Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1907-09-17
- Day of Death1994-09-08 (86 years)
- Place of BirthGunma, Japan
- Also Known AsTōno EijirōЭйдзиро Тоно东野英治郎
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)...Read More
Acting Career
- 1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
As: Prime Minister
- 1989
Death of a Tea Master
As: Kokei
- 1979
Hunter in the Dark
As: Shogen
- 1978
Lord Mito
As: Tokugawa Mitsukuni
- 1977
Island of Hell
As: Kaemon Kito
- 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
As: Admiral Chuici Nagumo
- 1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
As: Sanpo Sensei
- 1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps
As: Nakaji, Principal
1968Song of Vengeance
As: 看守Ａ
1968Horus: Prince of the Sun
As: Ganko (voice)
1968Kill!
As: Hyogo Moriuchi
1968The Saga of Tanegashima
As: Kinbei Yaita
1967Shogun and His Mistress 2
As: Narrator
1967Three Faces of Love
As: Soga
1967Zatoichi's Cane Sword
As: Senzo
1967Journey to the North
As: Kichinosuke Kawara
1966Lost Sex
As: Neighbor / Writer
1966Dynamite Doctor
As: Marshal
1966Four and A Half Mats
As: Uyu
1966A Company President's Life Story
As: Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)
1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
As: Seizo
1965Sword of the Beast
As: Minister
1965Red Beard
As: Goheiji
1965Samurai Assassin
As: Masagorō Kisoya
1964Eddy Currents of Life
As: Shigesuke Hayashi
1964The Naked Executive
As: Kosugi, president
1964Pale Flower
As: Yasuoka
1964Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
As: Haiya
1963The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
As: Akiharu
1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
As: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1963Double Wedding
As: Goro
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
As: Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
- 1963
High and Low
As: Factory Worker
1963Twin Sisters of Kyoto
As: Sosuke Otomo
1962An Autumn Afternoon
As: Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962The Great Wall
As: Li Tang
1962This Madding Crowd
As: Grandpa Yoshi
1962Foundry Town
As: Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
1962Lady Sen and Hideyori
As: Tokugawa Ieyasu
1962Our Marriage
As: Father
1961The Red Shadow
As: Jinzaburô Kamo
1961Wind and waves of the South
As: Genji
1961Buddha
As: Suratha
1961The Last War
As: Captain Umehara
1961Immortal Love
As: Policeman
1961The Crimson Plains
As: Shinzô Okui
1961The Orphan Brother
As: Sanshô Dayû (voice)
- 1961
Yojimbo
As: Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961Pigs and Battleships
As: Kan'ichi
1960The Masterless 47
As: Gonosuke Kira
1960Wait for Tomorrow
As: Seisaku Kajiwara
1960New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
As: Isuke Tsujikura
1960The Gambling Samurai
As: Kansuke
1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
As: Isuke Tsujikura (President)
1959Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
As: Mieko's father
1959The Three Treasures
As: Ootomo
1959Ripe and Marriageable
As: Saemon, Hikari's father
1959The Beast Shall Die
As: Detective Kuwashima
1959Good Morning
As: Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
As: Policeman
1958A Grain of Wheat
As: Aisawa
1958The Ballad of Narayama
As: Messenger
1958Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
As: Chamberlain
1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
As: Fugetsusai
1957Black River
As: Kurihara
1957The Lower Depths
As: Tomekichi the Tinker
1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
As: Chaplin san
1957Untamed Woman
As: Oshima's father
1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls
As: Fugetsusai
1957An Osaka Story
As: Gonzaemon Hoshino
1957Ôban
As: Chaplin-San
1957Shimizu Port of Chivalry
As: Kansuke
1956I Will Buy You
As: Ogushi
1956Love on Rainbow Island
As: Shiimbei Hayashi
1956Night River
As: Yujiro Funaki
1956Farewell to Dream
As: Yôichi's father, Genkichi
1956The Vampire Moth
As: Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
1956Early Spring
As: Tokichi Hattori
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
As: Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
1955I Live in Fear
As: Old man from Brazil
1955Floating Weeds Diary
As: Magoro Ichikawa
1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
As: Baiken Shishido
1955Twilight Saloon
As: Onizuka
1955Burden of Love
As: Jozo Araki
1955Policeman's Diary
As: Old man Murata
1954The Surf
As: Schoolmaster
1954The Street Without Sun
As: President Kunio
- 1954
Seven Samurai
As: Kidnapper
- 1953
Tokyo Story
As: Numata
1953The Wild Geese
As: Suezo
1953Shishun no izumi
As: Nakamura, a policeman
1952Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
As: Kozo Kawai
1952Beauty and the Thief
As: Jurota
1952Farewell to Spring
As: Sakichi Arakawa
1951Ginza Cosmetics
As: Hyôbei Sugano
1949Flame of My Love
As: State Councillor Itô
1948A Woman in the Typhoon Area
As: Yoshii
1947Marriage
As: Fumie's father
1946Morning for the Osone Family
As: Ippei Yamaka
1944Army
As: Sakuragi
1944Jubilation Street
As: Shingo’s father
1943Navy
As: Teacher Ogata
1943Port of Flowers
As: Hayashida