Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Known for

Acting

Born

October 17, 1915

Birthplace

Kobe, Japon

Died

April 30, 1989 (aged 73)

Biography

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.

Best known work

In the Realm of the Senses
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Onibaba
Onibaba
1964
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Kuroneko
Kuroneko
1968
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Hachiko
Hachiko
1987
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Naked Island
The Naked Island
1960

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Toumei na kisetsu
  2. 1989

  3. 1989

    Black Rain

    as Old Priest

  4. 1989

  5. 1988

    Tomorrow

    as Storekeeper

  6. 1988

    Tokyo Pop

    as Grandfather

  7. 1988

  8. 1987

    Hawaiian Dream

    as Shokichi Shimamura

  9. 1987

    Hachiko

    as Hashimoto

  10. 1987

    Zegen

    as Shimada

  11. 1987

  12. 1986

  13. 1986

    Jazz Daimyo

    as Gensai

  14. 1985

  15. 1985

  16. 1985

  17. 1984

    Location

    as Inumaru

  18. 1984

    The Horizon

    as Tanimoto

  19. 1984

  20. 1983

  21. 1983

    Dark Room

    as Doctor(医師)

  22. 1983

  23. 1983

  24. 1983

    The Bored Samurai

    as Father of Ogin

  25. 1983

    Oiran

    as Hachibei

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