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Eijirō Tōno
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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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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Sword of the Beast
1965 · Minister
Samurai Assassin
1965 · Masagorō Kisoya
Pale Flower
1964 · Yasuoka
Tange Sazen
1963
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Kan'ichi
Good Morning
1959 · Hiroshi Tomizawa
Seven Samurai
1954 · Kidnapper
Tokyo Story
1953 · Numata
Stray Dog
1949