Taiji Tonoyama
October 17, 1915 (111 years old) in Kobe, Japon
Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · Thousand Cranes as
- 1989 · Black Rain as Old Priest
- 1988 · Tokyo Pop as Grandfather
- 1987 · Hachiko as Hashimoto
- 1983 · Legend of the Eight Samurai as Hikojii
- 1983 · The Ballad of Narayama as Teruyan
- 1982 · A Pool Without Water as Pharmacist
- 1981 · Fifth Movement as
- 1981 · Edo Porn as Tattooist
- 1981 · Fruits of Passion as Customer
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1981 · Pro Hunter as
- 1981 · Eijanaika as Jyosyuya
- 1980 · Child of the Sun as
- 1980 · A-Un as
- 1979 · The Bride of the Ghost Lake as Goichi Nishida (village chief)
- 1979 · The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case as
- 1979 · Golden Partners as Bend master
- 1979 · Vengeance Is Mine as Tanejiro Shibata
- 1978 · Empire of Passion as Toichiro
- 1977 · Ballad of Orin as Mountain Man
- 1976 · In the Realm of the Senses as Old Beggar
- 1976 · The Roads Men Travel as Sone
- 1975 · 青春トルコ日記 処女すべり as
- 1975 · A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
- 1974 · The Castle of Sand as Publican at Ebisu
- 1973 · Sex and Fury as Tokuzô Kasai
- 1972 · Ai yori aoku as 俊界和尚
- 1971 · Silence as Prison guard
- 1971 · The Ceremony as Old Chief
- 1970 · Hooligans on Buggies as
- 1968 · Profound Desires of the Gods as Higa
- 1968 · Kuroneko as Farmer
- 1968 · The House of the Sleeping Virgins as
- 1967 · Libido as
- 1966 · Lost Sex as Gonpachi
- 1966 · Dynamite Doctor as Chairman
- 1966 · Ohanahan as 溝呂木老人
- 1966 · The Pornographers as Father
- 1965 · Conquest as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
- 1965 · An Innocent Witch as
- 1964 · Onibaba as Ushi
- 1964 · Intentions of Murder as Beret Musician
- 1964 · A Story from Echigo as
- 1963 · The Insect Woman as Foreman
- 1963 · Mother as Tajima
- 1963 · どん底だって平ちゃらさ as
- 1962 · Song of a Traveller as
- 1961 · Police Precinct Part 17 as
- 1961 · Pigs and Battleships as Chen
- 1960 · The Legendary Hell as Daihachi
- 1960 · The Naked Island as Senta
- 1960 · Storming Squadron as
- 1960 · Yakuza sensei as
- 1960 · Haha sakura as
- 1959 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha as Kumakichi Takeda
- 1959 · The Human Wall as
- 1959 · The Telephone Rings in the Evening as
- 1959 · Good Morning as Pushy Man
- 1959 · Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan as
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as
- 1958 · Underwater Murder as
- 1958 · Wind, Woman and Road as Kenta
- 1957 · The Champion as Pote-chan
- 1956 · The Shadow of Fear as
- 1955 · The Three Faces as Gen
- 1955 · Burden of Love as Mr. Yamaguchi
- 1954 · Snowy Night Duel as
- 1953 · Gate of Hell as Kakisuke
- 1953 · Before the Dawn as Risaburo
- 1953 · Reminiscence as
- 1952 · Taki no Shiraito as Fukuichi
- 1952 · Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki as
- 1952 · Avalanche as Miyabayashi
- 1951 · Aizenbashi as
- 1951 · Saijoke no kyoen as
- 1951 · Freedom School as
- 1950 · The End of the War as
- 1950 · Yume o meshimase as Ton Chiki
- 1949 · Ishimatsu of the Forest as Waretsuku
- 1948 · Drunken Angel as Shop Proprietor
- 1948 · The President and the Shopgirl as
- Future · Toumei na kisetsu as
- 1989 · War and Flowers as
- 1988 · Tomorrow as Storekeeper
- 1988 · Sakura-tai Chiru as
- 1987 · Hawaiian Dream as Shokichi Shimamura
- 1987 · Zegen as Shimada
- 1987 · River of Fireflies as
- 1986 · Tree Without Leaves as
- 1986 · Jazz Daimyo as Gensai
- 1985 · The Seburi Story as Kamezo
- 1985 · Nuclear Gypsies as
- 1985 · Song of the Spring Pony as
- 1984 · Location as Inumaru
- 1984 · The Horizon as Tanimoto
- 1984 · The Fox Dancing in the Dusk as
- 1983 · Dark Room as Doctor(医師)
- 1983 · Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha as
- 1983 · The Bored Samurai as Father of Ogin
- 1983 · Oiran as Hachibei
- 1983 · Sacred Koya as
- 1982 · Tora-san, the Expert as
- 1982 · Irezumi as Horiatsu
- 1982 · A Ghost Love Story of Japan as
- 1982 · On the Road as
- 1981 · Day Dream as Guard
- 1981 · Magistrate of the Floating World as
- 1981 · Yokohama BJ Blues as Isao Hori
