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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

307 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.6

Known For

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