Birthday
1907/09/17
Day of death
1994/09/08 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Also know as
Tōno Eijirō, Эйдзиро Тоно, 东野英治郎
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 ...Read more
(1954) Seven Samurai
as Kidnapper
(1967) Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Narrator
(1965) Red Beard
as Goheiji
(1956) Early Spring
as Tokichi Hattori
(1949) Stray Dog
as ---
(1955) I Live in Fear
as Old man from Brazil
(1961) Pigs and Battleships
as Kan'ichi
(1959) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as ---
(1961) Yojimbo
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
(1957) The Lower Depths
as Tomekichi the Tinker
(1989) Death of a Tea Master
as Kokei
(1963) High and Low
as Factory Worker
(1950) Heat and Mud
as ---
(1960) Police Precinct Part 13
as ---
(1952) Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
as ---
(1959) Good Morning
as Hiroshi Tomizawa
(1949) Rinchi
as ---
(1957) Untamed Woman
as Oshima's father
(1962) Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
(1964) Pale Flower
as Yasuoka
(1951) Yasubei Nakayama
as ---
(1962) 続サラリーマン清水港
as ---
(1952) Beauty and the Thief
as Jurota
(1952) Farewell to Spring
as Sakichi Arakawa
(1979) Hunter in the Dark
as Shogen
(1962) Musume to watashi
as ---
(1968) Kill!
as Hyogo Moriuchi
(1962) Salaryman Shimizu Minato
as ---
(1965) Sword of the Beast
as Minister
(1962) Seinen no isu
as ---
(1953) Tokyo Story
as Numata
(1963) Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1962) Foundry Town
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
(1950) A Man from Akagi
as ---
(1962) The Great Wall
as Li Tang
(1953) Hiroba no kōdoku
as ---
(1951) Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
as ---
(1966) Dynamite Doctor
as Marshal
(1968) Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Ganko (voice)
(1967) Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as Senzo
(1963) Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
(1961) The Estuary
as ---
(1951) Sasaki Kojiro
as ---
(1963) The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Akiharu
(1964) The Naked Executive
as Kosugi, president
(1952) Children of Hiroshima
as ---
(1962) Facing to the Clouds
as ---
(1958) Oban kanketsu hen
as ---
(1957) Ôban
as Chaplin-San
(1957) Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Chaplin san
(1959) Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Mieko's father
(1965) Samurai Assassin
as Masagorō Kisoya
(1961) The Last War
as Captain Umehara
(1957) Black River
as Kurihara
(1949) Flame of My Love
as State Councillor Itô
(1957) Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Fugetsusai
(1956) I Will Buy You
as Ogushi
(1946) Morning for the Osone Family
as Ippei Yamaka
(1955) Twilight Saloon
as Onizuka
(1953) The Wild Geese
as Suezo
(1958) Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Fugetsusai
(1956) Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
(1982) The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
as ---
(1981) The King and His Vassal
as ---
(1965) Blood and Sea
as ---
(1959) Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha
as ---
(1958) Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
as ---
(1968) Wild Ducks and Green Onions
as ---
(1961) 早射ち無頼 大平原の男
as ---
(1966) The Great White Tower
as ---
(1989) Days with Harasu
as ---
(1960) The Masterless 47
as Gonosuke Kira
(1943) Navy
as Teacher Ogata
(1961) The Crimson Plains
as Shinzô Okui
(1966) Dash to the Sun
as ---
(1961) The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
as ---
(1956) The Forest Is Alive
as ---
(1959) Kaze no uchi so to
as ---
(1950) Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
as ---
(1950) Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
as ---
(1943) Port of Flowers
as Hayashida
(1951) Freedom School
as ---
(1967) Journey to the North
as Kichinosuke Kawara
(1961) Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
as ---
(1962) Mount Hakone
as ---
(1953) Jûdai no seiten
as ---
(1951) 風雲児
as ---
(1958) Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Chamberlain
(1962) Akitsu Hot Springs
as ---
(1953) Wife
as ---
(1961) An Edo Magistrate
as ---
(1960) 俺の故郷は大西部
as ---
(1971) The Battle of Okinawa
as ---
(1968) Song of Vengeance
as 看守A
(1970) Will to Conquer
as ---
(1966) Four and A Half Mats
as Uyu
(1951) Ginza Cosmetics
as Hyôbei Sugano
(1968) Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Nakaji, Principal
(1961) Buddha
as Suratha
(1952) Fuun Senryobune
as ---
(1962) A Carpenter and Children
as ---
(1956) Night River
as Yujiro Funaki
(1955) Here Is a Spring
as ---
(1955) Policeman's Diary
as Old man Murata
(1955) The Wolves
as ---
(1958) A Grain of Wheat
as Aisawa
(1961) Run, Genta, Run!
