
Eijirō Tōno
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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Films
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TV Shows
Known For
266 Credits
Seven Samurai
as Kidnapper
1954

High and Low
as Factory Worker
1963

Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1970

Yojimbo
as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
1961

Tokyo Story
as Numata
1953

The Wild Geese
as Suezo
1953

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

Good Morning
as Hiroshi Tomizawa
1959

Red Beard
as Goheiji
1965

Rice
1957

An Autumn Afternoon
as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'
1962

The Battle of Okinawa
1971