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Eijirō Tōno
Actor
Born September 17, 1907Died September 8, 1994 (86 years)
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
| 1990 | Tales of a Golden Geisha · as Prime Minister |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Death of a Tea Master · as Kokei |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1979 | Hunter in the Dark · as Shogen |
| 1978 | Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon · as Tokugawa Mitsukuni |
| 1977 | The Devil's Island · as Kaemon Kito |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Admiral Chuici Nagumo |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Tora-San's Cherished Mother · as Sanpo Sensei |
| 1969 | Zoku shachô enmachô · as Cast |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Shachô enmachô · as Cast |
| 1969 | Kureji no buchamukure daihakken · as Onikuma |
| 1968 | Aa himeyuri no tô · as Nakaji, Principal |
| 1968 | Song of Vengeance · as 看守ａ |
| 1968 | Horus: Prince of the Sun · as Ganko (voice) |
| 1968 | Kill! · as Hyogo Moriuchi |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Zatoichi's Cane Sword · as Senzo |
| 1967 | Kitaguni no ryojô · as Kichinosuke Kawara |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Lost Sex · as Neighbor / Writer |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Shachô gyôjôki · as Cast |
| 1965 | The Conquest · as Commentator |
| 1965 | Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen · as Seizo |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast · as Minister |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Goheiji |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Masagorō Kisoya |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Horafuki taikôki · as Koroku Hachisuka |
| 1964 | Kuroi daisu ga ore o yobu · as Cast |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Pale Flower · as Yasuoka |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman · as Akiharu |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin · as Cast |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| 1963 | Otoko no monshô · as Cast |
| 1963 | Bushido · as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | High and Low · as Factory Worker |
| 1963 | Twin Sisters of Kyoto · as Sosuke Otomo |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Sakuma, The 'gourd' |
| 1962 | The Great Wall · as Li Tang |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Tale of the Blue Beka Boat · as Grandpa Yoshi |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Nakayama shichiri · as Cast |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town · as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (jun's Father) |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori · as Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| 1962 | Our Marriage · as Father |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Season of Farewell · as Cast |
| 1961 | Akai kage-bôshi · as Jinzaburô Kamo |
| 1961 | Wind and Waves of the South · as Genji |
| 1961 | Buddha · as Suratha |
| 1961 | Dôdôtaru jinsei · as Daisaku Hara |
| 1961 | The Last War · as Captain Umehara |
| 1961 | Immortal Love · as Policeman |
| 1961 | The Littlest Warrior · as Sanshô Dayû (voice) |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Yojimbo · as Gonji, Tavern Keeper |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships · as Kan'ichi |
| 1961 | Machi kara machi e tsumujikaze · as Ôshita |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Sararîman Chûshingura · as Gonosuke Kira |
| 1960 | Ashita hareru ka · as Seisaku Kajiwara |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Kenka Tarô · as Kitaura |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Ajisai no uta · as Genjûrô Kurata |
| 1960 | The Gambling Samurai · as Kansuke |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Ootomo |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Beast Shall Die · as Detective Kuwashima |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Good Morning · as Hiroshi Tomizawa |
| 1959 | Kiku to Isamu · as Policeman |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Ballad of Narayama · as Messenger |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken · as Fugetsusai |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Keishichô monogatari: Yoru no nokemono · as Cast |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Black River · as Kurihara |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Tomekichi The Tinker |
| 1957 | Untamed Woman · as Oshima's Father |
| 1957 | Yagyû bugeichô · as Fugetsusai |
| 1957 | An Osaka Story · as Gonzaemon Hoshino |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Port of Honor · as Kansuke |
| 1956 | Before and After the Rains · as Cast |
| 1956 | I Will Buy You · as Ogushi |
| 1956 | River of the Night · as Yujiro Funaki |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Farewell to Dream · as Yôichi's Father, Genkichi |
| 1956 | Kyûketsu-ga · as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô |
| 1956 | Early Spring · as Tokichi Hattori |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Baiken Shishido (uncredited) |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Old Man From Brazil |
| 1955 | Osanaki mono wa uttaeru · as Cast |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple · as Baiken Shishido |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Twilight Saloon · as Onizuka |
| 1955 | Beautiful Days · as Imanishi's Father |
| 1955 | Burden of Love · as Jozo Araki |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Keisatsu nikki · as Old Man Murata |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Shiosai · as Schoolmaster |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai · as Kidnapper |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story · as Numata |
| 1953 | Waseda daigaku · as Nomura |
| 1953 | Gan · as Suezo |
| 1953 | |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | |
| 1951 | Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô · as Jinnai Ôba |
| 1951 | Ginza Cosmetics · as Hyôbei Sugano |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | |
| 1949 | Flame of My Love · as State Councillor Itô |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | Taifuken no onna · as Yoshii |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Marriage · as Fumie's Father |
| 1946 | Morning for the Osone Family · as Ippei Yamaka |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Jubilation Street · as Shingo’s Father |
| 1943 | Port of Flowers · as Hayashida |