Mats
Four and A Half Mats
1966 • as Uyu
The Saga of Tanegashima
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968 • as Kinbei Yaita
★ 5.5
Ôban
Ôban
1957 • as Chaplin-San
★ 9.0
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962 • as Tokugawa Ieyasu
★ 8.0
The Spy
★ 10.0
Mount Hakone
★ 7.0
Wait for Tomorrow
Wait for Tomorrow
1960 • as Seisaku Kajiwara
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970 • as Takeyunosuke Gōji
★ 8.0
Actress
★ 8.0
The Shadow Daughter
The Shadow Daughter
1957 • as Shigeo
★ 8.0
The Sunshine Girl
★ 5.7
This Madding Crowd
This Madding Crowd
1962 • as Grandpa Yoshi
★ 7.0
The War Without Weapons
The War Without Weapons
1960 • as Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
Challenge to Live
★ 9.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
★ 10.0
The Naked Executive
The Naked Executive
1964 • as Kosugi, president
★ 9.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
★ 8.0
The Crimson Plains
The Crimson Plains
1961 • as Shinzô Okui
The Masterless 47
The Masterless 47
1960 • as Gonosuke Kira
★ 10.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971 • as Keinosuke Takamatsu
★ 7.0
Navy
Navy
1943 • as Teacher Ogata
★ 8.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 • as Chaplin san
★ 9.0
The Burning Sun
★ 7.0
Policeman's Diary
Policeman's Diary
1955 • as Old man Murata
★ 7.0
Dynamite Doctor
Dynamite Doctor
1966 • as Marshal
movie
★ 7.0
Port of Flowers
Port of Flowers
1943 • as Hayashida
★ 7.0
The Eleventh Hour
★ 7.4
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
Three Faces of Love
Three Faces of Love
1967 • as Soga
★ 9.0
movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969 • as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
★ 10.0
Here Is a Spring
★ 8.2
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
1958 • as Aisawa
An Edo Magistrate
★ 6.6
movie
White Fan
1956 • as Takuetsu
Double Wedding
Double Wedding
1963 • as Goro
The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun
1958 • as Yoshida
★ 7.0
Marriage
Marriage
1947 • as Fumie's father
★ 7.7
Devil's Gold
★ 10.0
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958 • as Principal Saiki
★ 9.0
Born in Sin
★ 9.0
Love on Rainbow Island
Love on Rainbow Island
1956 • as Shiimbei Hayashi
★ 8.0
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967 • as Narrator
★ 4.5
Theater of Life
★ 10.0
Farewell to Dream
Farewell to Dream
1956 • as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
★ 7.1
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 • as Nakaji, Principal
★ 10.0
Musume to watashi
★ 10.0
The Pirates
★ 7.6
Hateful Things
Hateful Things
1957 • as Keisuke Kiyama
Jūdai no seiten
★ 7.0
Firefly Light
★ 9.0
movie
★ 8.0
Heat and Mud
★ 4.0
Monsieur Zivaco
★ 8.0
Floating Weeds Diary
Floating Weeds Diary
1955 • as Magoro Ichikawa
★ 4.3
The Bride from Japan
The Bride from Japan
1959 • as Mieko's father
★ 9.0
Song of Vengeance
Song of Vengeance
1968 • as 看守A
★ 6.0
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
★ 10.0
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957 • as Kansuke
★ 8.0
The Surf
The Surf
1954 • as Schoolmaster
★ 8.0
The Sea of Eden
★ 8.0
Eddy Currents of Life
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 • as Shigesuke Hayashi
Start Here
Start Here
1965 • as President Sagara
★ 7.0
Farewell to Spring
Farewell to Spring
1952 • as Sakichi Arakawa
Journey to the North
Journey to the North
1967 • as Kichinosuke Kawara
Women's House
★ 6.0
movie
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
1984 • as Narration (voice)
★ 5.8