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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).
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Tuesday, September 17, 1907, Gunma, Japan
Thursday, September 8, 1994
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1949
Stray Dog
1953
Tokyo StorySanpei Numata
1954
Seven SamuraiKidnapper
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu IslandBaiken Shishido (uncredited)
1959
Good MorningTomizawa
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love(uncredited)
1961
YojimboGonji, Tavern Keeper
1962
An Autumn AfternoonSakuma, The 'Gourd'
1963
High and LowFactory Worker
1964
Pale FlowerYasuoka
1965
Red BeardGoheiji
1968
Kill!Hyogo Moriuchi
1968
Horus: Prince of the SunGanko (voice)
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Chuici Nagumo
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
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