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