Eijirō Tōno

Japanese actor (1907–1994)

Born

17 September 1907, Gunma Prefecture

Died

8 September 1994

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Occupation

actor, seiyū

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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).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Toshirō Mifune
• Yoshio Tsuchiya
• Takashi Shimura
• Isao Kimura
• Bokuzen Hidari
• Yoshio Inaba
• Daisuke Katō
• Kamatari Fujiwara
• Kokuten Kōdō
• Tatsuya Nakadai
• Akira Kurosawa
• Kei Yamamoto
• Takeshi Katō

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3049379 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.