Actor

Taiji Tonoyama

Birthday: October 17, 1915

Born in: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movie Credits

Thousand Cranes (1989)
Age: 73
Black Rain (1989) as Old Priest
Age: 73
War and Flowers (1989)
Age: 73
Tomorrow (1988) as Storekeeper
Age: 72
Tokyo Pop (1988) as Grandfather
Age: 72
Sakura-tai Chiru (1988)
Age: 72
Hawaiian Dream (1987) as Shokichi Shimamura
Age: 71
Hachiko (1987) as Hashimoto
Age: 71
Zegen (1987) as Shimada
Age: 71
River of Fireflies (1987)
Age: 71
Tree Without Leaves (1986)
Age: 71
Jazz Daimyo (1986) as Gensai
Age: 70
The Seburi Story (1985) as Kamezo
Age: 69
Nuclear Gypsies (1985)
Age: 69
Song of the Spring Pony (1985)
Age: 69
Location (1984) as Inumaru
Age: 68
The Horizon (1984) as Tanimoto
Age: 68
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) as Hikojii
Age: 68
Dark Room (1983) as Doctor(医師)
Age: 67
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) as Teruyan
Age: 67
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha (1983)
Age: 67
The Bored Samurai (1983) as Father of Ogin
Age: 67
Oiran (1983) as Hachibei
Age: 67
Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
Age: 67
Irezumi (1982) as Horiatsu
Age: 67
A Ghost Love Story of Japan (1982)
Age: 66
On the Road (1982)
Age: 66
A Pool Without Water (1982) as Pharmacist
Age: 66
Fifth Movement (1981)
Age: 65
Edo Porn (1981) as Tattooist
Age: 65
Day Dream (1981) as Guard
Age: 65
Fruits of Passion (1981) as Customer
Age: 65
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981) as Isao Hori
Age: 65
Muddy River (1981) as Man on Festival Boat
Age: 65
Eijanaika (1981) as Jyosyuya
Age: 65
Tetsugen (1981)
Age: 65
Daughter of Time (1980) as Fireworks Hand 2
Age: 65
Until Evening (1980) as Restaurant's Owner
Age: 64
Child of the Sun (1980)
Age: 64
Nurse's Husband (1980)
Age: 64
Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
Age: 64
Faraway Tomorrow (1979)
Age: 64
The Bride of the Ghost Lake (1979) as Goichi Nishida (village chief)
Age: 64
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case (1979)
Age: 63
The Strangling (1979)
Age: 63
Golden Partners (1979) as Bend master
Age: 63
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Tanejiro Shibata
Age: 63
The Fall of Teenager (1979)
Age: 63
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo (1978)
Age: 63
Empire of Passion (1978) as Toichiro
Age: 62
Love and Faith (1978)
Age: 62
Junko's Bliss (1978) as Taizô Sakata
Age: 62
幽霊列車 (1978)
Age: 62
Ballad of Orin (1977) as Mountain Man
Age: 62
Tomorrow Evening (1977)
Age: 62
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
Age: 61
The Far Road (1977)
Age: 61
Seasonal Wind (1977)
Age: 61
Eros Eterna (1977)
Age: 61
Case of the Disjointed Murder (1977)
Age: 61
The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
Age: 61
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow (1977) as Sôiku
Age: 61
Two Harmonicas (1976)
Age: 60
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) as Old Beggar
Age: 60
Hobo General (1976)
Age: 60
A Cheerful Yakuza (1976)
Age: 60
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment (1975) as Kinetarô Kitamura
Age: 60
Scoundrel Boss (1975)
Age: 60
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 (1975) as The Master
Age: 59
Pimp Heaven (1975) as Preacher
Age: 59
Housewife's Experience: Tenement (1975) as Harukichi
Age: 59
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (1975) as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
Age: 59
Evening Primrose (1974) as Genji's father
Age: 59
The Last Swordsman (1974)
Age: 59
The Castle of Sand (1974) as Publican at Ebisu
Age: 59
The Homeless (1974)
Age: 58
Street of Joy (1974) as Kofukuya's Owner
Age: 58
My Way (1974) as Yoshizo Kawamura
Age: 58
The Key (1974)
Age: 58
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya (1974) as Tonomura
Age: 58
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama (1974) as Sex Show Manager
Age: 58
The Heart (1973) as S's Father
Age: 58
