Eijirō Tōno

Known for ActingBorn 1907-09-17Died 1994-09-08Tomioka, 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).Read more

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First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

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Monument to the Girl's Corps

The Spy

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man

Five Gents' Trick Book

Life of Matsu the Untamed

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Buddha

The Masterless 47

Ripe and Marriageable

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

Theater of Life

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

The Black Current

Lord Mito

Devil's Gold

The Last Game

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Wild Ducks and Green Onions

Three Faces of Love

Young Boss: Leader's Flesh

Industrial Spy Free-for-All

Goal for the Young

Lost Sex

The Naked Executive

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

Tange Sazen

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Born in Sin

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Challenge to Live

The Masterless 47 – Part II

The Bride from Japan

Diary of Forsaken Love

Firefly Light

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Ôban

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Beauty and the Thief

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

The Twilight Story

High and Low

Seven Samurai

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