Birth Day: 1907-09-17
Place of birth: Tomioka, Japon
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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As Prime Minister -
As Kokei -
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As Narration (voice)
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As Self -
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As Shogen -
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As Tokugawa Mitsukuni -
As Kaemon Kito -
As Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President -
As Keinosuke Takamatsu -
As Yoshijirō Umezu -
As Admiral Chuici Nagumo -
As Gōji Keinosuke -
As Takeyunosuke Gōji -
As Sezaemon -
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As Sanpo Sensei -
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As Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO) -
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As Ganko (voice) -
As 看守Ａ -
As Nakaji, Principal -
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As Hyogo Moriuchi -
As Kinbei Yaita -
As Kichinosuke Kawara -
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As Narrator -
As Soga -
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As Senzo -
As Uyu -
As Marshal -
As Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President) -
As Professor Teizō Azuma -
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As Neighbor / Writer -
As President Sagara -
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As Goheiji -
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As Minister -
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As Masagorō Kisoya -
As Seizo -
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As Kosugi, president -
As Yasuoka -
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As Shigesuke Hayashi -
As Haiya -
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As Narrator (voice) -
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As Sosuke Otomo -
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As Goro -
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As Hideyoshi Toyotomi -
As Toyotomi Hideyoshi -
As Factory Worker -
As Akiharu -
As Shibiku-Shosuke Hori -
As Li Tang -
As Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) -
As Tokugawa Ieyasu -
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As Sakuma, The 'Gourd' -
As Grandpa Yoshi -
As Father -
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As Priest -
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As Suratha -
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As Shinzô Okui -
As Genji -
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As Sanshô Dayû (voice) -
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As Kan'ichi -
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As Captain Umehara -
As Gonji, Tavern Keeper -
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As Policeman -
As Jinzaburô Kamo -
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As Section Chief Kitaura -
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As Seisaku Kajiwara -
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As Genkichi Miyashita -
As Gonosuke Kira -
As Isuke Tsujikura (President) -
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As Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father -
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As Isuke Tsujikura -
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As Kansuke -
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As Hiroshi Tomizawa -
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As Saemon, Hikari's father -
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As Detective Kuwashima -
As Ootomo -
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As Policeman -
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As Mieko's father -
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As Chamberlain -
As Messenger -
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As Fugetsusai -
As Yoshida -
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As Mouri -
As Aisawa -
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As Oshima's father -
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As Chaplin san -
As Chaplin-San -
As Kansuke -
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As Keisuke Kiyama -
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As Kurihara -
As Shigeo -
As Gonzaemon Hoshino -
As Fugetsusai -
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As Tomekichi the Tinker -
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As Yujiro Funaki -
As Tokichi Hattori -
As Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô -
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As Shiimbei Hayashi -
As Baiken Shishido (uncredited) -
As Takuetsu
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As Yôichi's father, Genkichi -
As Ogushi -
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As Old man from Brazil -
As Old man Murata -
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As Imanishi's Father -
As Onizuka -
As Baiken Shishido -
As Magoro Ichikawa -
As Jozo Araki -
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As President Kunio -
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As Schoolmaster -
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As Kidnapper -
As Guest Nomura -
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As Numata -
As Nakamura, a policeman -
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As Suezo -
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As Sakichi Arakawa -
As Jurota -
As Kozo Kawai -
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As Hyôbei Sugano -
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As State Councillor Itô -
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As Yoshii -
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As Fumie's father -
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As Ippei Yamaka -
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As Shingo’s father -
As Sakuragi -
As Teacher Ogata -
As Hayashida