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Eijirō Tōno
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, near…
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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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1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Movie Prime Minister
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1989
Days with Harasu
Movie
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1989
Death of a Tea Master
Movie Kokei
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1988
So What
Movie
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1984
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo-
Movie Narration (voice)
- 1984
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1983
Adrift at Sea
Movie
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1983
Choji Snack Bar
Movie
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1983
I Lived, But...
Movie Self
- 1982
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1981
The King and His Vassal
Movie
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1979
The Last Game
Movie
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1979
Hunter in the Dark
Movie Shogen
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1978
Lord Mito
Movie Tokugawa Mitsukuni
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1977
Island of Hell
Movie Kaemon Kito
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1971
水戸黄門 第3部
TV show
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1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Movie Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
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1971
The Battle of Okinawa
Movie Yoshijirō Umezu
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1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Movie Keinosuke Takamatsu
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1970
Will to Conquer
Movie Sezaemon
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1970
水戸黄門 第2部
TV show
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1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie Gōji Keinosuke
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1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie
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1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie Admiral Chuici Nagumo
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1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie Takeyunosuke Gōji
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1969
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Movie Sanpo Sensei
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1969
水戸黄門 第１部
TV show
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1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)
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1969
Goyokin
Movie
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1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)
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1969
Crazy Big Discovery
Movie
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1968
The Flame of Youth
Movie
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1968
It's Tough Being a Man
TV show
- 1968
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1968
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Movie Nakaji, Principal
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1968
Song of Vengeance
Movie 看守Ａ
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1968
Horus: Prince of the Sun
Movie Ganko (voice)
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1968
Kill!
Movie Hyogo Moriuchi
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1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
Movie Kinbei Yaita
- 1968
