Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno 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 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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White Fan
actor
1956
Early Spring
actor
1956
I Live in Fear
actor
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
actor
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
actor
1955
The Wolves
actor
1955
Twilight Saloon
actor
1955
Beautiful Days
actor
1955
Burden of Love
actor
1955
Here Is a Spring
actor
1955
Policeman's Diary
actor
1955
The Cock Crows Twice
actor
1954
The Surf
actor
1954
The Black Current
actor
1954
The Street Without Sun
actor
1954
Seven Samurai
actor
1954
Tokyo Story
actor
1953
Waseda University
actor
1953
Girls in the Orchard
actor
1953
Hiroba no kōdoku
actor
1953
The Wild Geese
actor
1953
Shishun no izumi
actor
1953
The Tattoo Murder Case
actor
1953
Jūdai no seiten
actor
1953
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
actor
1952
Children of Hiroshima
actor
1952
Sword for Hire
actor
1952
Sasaki Kojiro
actor
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
actor
1951
Devil's Gold
actor
1950
Stray Dog
actor
1949
Late Night Confession
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1949
Flame of My Love
actor
1949
Apostasy
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1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
actor
1948
The Love of the Actress Sumako
actor
1947
Duel at Moonrise
actor
1947
Morning for the Osone Family
actor
1946
The Young Women of Izu
actor
1945
Otome no iru kichi
actor
1945
Army
actor
1944
Jubilation Street
actor
1944
Sinking the Unsinkable
actor
1944
Port of Flowers
actor
1943