Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎, Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who took supporting roles in many films, such as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), as well as Yasujiro Ozu's 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.

Eijirō Tōno starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983.

Filmography

(incomplete)

• Stray Dog (野良犬) (1949, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
• Tokyo Story (東京物語）(1954, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
• Aruse (1957)
• Yojimbo (用心棒,)(1961, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
• An Autumn Afternoon (秋刀魚の味）(1962, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
• Lost Spring (1967)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

External links

• Eijirô Tono at the Internet Movie Database