Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1915-10-17
- Day of Death1989-04-30 (73 years)
- Place of BirthTokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also Known As殿山 泰司Танояма ТайиТайдзи Тонояма
Taiji Tonoyama
Biography
Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Acting Career
- 1989
Black Rain
As: Old Priest
- 1988
Tomorrow
As: Storekeeper
- 1988
Tokyo Pop
As: Grandfather
- 1987
Hawaiian Dream
As: Shokichi Shimamura
- 1987
Hachiko
As: Hashimoto
- 1987
Zegen
As: Shimada
- 1986
Jazz Daimyo
As: Gensai
- 1985
The Seburi Story
As: Kamezo
1984Location
As: Inumaru
1984The Horizon
As: Tanimoto
1983Legend of the Eight Samurai
As: Hikojii
1983Dark Room
As: Doctor(医師)
1983The Ballad of Narayama
As: Teruyan
1983The Bored Samurai
As: Father of Ogin
1983Oiran
As: Hachibei
1982Irezumi
As: Horiatsu
1982A Pool Without Water
As: Pharmacist
1981Edo Porn
As: Tattooist
1981Day Dream
As: Guard
1981Fruits of Passion
As: Customer
1981Yokohama BJ Blues
As: Isao Hori
1981Muddy River
As: Man on Festival Boat
1981Why Not?
As: Jyosyuya
1980Daughter of Time
As: Fireworks Hand 2
1980Until Evening
As: Restaurant's Owner
1979Golden Partners
As: Bend master
1979Vengeance Is Mine
As: Tanejiro Shibata
1978Empire of Passion
As: Toichiro
1978Junko's Bliss
As: Taizô Sakata
1977Ballad of Orin
As: Mountain Man
1977Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
As: Sôiku
- 1976
In the Realm of the Senses
As: Old Beggar
1976The Roads Men Travel
As: Sone
1975Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
As: Kinetarô Kitamura
1975Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
As: The Master
1975Pimp Heaven
As: Preacher
1975Housewife's Experience: Tenement
As: Harukichi
1975A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
As: Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
1974Evening Primrose
As: Genji's father
1974The Castle of Sand
As: Publican at Ebisu
1974Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
As: Kofukuya's Owner
1974My Way
As: Yoshizo Kawamura
1974Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
As: Tonomura
1974Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
As: Sex Show Manager
1973The Heart
As: S's Father
1973Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
As: Shimamura
1973Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
As: Shimamura
1973Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
As: Ippei
1973Sex and Fury
As: Tokuzô Kasai
1973Deeper Than Blue
As: Shunkai
1972Hymn
As: Harumatsu
1972Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
As: Nomura
1972Dear Summer Sister
As: Takuzo Sakurada
1972Turtle Geisha
As: Ishibashi
1972The Iron Crown
As: Physiognomist
1972Ai yori aoku
As: 俊界和尚
1972The Rendezvous
As: Murai
1971Silence
As: Prison guard
1971The Ceremony
As: Old Chief
1971Onna no Iji
As: Nakano
1970Evil Spirits of Japan
As: Pachinko owner
1970Attack at Daylight
As: Saeki
1968Strong Women, Weak Men
As: Zenzo
1968Three Resurrected Drunkards
As: Old man
1968Kuroneko
As: Farmer
1966Drunken Harbor
As: Doctor
1966Lost Sex
As: Gonpachi
1966Violence at Noon
As: School director
1966Dynamite Doctor
As: Chairman
1966Ohanahan
As: 溝呂木老人
1966The Pornographers
As: Father
1965Conquest
As: Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
1965Seisaku's Wife
As: Retired Man
- 1964
Onibaba
As: Ushi
1964Intentions of Murder
As: Beret Musician
1964The Desperate
As: Chief Osawa
1963Kanto Wanderer
As: Boss Izu
1963The Insect Woman
As: Foreman
1963Mother
As: Tajima
1963Bamboo Doll of Echizen
As: Monk
196318 Roughs
As: Murata
1963Black Report
As: Shinsaku Tsuda
1962Human
As: Kamegoro
1962Fresh Leaves
As: Zenkichi Segawa
1962Foundry Town
As: Matsunaga
1962Tales of President Mito
As: President Toyotomi
1962Stolen Pleasure
As: Goro
1961Blind Devotion
As: Hikozo
1961Pigs and Battleships
As: Chen
1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
As: Kotani
1960The Naked Island
As: Senta
1960Wait for Tomorrow
As: Inosuke Uematsu
1959My Second Brother
As: Hemmi Gengoro
1959A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
As: Detective Machida
1959Four Hours of Terror
As: Teppei Sasada
- 1959
Good Morning
As: Pushy Man
1958Endless Desire
As: Ramen shop owner
1958The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
As: Masumura
1958Wind, Woman and Road
As: Kenta
1957On This Earth
As: Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
1957Temptation
As: Tobe
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
As: Kurazo
1957Who's the Real Killer
As: Frank
1957The Champion
As: Pote-chan
1957Birth of a Jazz Maiden
As: Senkichi Hanamura
1956Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
As: Doctor Otsuki
1956Our Town
As: Shime
1956Shiawase wa doko ni
As: Shokichi
1956Darkness at Noon
As: Uhei Matsumura
1956Love is Lost
As: Gensaku
1955Ai Sureba Koso
As: Bartender (segment 1)
1955Burden of Love
As: Mr. Yamaguchi
1955Policeman's Diary
As: Patrolman Kuramochi
1954The Street Without Sun
As: Gen'ichi Inoue
1953Gate of Hell
As: Kakisuke
1953Before Dawn
As: Risaburo
1953Miniature
As: Yamada
1952Today is Payday
As: President of Akabane Construction
1952Children of Hiroshima
As: Owner of a ship
1951The Tale of Genji
As: Priest
1951Clothes of Deception
As: Kasama
1950Scandal
As: Aoye's friend
1950Street of Violence
As: Ango Shindo
1949Ishimatsu of the Forest
As: Waretsuku
1948Great X
As: Matsushita
- 1948
Drunken Angel
As: Shop Proprietor
1947The Ball at the Anjo House
As: Yoshida
1947Record of a Tenement Gentleman
As: Photographer
1941The Battle of Kawanakajima
As: Rokuzô Ôkuma