Eijirō Tōno
Known for: Acting
Born: September 17, 1907
Died: September 8, 1994
Place of birth: Tomioka, Japon
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).
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Filmography
302 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
6.2
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
NR
Days with Harasu
1989
5.6
Death of a Tea Master
1989
7.0
So What
19885.8
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
1984
NR
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
NR
Adrift at Sea
1983
7.4
Choji Snack Bar
1983
6.8
I Lived, But...
1983
NR
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
1982
NR
The King and His Vassal
1981
9.0
The Last Game
1979
6.3
Hunter in the Dark
1979
9.8
Lord Mito
1978
6.2
Island of Hell
1977
NR
水戸黄門 第3部
1971
10.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
7.8
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
NR
Will to Conquer
1970
10.0
水戸黄門 第2部
1970
NR
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
9.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
8.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
6.8
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
10.0
水戸黄門 第１部
1969
7.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
7.5
Goyokin
1969
10.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
8.0
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
8.0
The Flame of Youth
1968
NR
It's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
NR
It's Tough Being a Man
1968
10.0
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968
6.0
Song of Vengeance
1968
6.4
Horus: Prince of the Sun
1968
7.0
Kill!
1968
5.5
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
9.0
Wild Ducks and Green Onions
1968
8.0
Japan's No. 1 Best Man
1967
9.0
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
1967
7.0
The Burning Sun
1967
4.5
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
8.0
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
9.0
Goal for the Young
1967
NR
Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1967
NR
Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1967
9.0
Three Faces of Love
1967
9.0
Industrial Spy Free-for-All
1967
7.4
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
NR
Journey to the North
1967
6.9
The Great White Tower
1966
NR
Dash to the Sun
1966
9.0
Lost Sex
1966
NR
Kill the Night Rose
1966
NR
Dynamite Doctor
1966
NR
Four and A Half Mats
1966
6.9
Silence Has No Wings
1966
7.0
A Company President's Life Story
1966
7.5
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
7.2
An Innocent Witch
1965
NR
Blood and Sea
1965
7.5
Sword of the Beast
1965
10.0
The Spy
1965
6.4
Illusion of Blood
1965
10.0
Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
10.0
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
1965
8.3
The Last Judgment
1965
7.0
Start Here
1965
8.2
Red Beard
1965
NR
Salaryman's Medal
1965
7.3
Samurai Assassin
1965
10.0
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
9.0
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
NR
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
NR
Modern Gentleman
1964
8.0
The Sandal Keeper
1964
7.0
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
1964
9.0
The Naked Executive
1964
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
7.0
A Public Benefactor
1964
NR
Our Happiness Alone
1964
NR
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
7.4
Pale Flower
1964
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
NR
白さぎと少年
1964
7.0
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
6.0
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
7.0
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
1963
9.0
Tange Sazen
1963
6.2
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
6.4
A House in the Quarter
1963
8.0
The Sea of Eden
1963
NR
The Navy
1963
6.9
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
NR
Double Wedding
1963
8.2
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
6.7
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
8.7
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
5.7
The Sunshine Girl
1963
8.4
High and Low
1963
NR
Girls Born in August
1963
7.5
Pressure of Guilt
1963
6.5
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
7.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
7.0
The Great Wall
1962
7.0
Mount Hakone
19628.0
The Man From the Sea
1962
7.0
This Madding Crowd
1962
6.5
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
7.5
A Carpenter and Children
1962
NR
The Bandits
1962
NR
Facing to the Clouds
1962
9.0
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
NR
Seinen no isu
1962
7.8
Foundry Town
1962
10.0
Musume to watashi
1962
8.0
Lady Sen and Hideyori
1962
7.1
Our Marriage
1962
9.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
NR
Season of Farewell
1962
8.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
6.7
The Red Shadow
1961
NR
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961NR
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
1961
8.3
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
NR
Wind and waves of the South
1961
10.0
Buddha
1961
6.8
The Last War
1961
NR
Sanctuary
1961
NR
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
7.4
Immortal Love
1961
NR
The Crimson Plains
1961
NR
The Estuary
1961
6.3
The Orphan Brother
1961
7.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
9.0
Challenge to Live
1961
