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
Shogun and His Mistress 2 Narrator
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
The Lower Depths Tomekichi the Tinker
Death of a Tea Master Kokei
High and Low Factory Worker
Heat and Mud
Police Precinct Part 13
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Good Morning Hiroshi Tomizawa
Rinchi
Untamed Woman Oshima's father
Lady Sen and Hideyori Tokugawa Ieyasu
Pale Flower Yasuoka
Yasubei Nakayama
続サラリーマン清水港
Beauty and the Thief Jurota
Farewell to Spring Sakichi Arakawa
Hunter in the Dark Shogen
Musume to watashi
Kill! Hyogo Moriuchi
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
Sword of the Beast Minister
Seinen no isu
Tokyo Story Numata
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Foundry Town Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
A Man from Akagi
The Great Wall Li Tang
Hiroba no kōdoku
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro
Dynamite Doctor Marshal
Horus: Prince of the Sun Ganko (voice)
Zatoichi's Cane Sword Senzo
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai Shibiku-Shosuke Hori
The Estuary
Sasaki Kojiro
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman Akiharu
The Naked Executive Kosugi, president
Children of Hiroshima
Facing to the Clouds
Oban kanketsu hen
Ôban Chaplin-San
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Chaplin san
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Mieko's father
Samurai Assassin Masagorō Kisoya
The Last War Captain Umehara
Black River Kurihara
Flame of My Love State Councillor Itô
Yagyu Secret Scrolls Fugetsusai
I Will Buy You Ogushi
Morning for the Osone Family Ippei Yamaka
Twilight Saloon Onizuka
The Wild Geese Suezo
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Fugetsusai
Farewell to Dream Yôichi's father, Genkichi
The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo
The King and His Vassal
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
The Great White Tower
Days with Harasu
The Masterless 47 Gonosuke Kira
Navy Teacher Ogata
The Crimson Plains Shinzô Okui
Dash to the Sun
The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy
The Forest Is Alive
Kaze no uchi so to
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Port of Flowers Hayashida
Freedom School
Journey to the North Kichinosuke Kawara
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Mount Hakone
Jûdai no seiten
風雲児
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness Chamberlain
Akitsu Hot Springs
Wife
An Edo Magistrate
俺の故郷は大西部
The Battle of Okinawa
Song of Vengeance 看守Ａ
Will to Conquer
Four and A Half Mats Uyu
Ginza Cosmetics Hyôbei Sugano
Monument to the Girl's Corps Nakaji, Principal
Buddha Suratha
Fuun Senryobune
A Carpenter and Children
Night River Yujiro Funaki
Here Is a Spring
Policeman's Diary Old man Murata
The Wolves
A Grain of Wheat Aisawa
Run, Genta, Run!
Illusion of Blood
The Vampire Moth Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô
Apostasy
How Sorrowful
Firefly Light
The War Without Weapons
Night Drum
The Spy
The Man From the Sea
The Legend of the White Serpent
Late Night Confession
Boss Takes to the Road
The Twilight Story
The Gambling Samurai Kansuke
Twin Sisters of Kyoto Sosuke Otomo
ホラ吹き太閤記
Immortal Love Policeman
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
An Innocent Witch
The Human Wall
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Marriage Fumie's father
裸足の青春 Shiimbei Hayashi
White Fan Takuetsu
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan Policeman
Jubilation Street Shingo’s father
The Man of Seven Faces Genkichi Miyashita
A Story from Echigo
Shimizu Port of Chivalry Kansuke
旗本退屈男 どくろ屋敷
Tange Sazen
Rice
A Woman in the Typhoon Area Yoshii
So What
The Black Current
The Ballad of Narayama Messenger
A House in the Quarter
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple Haiya
Our Marriage Father
An Osaka Story Gonzaemon Hoshino
Season of Farewell
The Saga of Tanegashima Kinbei Yaita
Sword for Hire
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 Seizo
Life of Hishakaku 2
The Bandits
I Lived, But... Self
Fine Man
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Baiken Shishido
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Island of Hell Kaemon Kito
The Sunshine Girl
Our Happiness Alone
Ukyunosuke on Patrol
Three Faces of Love Soga
The Cock Crows Twice
Choji Snack Bar
Pressure of Guilt
Born in Sin
The Days of Evil Women
Murder on The Last Train
Eddy Currents of Life Shigesuke Hayashi
The Third Dead Angle
The Naked Sun
The Three Treasures Ootomo
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
Tora-san's Cherished Mother Sanpo Sensei
The Naked General
Girls Born in August
An Autumn Afternoon Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
The Red Shadow Jinzaburô Kamo
Fight of the Gamblers
The Navy
Sinking the Unsinkable
Tears
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Diary of Forsaken Love
Tora! Tora! Tora! Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Monsieur Zivaco
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
Theater of Life
Wind and waves of the South Genji
Shishun no izumi Nakamura, a policeman
The Street Without Sun President Kunio
The Great Road
The Pirates
Otome no iru kichi
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko
The Stream of Youth
Girls in the Orchard
The Last Judgment
The Surf Schoolmaster
Five Gents' Trick Book
Floating Weeds Diary Magoro Ichikawa
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
The Glorious Days
Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa
The Last Game
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Women's House
Ripe and Marriageable Saemon, Hikari's father
Shows
水戸黄門 第１部
水戸黄門 第2部
水戸黄門 第3部