- 1981 · Muddy River as Man on Festival Boat
- 1981 · Tetsugen as
- 1980 · Daughter of Time as Fireworks Hand 2
- 1980 · Until Evening as Restaurant's Owner
- 1980 · Nurse's Husband as
- 1979 · Tora-san's Dream of Spring as
- 1979 · Faraway Tomorrow as
- 1979 · The Strangling as
- 1979 · Teenage Years: Keiko’s Story as
- 1978 · Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo as
- 1978 · Love and Faith as
- 1978 · Junko's Bliss as Taizô Sakata
- 1978 · Ghost Train as
- 1977 · Tomorrow Evening as
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
- 1977 · The Far Road as
- 1977 · Seasonal Wind as
- 1977 · Eros Eterna as
- 1977 · Case of the Disjointed Murder as
- 1977 · The Gate of Youth Part 2 as
- 1977 · Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow as Sôiku
- 1976 · Two Harmonicas as
- 1976 · Hobo General as
- 1976 · A Cheerful Yakuza as
- 1975 · Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment as Kinetarô Kitamura
- 1975 · Scoundrel Boss as
- 1975 · Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 as The Master
- 1975 · Pimp Heaven as Preacher
- 1975 · Housewife's Experience: Tenement as Harukichi
- 1974 · Evening Primrose as Genji's father
- 1974 · The Last Swordsman as
- 1974 · The Homeless as
- 1974 · Street of Joy as Kofukuya's Owner
- 1974 · My Way as Yoshizo Kawamura
- 1974 · The Key as
- 1974 · Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya as Tonomura
- 1974 · Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama as Sex Show Manager
- 1973 · The Heart as S's Father
- 1973 · Stray Dog as
- 1973 · Love Lost in Tears as
- 1973 · Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby as Shimamura
- 1973 · Hell Riders in Kyoto as
- 1973 · A Woman’s Road as
- 1973 · Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer as Shimamura
- 1973 · Time Within Memory as
- 1973 · Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa as Ippei
- 1973 · Did the Red Bird Escape? as
- 1973 · Deeper Than Blue as Shunkai
- 1972 · Hymn as Harumatsu
- 1972 · Afternoon Affair: Rear Window as Nomura
- 1972 · The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats as
- 1972 · Dear Summer Sister as Takuzo Sakurada
- 1972 · It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! as
- 1972 · Turtle Geisha as Ishibashi
- 1972 · The Lucky Status Symbol as
- 1972 · The Erotomaniac Daimyo as
- 1972 · Kanawa as Physiognomist
- 1972 · The Rendezvous as Murai
- 1972 · Umarekawatta Tamegorō as Tokuichi Ōnuma
- 1971 · Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha as
- 1971 · Evil Spirits in the Darkness as
- 1971 · Onna no Iji as Nakano
- 1971 · King of Pornography as
- 1971 · King of the Widow-Killers as
- 1970 · Evil Spirits of Japan as Pachinko owner
- 1970 · Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as
- 1970 · The Kingpin of Fair Ladies as
- 1970 · The Revelation of a Geisha as
- 1970 · Yukyo-retsuden as
- 1970 · Strange Affinity as
- 1970 · Attack at Daylight as Saeki
- 1969 · Gokudô Petenshi as
- 1969 · Heat Wave Island as
- 1969 · Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! as
- 1969 · Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting as
- 1968 · East China Sea as
- 1968 · Strong Women, Weak Men as Zenzo
- 1968 · Three Resurrected Drunkards as Old man
- 1968 · Wind of Youth as
- 1967 · Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as
- 1966 · The Little Runaway as
- 1966 · Drunken Harbor as Doctor
- 1966 · Violence at Noon as School director
- 1966 · Captive's Island as
- 1966 · Black Curtain as
- 1966 · Kokoro no sanmyaku as
- 1966 · The Betrayers Out! as
- 1965 · Escape and the Law as
- 1965 · Seisaku's Wife as Retired Man
- 1965 · Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as
- 1965 · The Start of Life as
- 1964 · The Irresponsible Fool as
- 1964 · The Desperate as Chief Osawa
- 1964 · Samurai from Nowhere as
- 1964 · Onibaba : Film Location as
- 1963 · Kiri ni Kieta Hito as
- 1963 · The School Cap as
- 1963 · Kanto Wanderer as Boss Izu
- 1963 · Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Monk
- 1963 · 18 Roughs as Murata
- 1963 · Raised on an Island as
- 1963 · Violent Street as
