Eijirō Tōno
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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Death of a Tea Master
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
The King and His Vassal
The Last Game
Lord Mito
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Will to Conquer
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Song of Vengeance
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Kill!
The Saga of Tanegashima
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Monsieur Zivaco
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
The Great White Tower
Dash to the Sun
Lost Sex
Four and A Half Mats
An Innocent Witch
Sword of the Beast
The Spy
Illusion of Blood
Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man
The Last Judgment
Red Beard
Samurai Assassin
Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
A Story from Echigo
The Bride is Fifteen
Pale Flower
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Fight of the Gamblers
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Tange Sazen
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
The Sea of Eden
The Navy
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Life of Hishakaku 2
Pressure of Guilt
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
A House in the Quarter
Born in Sin
An Autumn Afternoon
Mount Hakone
This Madding Crowd
Akitsu Hot Springs
Foundry Town
Musume to watashi
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Our Marriage
Lady Sen and Hideyori
The Great Wall
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains- THThe Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
Run, Genta, Run!
Wind and waves of the South
The Last War
Boss Takes to the Road
Challenge to Live
Fine Man
Yojimbo
Pigs and Battleships
The War Without Weapons
The Pirates
The Brawler
Just Barely
The Great Road
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
The Gambling Samurai
The Twilight Story
The Bride from Japan
The Three Treasures
The Beast Shall Die
Good Morning
Theater of Life
The Naked Sun
Oban kanketsu hen
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
The Ballad of Narayama
Night Drum
Shirasagi
Akujo no kisetsu
Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken
Black River
The Lower Depths
The Shadow Daughter
Untamed Woman
Ôban
Rice
The Story of Pure Love
An Osaka Story
They Are Buried Alive
Yagyû bugeichô
Love of the Princess
Actress
I Will Buy You
Love on Rainbow Island
Undercurrent- HOHow Sorrowful
Flowery Brothers
Madame White Snake
Farewell to Dream
Kyûketsu-ga
Love at Forty
I Live in Fear
Floating Weeds Diary
Beautiful Days
There Is a Spring
Wolves
Burden of Love
The Cock Crows Twice
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
The Black Current
Green Friends
The Glorious Days
Tokyo Story
Waseda University
Girls in the Orchard
The Wild Geese
Shishun no izumi
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Beauty and the Thief
Sword for Hire
Ginza Cosmetics
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Kanketsu Sasaki Kojirô: Ganryû-jima kettô
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom- Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Heat and Mud
Sasaki Kojirô
Rinchi
Stray Dog- LALate Night Confession
Flame of My Love
Apostasy
Taifuken no onna
Marriage
The Love of Sumako the Actress
The Young Women of Izu
Army
Sinking the Unsinkable
Jubilation Street
Port of Flowers