
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).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
The titles people know Eijirō from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
as Prime Minister

as Kokei

as Narration (voice)





as Shogen

as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

as Kaemon Kito

1 episode

as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President
as Yoshijirō Umezu

as Keinosuke Takamatsu
as Sanpo Sensei

1 episode

as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)




as Mieko's father
as Ootomo



as Saemon, Hikari's father



as Detective Kuwashima

as State Councillor Itô


as Yoshii

The people who keep turning up in Eijirō’s titles.









