Actor

Eijirō Tōno

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Acting credits

266

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Movies: 263Series: 3

TMDB ID: 106165

IMDb ID: nm0867391

Known for: Acting

Born: September 17, 1907

Died: September 8, 1994

Age: 86

Place of birth: Gunma, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1943 - 1990

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 7.42

Wikidata: Q3049379

Also known as

Tōno Eijirō • Эйдзиро Тоно • 东野英治郎

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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).