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