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