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Eijirô Tôno (1907–1994)

Eijirô Tôno was born on September 17, 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Tokyo Story (1953). He died on September 8, 1994. See full bio »

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Known For

Yojimbo
Yojimbo Gonji - Tavern Keeper
(1961)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Chuici Nagumo
(1970)
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story Sanpei Numata
(1953)
Foundry Town
Foundry Town Tatsugorô Ishiguro (Jun's father)
(1962)
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 1994 Araki Mataemon: Otokotachi no shura (TV Movie)
Tôzaemon Kanô
 1990 Tales of a Golden Geisha
Prime Minister
 1989 Death of a Tea Master
Kokei
 1988 So What
 1983 Izakaya Chôji
Matukawa
 1979 The Last Game
 1979 Hunter in the Dark
Shogen
 1978 Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon
Tokugawa Mitsukuni (grand son of Tokugawa Ieyasu)
 1977 The Devil's Island
Kaemon Kitô - Yosamatsu's Father
 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Chuici Nagumo (as Eijiro Tono)
 1970 Fuji sanchô
 1969 Tora-San's Cherished Mother
Sanpo Sensei
 1969 Goyokin
 1968 Moero! Seishun
Zenkichi Misawa
 1968 Otoko wa tsurai yo (TV Series)
Sanpo Tsubouchi
- Episode #1.1 (1968) ... Sanpo Tsubouchi
 1968 Âh himeyuri no tô
Nakaji, Principal
 1968 Horus: Prince of the Sun
Ganko, the blacksmith (voice)
 1968 Kill!
Hyogo Moriuchi
 1968 Teppô denraiki
Kinbei Yaita
 1968 Kamo to negi
Shigejiro Ohno
 1967 Moero! Taiyô
 1967 Zoku ô-oku maruhi monogatari
Narrator (voice)
 1967 Sekishun
Soga
 1967 Kitaguni no ryojô
Kichinosuke Kawara
 1967 Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Senzo
 1966 The Great White Tower
Professor Azuma (the first surgery dept)
 1966 Lost Sex
Neighbor / Writer
 1966 Yoidore hakase
Marshal
 1966 Izuko e
 1965 An Innocent Witch
Mountain shaman
 1965 Iki-ni kanzu
 1965 Supai
 1965 The Conquest
Commentator
 1965 Sword of the Beast
Minister
 1965 Illusion of Blood
Priest
 1965 Muhômatsu no isshô
Jûzô Yûki
 1965 Red Beard
Goheiji
 1965 Samurai Assassin
Masagorô Kisoya
 1964 Aa, seishun no mune no chi wa
Sôtarô Shimizu
 1964 The Sandal Keeper
Koroku Hachisuka
 1964 Hadaka no jûyaku
Kosugi, president
 1964 Kizudarake no sanga
Shinzo Kozuki
 1964 Pale Flower
Gang Leader
 1963 Gobanchô yûgirirô
Kunigi
 1963 Eden no umi
 1963 Kaigun
 1963 Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 1963 Bushido
Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
 1963 Kono kubi ichimangoku
Tenzen Ôshikôchi
 1963 The Sunshine Girl
Gensuke
 1963 Shiro to kuro
 1963 High and Low
Factory Worker
 1963 Kyoto
Sosuke Otomo
 1962 Hakone-yama
 1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori
Tokugawa Ieyasu
 1962 Akai kage-bôshi
Jinzaburô Kamo
 1962 Born in Sin
Tôgo Sawada
 1962 An Autumn Afternoon
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
 1962 Shin no shikôtei
Li Tang
 1962 The Tale of the Blue Beka Boat
Grandpa Yoshi
 1962 Akitsu Springs
Priest
 1962 Chiisakobe
Ikichi
 1962 Foundry Town
Tatsugorô Ishiguro (Jun's father)
 1962 Seinen no isu
Genjûrô Hatada
 1962 Musume to watashi
Grandfather
 1962 Our Marriage
 1962 Salary man Shimizu minato
Komazô Kuroda
 1961 Hadakakko
Shohei, Akiko's father
 1961 Buddha
Suratha
 1961 Dôdôtaru jinsei
Daisaku Hara
 1961 The Last War
 1961 Bitter Spirit
Policeman
 1961 Akai kôya
Shinzô Okui
 1961 Estuary
 1961 The Littlest Warrior
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
 1961 Ai to honoho to
Kudo
 1961 Tôshi reijô
Ginroku
 1961 Yojimbo
Gonji - Tavern Keeper
 1961 Zoku sararîman Chûshingura
Gonosuke Kira
 1961 Pigs and Battleships
Kan'ichi