8.0
Fine Man
1961
8.1
Yojimbo
1961
6.6
An Edo Magistrate
1961
9.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
NR
For This We Fight
1961
NR
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
NR
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
10.0
The Masterless 47
1960
NR
The War Without Weapons
1960
NR
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
7.6
The Pirates
1960
NR
The Brass General
1960
8.5
The Twilight Story
1960
NR
The Brawler
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
NR
Police Precinct Part 13
1960
NR
Just Barely
1960
6.0
The Master Spearman
1960
6.3
The Man of Seven Faces
1960
NR
Ajisai no uta
1960
6.9
The Gambling Samurai
1960
NR
The Curio Master
1960
8.0
The Great Road
1960
NR
The Forbidden Scoop
1960
NR
The Cards Will Tell
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
9.0
The Bride from Japan
1959
5.5
The Three Treasures
1959
6.3
The Human Wall
1959
NR
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
10.0
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
5.3
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
NR
Police Precinct: Car 108
1959
6.2
The Beast Shall Die
1959
NR
High Teen
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
9.0
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
5.9
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
NR
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
NR
The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight
1959
NR
The Third Dead Angle
1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
NR
The Stream of Youth
1959
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958
10.0
Theater of Life
1958
7.0
The Naked General
1958
7.0
The Naked Sun
1958
10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
NR
A Grain of Wheat
1958
8.0
The Young Beast
1958
NR
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
9.0
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
7.5
The Ballad of Narayama
1958
5.9
Night Drum
1958
10.0
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
NR
Princess of Revenge
1958
5.4
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
NR
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
7.4
The Eleventh Hour
1957
7.0
Black River
1957
6.8
The Story of Pure Love
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
7.5
Untamed Woman
1957
NR
Hateful Things
1957
NR
Turtledove
1957
6.5
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
8.0
Love of the Princess
1957
6.0
An Osaka Story
1957
9.0
Ôban
1957
6.8
Rice
1957
8.0
Shimizu Port of Chivalry
1957
8.0
Actress
1956
7.1
I Will Buy You
1956
8.0
Love on Rainbow Island
1956
NR
The Forest Is Alive
1956
NR
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
NR
Tears
1956
6.2
Undercurrent
1956NR
How Sorrowful
1956NR
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Human-Skin Spider
1956
NR
Asashio yushio
1956
6.1
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
NR
Flowery Brothers
1956
7.1
Farewell to Dream
1956
4.7
The Vampire Moth
1956NR
White Fan
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
NR
Love at Forty
1955
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955
4.3
Floating Weeds Diary
1955
7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
6.9
The Wolves
1955NR
Murder on the Last Train
1955
8.0
Twilight Saloon
1955
6.9
Beautiful Days
1955
7.1
Burden of Love
1955
8.2
Here Is a Spring
1955
7.0
Policeman's Diary
1955
6.5
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
6.0
Women's House
1954
NR
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
8.0
The Surf
1954
NR
Woman of Fire
1954
10.0
The Black Current
1954
NR
Midori no nakama
1954
7.0
The Street Without Sun
1954
8.5
Seven Samurai
1954
NR
The Glorious Days
1954
NR
Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls
1954
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953
NR
Waseda University
1953
NR
Hiroba no kōdoku
1953
6.7
The Wild Geese
1953
8.0
Girls in the Orchard
1953
7.0
Shishun no izumi
1953
NR
The Tattoo Murder Case
1953
NR
Asama no karasu
1953
7.0
Jūdai no seiten
1953
9.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
8.0
Her Secret
1952
NR
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
NR
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
9.0
Beauty and the Thief
1952
7.1
Children of Hiroshima
1952
6.7
Sword for Hire
1952
NR
The Yamabiko School
1952
NR
Farewell to Spring
1952
NR
The Man from the Moon
1951
6.0
Sasaki Kojiro
1951
NR
風雲児
1951
7.0
Freedom School
1951
6.5
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
NR
Yasubei Nakayama
1951
7.0
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
1951
7.0
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
19509.0
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
NR
A Man from Akagi
1950
7.0
Heat and Mud
1950
NR
Kazanmyaku
1950
10.0
Devil's Gold
1950
NR
Rinchi
1949NR
Chobei the Rogue
1949
7.6
Stray Dog
19497.0
Late Night Confession
1949
5.6
Flame of My Love
1949
6.0
Apostasy
1948
7.5
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
NR
As If To Kill
1948
NR
Rira no hana wasureji
1947
7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
NR
Duel at Moonrise
1947
7.7
Marriage
1947
6.7
Morning for the Osone Family
1946NR
Kigeki wa owarinu
1946
8.0
The Young Women of Izu
1945
NR
Otome no iru kichi
1945
6.8
Army
1944
6.1
Jubilation Street
1944
NR
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
8.0
Navy
1943
7.0
Port of Flowers
1943