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