- 1963 · Black Report as Shinsaku Tsuda
- 1963 · Beyond the Green Hills as
- 1962 · The King as
- 1962 · Human as Kamegoro
- 1962 · Farm Girls as Kuranosuke
- 1962 · Fresh Leaves as Zenkichi Segawa
- 1962 · Hageshī kawa as
- 1962 · The Young and Bad as
- 1962 · Akitsu Hot Springs as Rokusuke
- 1962 · Foundry Town as Matsunaga
- 1962 · Tales of President Mito as President Toyotomi
- 1962 · Stolen Pleasure as Goro
- 1962 · I am the Judge as
- 1962 · Season of Farewell as
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as
- 1962 · 大吉ぼんのう鏡 as
- 1961 · Love's Family Tree as
- 1961 · The Famous Wanderer as
- 1961 · Blind Devotion as Hikozo
- 1961 · Futaridake no taiyō as
- 1961 · Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman as
- 1961 · Shōjo as
- 1961 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 as Kotani
- 1960 · My Hometown is the Wild West as
- 1960 · Chikuhō no kodomotachi as
- 1960 · Wait for Tomorrow as Inosuke Uematsu
- 1960 · Sixteen years old as
- 1960 · Internees of Kampili as
- 1960 · The Last Trump Card as Seitaro Koshimura
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 as
- 1960 · A Woman’s Uphill Slope as
- 1960 · Irohanihoheto as
- 1960 · One Passed Through Hell as
- 1960 · Secret as
- 1960 · Knock Down as
- 1960 · The Cards Will Tell as
- 1959 · My Second Brother as Hemmi Gengoro
- 1959 · A Killed Stewardess: White or Black as Detective Machida
- 1959 · Four Hours of Terror as Teppei Sasada
- 1959 · Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene as
- 1959 · Tokyo no Kodoku as
- 1959 · Talented Woman as
- 1959 · Whistling in the Morning as
- 1959 · Lucky Dragon No. 5 as
- 1958 · Endless Desire as Ramen shop owner
- 1958 · The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow as Masumura
- 1958 · Hanayome no teikō as Yoshimaro Akiyama
- 1958 · The Boy Who Came Back as Detective Shimamoto
- 1958 · Night Drum as
- 1958 · Sorrow Is Only for Women as
- 1958 · Hobo Village as
- 1957 · On This Earth as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
- 1957 · Temptation as Tobe
- 1957 · Harbor Rats as
- 1957 · A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Kurazo
- 1957 · Who's the Real Killer as Frank
- 1957 · Birth of a Jazz Maiden as Senkichi Hanamura
- 1957 · Muhō Ichidai as
- 1956 · Actress as
- 1956 · Dotanba as
- 1956 · Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers as Doctor Otsuki
- 1956 · Nikoyon monogatari as
- 1956 · Our Town as Shime
- 1956 · Shiawase wa doko ni as Shokichi
- 1956 · 快傑耶茶坊 as
- 1956 · Darkness at Noon as Uhei Matsumura
- 1956 · Love is Lost as Gensaku
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary, Part 2 as
- 1955 · The Beauty and the Dragon as
- 1955 · If Indeed One Loves as Bartender (segment 1)
- 1955 · The Wolves as
- 1955 · Sisters as
- 1955 · Women of Ginza as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Kuramochi
- 1955 · The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes as
- 1954 · Wakai hito-tachi as
- 1954 · Turbid Youth as
- 1954 · The Valley Between Love and Death as
- 1954 · Ditch as
- 1954 · The Street Without Sun as Gen'ichi Inoue
- 1954 · Cape Ashizuri as
- 1954 · The End of a Day as
- 1954 · Koina no Ginpei as
- 1953 · Desire as
- 1953 · Miniature as Yamada
- 1953 · Murahachibu as
- 1953 · Tower of Lilies as
- 1952 · Dedication of the Great Buddha as
- 1952 · Today is Payday as President of Akabane Construction
- 1952 · Violence as
- 1952 · Children of Hiroshima as Owner of a ship
- 1952 · Sisters of Nishijin as
- 1951 · Izayoi kaidō as
- 1951 · The Man from the Moon as
- 1951 · Story of a Beloved Wife as
- 1951 · The Tale of Genji as Priest
- 1951 · 限りなき情熱 as
- 1951 · Who Will Judge Me? as
- 1951 · The White Orchid as
- 1951 · Clothes of Deception as Kasama
- 1950 · Scandal as Aoye's friend
- 1950 · Spring Snow as Yasuji
- 1950 · Town of Violence as Ango Shindo
- 1948 · The Most Beautiful Day of My Life as
- 1948 · The Follower as
- 1948 · Great X as Matsushita
- 1948 · Temptation as
- 1947 · The Ball at the Anjo House as Yoshida
- 1947 · Record of a Tenement Gentleman as Photographer
- 1941 · The Battle of Kawanakajima as Rokuzô Ôkuma