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