Eijiro Tono

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno — Japanese actor (1907–1994)

Eijirō Tōno 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 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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 12 films (1953–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1953 Tokyo story New Yorker Films 134 mi 16mm B&W sound
1954 Seven samurai National Cinema Service: Publisher 2:20:00 16mm Color sound
1954 Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 207 min 16mm B&W
1957 The lower depths Akira Kurosawa 130 min B&W
1958 Rice. A. S. Toberoff Films 118 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The lower depths. British Broadcasting Corporation 130 min 16mm B&W sound
1961 Yojimbo Audio Brandon Films 110 min 16mm Color sound
1961 Yojimbo Akira Kurosawa 110 min 16mm B&W
1961 Yojimbo. Toho Kabushiki Kaisha 3960 16mm B&W sound
1962 Yojimbo See Guidance Associates 110 min 16mm B&W sound
1962 Yojimbo Festival Films: Publisher | Toho Kabushiki Kaisha 1:10 16mm B&W sound
1967 Zatoichi's Cane Sword Yasuda, KimiyoshiKimiyoshi Yasuda 93 min Color