Acting
Eijirō Tōno
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).
Movies with Eijirō Tōno
Seven Samurai
1954
High and Low
1963
Yojimbo
1961
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Tokyo Story
1953
Red Beard
1965
The Tattoo Murder Case
1953
Stray Dog
1949
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Goyokin
1969
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Good Morning
1959
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Island of Hell
1977
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
The Lower Depths
1957
So What
1988
Choji Snack Bar
1983
I Live in Fear
1955
Pigs and Battleships
1961
The Last War
1961
Early Spring
1956
Pale Flower
1964
Samurai Assassin
1965
The Three Treasures
1959
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
An Innocent Witch
1965
Buddha
1961
Sword of the Beast
1965
A House in the Quarter
1963
Duel at Moonrise
1947
Untamed Woman
1957
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Black Current
1954
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Beast Shall Die
1959
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Kill!
1968
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
Death of a Tea Master
1989
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Flame of My Love
1949
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
How Sorrowful
1956
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
The Great Wall
1962
The Story of Pure Love
1957
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Immortal Love
1961
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
Sword for Hire
1952
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
The Great White Tower
1966
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Foundry Town
1962
Black River
1957
Night Drum
1958
The Orphan Brother
1961
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
The Human Wall
1959
Beauty and the Thief
1952
The Twilight Story
1960
The Vampire Moth
1956
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Lost Sex
1966
Murder on the Last Train
1955
The Wolves
1955
A Carpenter and Children
1962
An Osaka Story
1957
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Last Game
1979
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
Army
1944
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Mount Hakone
1962
Rice
1957
The Street Without Sun
1954
Burden of Love
1955
The Wild Geese
1953
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
The Naked General
1958
The Last Judgment
1965
Apostasy
1948
The Sunshine Girl
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
A Company President's Life Story
1966
The Surf
1954
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Adrift at Sea
1983
The Red Shadow
1961
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Here Is a Spring
1955
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
Tange Sazen
1963
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Navy
1943
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Salaryman's Medal
1965
Four and A Half Mats
1966
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The Naked Executive
1964
Firefly Light
1958
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
Actress
1956
Waseda University
1953
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Navy
1963
I Will Buy You
1956
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Illusion of Blood
1965
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958
The Great Road
1960
The Masterless 47
1960
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
The King and His Vassal
1981
The Naked Sun
1958
Beautiful Days
1955
The Pirates
1960
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
This Madding Crowd
1962
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
Dash to the Sun
1966
The Young Beast
1958
Fine Man
1961
Turtledove
1957
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Kill the Night Rose
1966
Sanctuary
1961
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
The Young Women of Izu
1945
The Bandits
1962
Seinen no isu
1962
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Farewell to Dream
1956
Ôban
1957
I Lived, But...
1983
Dynamite Doctor
1966
Undercurrent
1956
A Public Benefactor
1964
High Teen
1959
Freedom School
1951
Days with Harasu
1989
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
1956
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
The Forest Is Alive
1956
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
風雲児
1951
Love on Rainbow Island
1956
Just Barely
1960
The Bride from Japan
1959
Twilight Saloon
1955
Jubilation Street
1944
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
Morning for the Osone Family
1946
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
The Sandal Keeper
1964
Theater of Life
1958
The Gambling Samurai
1960
White Fan
1956
Challenge to Live
1961
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
Lord Mito
1978
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
Port of Flowers
1943
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Will to Conquer
1970
Musume to watashi
1962
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Farewell to Spring
1952
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957
The Brawler
1960
Season of Farewell
1962
The Glorious Days
1954
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Double Wedding
1963
Born in Sin
1962
Wind and waves of the South
1961
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
Floating Weeds Diary
1955
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
Girls Born in August
1963
The War Without Weapons
1960
The Crimson Plains
1961
Our Marriage
1962
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Tears
1956
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
Marriage
1947
Flowery Brothers
1956
The Stream of Youth
1959
The Master Spearman
1960
The Spy
1965
Policeman's Diary
1955
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
For This We Fight
1961
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
The Man From the Sea
1962
The Third Dead Angle
1959
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
The Yamabiko School
1952
The Shadow Daughter
1957
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Devil's Gold
1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Women's House
1954
Himitsu
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
Three Faces of Love
1967
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
The Estuary
1961
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
Song of Vengeance
1968
Journey to the North
1967
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
Blood and Sea
1965
Our Happiness Alone
1964
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
The Burning Sun
1967
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
Princess of Revenge
1958
Late Night Confession
1949
Shishun no izumi
1953
Goal for the Young
1967
Heat and Mud
1950
The Flame of Youth
1968
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Rinchi
1949
The Sea of Eden
1963
The Man from the Moon
1951
Start Here
1965
Hateful Things
1957
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
1984
Ajisai no uta
1960
白さぎと少年
1964