as ---
(1965) Illusion of Blood
as ---
(1956) The Vampire Moth
as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
(1948) Apostasy
as ---
(1956) How Sorrowful
as ---
(1958) Firefly Light
as ---
(1960) The War Without Weapons
as ---
(1958) Night Drum
as ---
(1965) The Spy
as ---
(1962) The Man From the Sea
as ---
(1956) The Legend of the White Serpent
as ---
(1949) Late Night Confession
as ---
(1961) Boss Takes to the Road
as ---
(1960) The Twilight Story
as ---
(1960) The Gambling Samurai
as Kansuke
(1963) Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Sosuke Otomo
(1964) ホラ吹き太閤記
as ---
(1961) Immortal Love
as Policeman
(1963) Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as ---
(1965) An Innocent Witch
as ---
(1959) The Human Wall
as ---
(1959) Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as ---
(1947) Marriage
as Fumie's father
(1956) 裸足の青春
as Shiimbei Hayashi
(1956) White Fan
as Takuetsu
(1959) Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Policeman
(1944) Jubilation Street
as Shingo’s father
(1960) The Man of Seven Faces
as Genkichi Miyashita
(1964) A Story from Echigo
as ---
(1957) Shimizu Port of Chivalry
as Kansuke
(1954) 旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷
as ---
(1963) Tange Sazen
as ---
(1957) Rice
as ---
(1948) A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Yoshii
(1988) So What
as ---
(1954) The Black Current
as ---
(1958) The Ballad of Narayama
as Messenger
(1963) A House in the Quarter
as ---
(1964) Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Haiya
(1962) Our Marriage
as Father
(1957) An Osaka Story
as Gonzaemon Hoshino
(1962) Season of Farewell
as ---
(1968) The Saga of Tanegashima
as Kinbei Yaita
(1952) Sword for Hire
as ---
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Seizo
(1963) Life of Hishakaku 2
as ---
(1962) The Bandits
as ---
(1983) I Lived, But...
as Self
(1961) Fine Man
as ---
(1955) Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Baiken Shishido
(1956) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
(1958) Beyond the Seasonal Wind
as ---
(1977) Island of Hell
as Kaemon Kito
(1963) The Sunshine Girl
as ---
(1964) Our Happiness Alone
as ---
(1963) Ukyunosuke on Patrol
as ---
(1967) Three Faces of Love
as Soga
(1954) The Cock Crows Twice
as ---
(1983) Choji Snack Bar
as ---
(1963) Pressure of Guilt
as ---
(1962) Born in Sin
as ---
(1958) The Days of Evil Women
as ---
(1955) Murder on The Last Train
as ---
(1964) Eddy Currents of Life
as Shigesuke Hayashi
(1959) The Third Dead Angle
as ---
(1958) The Naked Sun
as ---
(1959) The Three Treasures
as Ootomo
(1959) The Beast Shall Die
as Detective Kuwashima
(1978) Lord Mito
as Tokugawa Mitsukuni
(1961) The Orphan Brother
as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
(1956) Flowery Brothers
as ---
(1961) Challenge to Live
as ---
(1944) Army
as Sakuragi
(1960) The Master Spearman
as ---
(1966) Lost Sex
as Neighbor / Writer
(1966) Silence Has No Wings
as ---
(1960) Wait for Tomorrow
as Seisaku Kajiwara
(1969) Tora-san's Cherished Mother
as Sanpo Sensei
(1958) The Naked General
as ---
(1963) Girls Born in August
as ---
(1962) An Autumn Afternoon
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
(1961) The Red Shadow
as Jinzaburô Kamo
(1963) Fight of the Gamblers
as ---
(1963) The Navy
as ---
(1944) Sinking the Unsinkable
as ---
(1956) Tears
as ---
(1961) The Masterless 47 – Part II
as ---
(1959) Diary of Forsaken Love
as ---
(1970) Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
(1967) Monsieur Zivaco
as ---
(1957) The Story of Pure Love
as ---
(1964) The Donkey Comes on a Tank
as ---
(1990) Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Prime Minister
(1945) Izu no musumetachi
as ---
(1952) Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Kozo Kawai
(1955) Burden of Love
as Jozo Araki
(1957) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1983) Adrift at Sea
as ---
(1963) Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
as ---
(1962) Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
as ---
(1984) Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
as Narration (voice)
(1952) The Yamabiko School
as ---
(1947) The Love of the Actress Sumako
as ---
(1956) Actress
as ---
(1963) Double Wedding
as Goro
(1969) Goyokin
as ---
(1962) This Madding Crowd
as Grandpa Yoshi
(1950) Devil's Gold
as ---
(1958) Theater of Life
as ---
(1961) Wind and waves of the South
as Genji
(1953) Shishun no izumi
as Nakamura, a policeman
(1954) The Street Without Sun
as President Kunio
(1960) The Great Road
as ---
(1960) The Pirates
as ---
(1945) Otome no iru kichi
as ---
(1967) Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
as ---
(1965) Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko
as ---
(1959) The Stream of Youth
as ---
(1953) Girls in the Orchard
as ---
(1965) The Last Judgment
as ---
(1954) The Surf
as Schoolmaster
(1965) Five Gents' Trick Book
as ---
(1955) Floating Weeds Diary
as Magoro Ichikawa
(1957) Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
as ---
(1954) The Glorious Days
as ---
(1964) Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
as ---
(1979) The Last Game
as ---
(1956) Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
as ---
(1954) Women's House
as ---
(1959) Ripe and Marriageable
as Saemon, Hikari's father
(1965) Salaryman's Medal
as ---
(1970) The Summit of Mt. Fuji
as ---
(1961) Botchan yarō seizoroi
as ---
(1960) The Cards Will Tell
as ---
(1969) 水戸黄門 第1部
as ---
(1970) 水戸黄門 第2部
as ---
(1971) 水戸黄門 第3部
as ---