 1960 Ore no kokyô wa western
Ôkawa
 1960 Sararîman Chûshingura
Gonosuke Kira
 1960 Ashita hareru ka
Seisaku Kajiwara
 1960 Bokutô kitan
Teacher Yamai
 1960 Kenka Tarô
Kitaura
 1960 The Master Spearman
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
 1960 Ajisai no uta
Genjûrô Kurata
 1960 The Gambling Samurai
Kansuke
 1959 Nippon tanjô
Ootomo
 1959 Mi wa jukushitari
Saemon, Hikari's father
 1959 High Teen
Tateishi, principal
 1959 Good Morning
Tomizawa
 1959 Kiku to Isamu
Policeman
 1959 Dai san no shikaku
Kazuta Kubo
 1959 Wakai kawa no nagare
Shôkichi Sone
 1958 Akujo no kisetsu
Taisuke Yashiro
 1958 Shirasagi
 1958 Hadaka no taishô
Commander
 1958 The Ballad of Narayama
Messenger
 1958 Yoru no tsuzumi
Mataemon Kurokawa
 1957 Port of Honor
Kansuke
 1957 Dotanba
 1957 Black River
Kurihara
 1957 Jun'ai monogatari
Garbage man
 1957 The Lower Depths
Tomekichi the Tinker
 1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chaplin san
 1957 Nikui mono
Keisuke Kiyama
 1957 Untamed Woman
 1957 Yagyû bugeichô
Fugetsusai
 1957 Suzakumon
Tomofusa Kunokura, Yuhide's father
 1957 Ôban
Chaplin-San
 1957 The Rice People
Sakuzo
 1956 Namida
 1956 Joyu
Tadao Inoue
 1956 I Will Buy You
Ogushi
 1956 Hadashi no seishun
Shiimbei Hayashi
 1956 Mori wa ikiteiru
A waiting man
 1956 Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa (Short)
Den'nosuke Hanazaki
 1956 Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's father, Genkichi
 1956 Kyûketsu-ga
Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
 1956 Early Spring
Tokichi Hattori
 1956 Hanayome no tameiki
Tahei Kawamura
 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Baiken Shishido
 1955 I Live in Fear
Old man from Brazil
 1955 Ukikusa nikki
 1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Baiken Shishido
 1955 Ôkami
 1955 Twilight Saloon
Onizuka
 1955 Beautiful Days
Imanishi's father
 1954 Kunsho
 1954 Kuroi ushio
 1954 Horafuki tanji
Policeman Iketani
 1954 Nyonin no yakata
Inokawa
 1954 Midori no nakama
Tamon Tsuburagi
 1954 The Sound of Waves
Schoolmaster, a peddler
 1954 Seven Samurai
Thief
 1953 Onna no issho
Kyuzaemon
 1953 Shishun no izumi
Nakamura, a policeman
 1953 Tokyo Story
Sanpei Numata
 1953 Waseda daigaku
Nomura
 1953 Gan
Suezô, the moneylender
 1953 Hana no naka no musumetachi
Shôroku Ishii
 1953 Hiroba no kodoku
Soneda
 1953 Asama no karasu
Hyakusuke no Onoji
 1953 Jûdai no seiten
Tomekichi, Fusae's father
 1952 Himitsu
Jonosuke Tajima
 1952 Bijo to touzoku
Jurota
 1952 Sekishun
Sakichi Arakawa
 1951/I Jiyû gakkô
 1951 Ginza Cosmetics
Hyôbei Sugano
 1950 Sasaki Kojiro
 1950 Ma no ogon
 1949 Rinchi
 1949 Stray Dog
Old man of wooden tub shop
 1949 Waltz at Noon
Sampei Kuribayashi
 1949 Flame of My Love
State Councillor Ito
 1948 Apostasy
 1948 Taifuken no onna
Yoshii
 1948 Jutai
 1947 Joyû Sumako no koi
Shoyo Tsubouchi
 1947 Marriage
Kôhei, Fumie's father
 1946 Morning for the Osone Family
Ippei Yamaki
 1945 Izu no musumetachi
Murakami
 1944 Army
Sakuragi
 1943 Kaigun
 1943 Port of Flowers
Hayashida
 1936 Ani imôto
A laboror (uncredited)
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Alternate Names:

Eijiro Tono
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In recent years, two Japanese movies have consistently appeared in "best of" polls in both Japan and the West as the two greatest Japanese films ever made: Tokyo Story (1953) by 'Yasujiro Ozu' and Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa. For example, in a 2009 poll by the venerable Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo, the Ozu film was voted best Japanese movie of all time, with the Kurosawa film ... See more »

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