Eijirō Tōno

Acting

Eijirō Tōno

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Sep 17, 1907 (117 years old)
Death date
Sep 08, 1994

Eijirō Tōno

Known For

Tales of a Golden Geisha
1h 58m
Movie 1990

Tales of a Golden Geisha

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto...

Days with Harasu
1h 46m
Movie 1989

Days with Harasu

The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple...

Death of a Tea Master
1h 47m
Movie 1989

Death of a Tea Master

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his...

So What
1h 38m
Movie 1988

So What

In a small town, high school students in their final...

Biography

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).