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Eijirô Tôno(1907-1994)

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Eijirô Tôno in The Lower Depths (1957)
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
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Yojimbo (1961)
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Eijirô Tôno was born on 17 September 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Yojimbo (1961) and Tokyo Story (1953). He died on 8 September 1994.
BornSeptember 17, 1907
DiedSeptember 8, 1994(86)
BornSeptember 17, 1907
DiedSeptember 8, 1994(86)
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Kinuyo Tanaka and Eijirô Tôno in The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Kinuyo Tanaka and Eijirô Tôno in The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Eijirô Tôno in The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Eijirô Tôno in Good Morning (1959)
Eijirô Tôno in Good Morning (1959)
Shintarô Katsu and Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Shintarô Katsu and Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Shintarô Katsu and Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Shintarô Katsu and Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Eijirô Tôno in Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)

Known for

Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5
  • Admiral Chuici Nagumo(as Eijiro Tono)
  • 1970
Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo
8.2
  • Gonji - Tavern Keeper
  • 1961
Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story
8.2
  • Sanpei Numata
  • 1953
Kyûpora no aru machi (1962)
Kyûpora no aru machi
7.4
  • Tatsugorô Ishiguro (Jun's father)
  • 1962

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Actor

  • Araki Mataemon: Otokotachi no shura
  • Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
    Tales of a Golden Geisha
  • Harasu no ita hibi (1989)
    Harasu no ita hibi
  • Toshirô Mifune in Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    Death of a Tea Master
  • So What (1988)
    So What
  • Adrift at Sea (1983)
    Adrift at Sea
  • Izakaya Chôji (1983)
    Izakaya Chôji
  • Eireitachi no oenka: saigo no sôkeisen
  • Tatsuya Nakadai in Hunter in the Dark (1979)
    Hunter in the Dark
  • Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon
  • The Devil's Island (1977)
    The Devil's Island
  • Zoku Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin
  • Battle of Okinawa (1971)
    Battle of Okinawa
  • Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain
  • Shokon ichidai tenka no abarenbo

Soundtrack

  • Born in Sin (1962)
    Born in Sin
    • (uncredited)
  • Ai no onimotsu (1955)
    Ai no onimotsu

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Personal details

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    • September 17, 1907
    • Gunma, Japan
    • September 8, 1994

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  • Trivia
    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 second. But as the two filmmakers worked for different studios, with completely different crews, only Tôno Eijirô worked on both films. In Tokyo Story (1953), he plays the elderly protagonist's bitter drinking buddy, Numata, and in Seven Samurai (1954) he plays the small role of the desperate kidnapper who is confronted by the future leader of the samurai, Kambei.

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