Eijirō Tōno

Acting · Born 1907-09-17 in Gunma, Japan

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) 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…

Filmography

• Seven Samurai as Kidnapper
• Red Beard as Goheiji
• Stray Dog
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
• Yojimbo as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
• High and Low as Factory Worker
• Good Morning as Hiroshi Tomizawa
• Tokyo Story as Numata
• An Autumn Afternoon as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
• Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

TV

• 水戸黄門　第１部
• 水戸黄門　第2部