
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).

as Prime Minister

as Kokei

as Narration (voice)

as Self

as Shogen

as Tokugawa Mitsukuni

as Kaemon Kito

as Keinosuke Takamatsu, Dainippon Steel President

as Yoshijirō Umezu

as Keinosuke Takamatsu

as Sezaemon

as Gōji Keinosuke

as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

as Takeyunosuke Gōji

as Sanpo Sensei

as Umehara Kannosuke (textile CEO)

as Kannosuke Umehara (President, Marubō Textiles)

as Nakaji, Principal

as 看守A

as Ganko (voice)

as Hyogo Moriuchi

as Kinbei Yaita

as Narrator

as Soga

as Senzo

as Kichinosuke Kawara

as Professor Teizō Azuma

as Neighbor / Writer

as Marshal

as Uyu

as Ōta Gōzaemon (Ōnichi Wool President)

as Seizo

as Minister

as President Sagara

as Goheiji

as Masagorō Kisoya

as Shigesuke Hayashi

as Kosugi, president

as Yasuoka

as Narrator (voice)

as Hideyoshi Toyotomi

as Akiharu

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

as Goro

as Shibiku-Shosuke Hori

as Factory Worker

as Sosuke Otomo

as Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

as Li Tang

as Grandpa Yoshi

as Priest

as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

as Father

as Jinzaburô Kamo

as Genji

as Suratha

as Captain Umehara

as Policeman

as Shinzô Okui

as Sanshô Dayû (voice)

as Gonji, Tavern Keeper

as Kan'ichi

as Gonosuke Kira

as Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father

as Seisaku Kajiwara

as Section Chief Kitaura

as Isuke Tsujikura

as Genkichi Miyashita

as Kansuke

as Isuke Tsujikura (President)

as Mieko's father

as Ootomo

as Saemon, Hikari's father

as Detective Kuwashima

as Hiroshi Tomizawa

as Policeman

as Yoshida

as Aisawa

as Principal Saiki

as Messenger

as Chamberlain

as Fugetsusai

as Kurihara

as Tomekichi the Tinker

as Chaplin san

as Shigeo

as Oshima's father

as Keisuke Kiyama

as Fugetsusai

as Gonzaemon Hoshino

as Chaplin-San

as Kansuke

as Ogushi

as Shiimbei Hayashi

as Yujiro Funaki

as Yôichi's father, Genkichi

as Tetsuzô Ibuki / Shunsaku Etô

as Takuetsu

as Tokichi Hattori

as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

as Old man from Brazil

as Magoro Ichikawa

as Baiken Shishido

as Onizuka

as Imanishi's Father

as Jozo Araki

as Old man Murata

as Schoolmaster

as President Kunio

as Kidnapper

as Numata

as Guest Nomura

as Suezo

as Nakamura, a policeman

as Kozo Kawai

as Jurota

as Sakichi Arakawa

as Hyôbei Sugano

as State Councillor Itô

as Yoshii

as Fumie's father

as Ippei Yamaka

as Sakuragi

as Shingo’s father

as Teacher Ogata

as Hayashida