Stray Dog (1973)
Age: 57
Love Lost in Tears (1973)
Age: 57
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973) as Shimamura
Age: 57
Hell Riders in Kyoto (1973)
Age: 57
A Woman’s Road (1973)
Age: 57
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer (1973) as Shimamura
Age: 57
Time Within Memory (1973)
Age: 57
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa (1973) as Ippei
Age: 57
Sex and Fury (1973) as Tokuzô Kasai
Age: 57
Did the Red Bird Escape? (1973)
Age: 57
Deeper Than Blue (1973) as Shunkai
Age: 57
Hymn (1972) as Harumatsu
Age: 57
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window (1972) as Nomura
Age: 57
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats (1972)
Age: 56
祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！ (1972)
Age: 56
Dear Summer Sister (1972) as Takuzo Sakurada
Age: 56
Turtle Geisha (1972) as Ishibashi
Age: 56
The Lucky Status Symbol (1972)
Age: 56
The Erotomaniac Daimyo (1972)
Age: 56
The Iron Crown (1972) as Physiognomist
Age: 56
The Rendezvous (1972) as Murai
Age: 56
Silence (1971) as Prison guard
Age: 56
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha (1971)
Age: 55
Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)
Age: 55
The Ceremony (1971) as Old Chief
Age: 55
Onna no Iji (1971) as Nakano
Age: 55
King of Pornography (1971)
Age: 55
King of the Widow-Killers (1971)
Age: 55
Evil Spirits of Japan (1970) as Pachinko owner
Age: 55
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
Age: 55
Hooligans on Buggies (1970)
Age: 55
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies (1970)
Age: 54
The Revelation of a Geisha (1970)
Age: 54
Yukyo-retsuden (1970)
Age: 54
Strange Affinity (1970)
Age: 54
Attack at Daylight (1970) as Saeki
Age: 54
Gokudô Petenshi (1969)
Age: 54
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Age: 54
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! (1969)
Age: 53
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting (1969)
Age: 53
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) as Higa
Age: 53
East China Sea (1968)
Age: 52
Strong Women, Weak Men (1968) as Zenzo
Age: 52
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) as Old man
Age: 52
Wind of Youth (1968)
Age: 52
Kuroneko (1968) as Farmer
Age: 52
The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968)
Age: 52
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Age: 51
Libido (1967)
Age: 51
Drunken Harbor (1966) as Doctor
Age: 51
The Little Runaway (1966)
Age: 51
Lost Sex (1966) as Gonpachi
Age: 50
Violence at Noon (1966) as School director
Age: 50
Captive's Island (1966)
Age: 50
Dynamite Doctor (1966) as Chairman
Age: 50
The Pornographers (1966) as Father
Age: 50
Black Curtain (1966)
Age: 50
Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966)
Age: 50
The Betrayers Out! (1966)
Age: 50
Conquest (1965) as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
Age: 50
An Innocent Witch (1965)
Age: 50
Seisaku's Wife (1965) as Retired Man
Age: 49
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy (1965)
Age: 49
The Start of Life (1965)
Age: 49
Onibaba (1964) as Ushi
Age: 49
Intentions of Murder (1964) as Beret Musician
Age: 48
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Age: 48
The Irresponsible Fool (1964)
Age: 48
The Desperate (1964) as Chief Osawa
Age: 48
Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
Age: 48
Onibaba : Film Location (1964)
Age: 48
Kiri ni Kieta Hito (1963)
Age: 48
The School Cap (1963)
Age: 48
Kanto Wanderer (1963) as Boss Izu
Age: 48
The Insect Woman (1963) as Foreman
Age: 48
Mother (1963) as Tajima
Age: 48
Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963) as Monk
Age: 47
18 Roughs (1963) as Murata
Age: 47
どん底だって平ちゃらさ (1963)
Age: 47
Black Report (1963) as Shinsaku Tsuda
Age: 47
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
Age: 47
The King (1962)
Age: 47
Human (1962) as Kamegoro
Age: 47
Chibusa o daku musume tachi (1962)
Age: 46
Hageshī kawa (1962)
Age: 46
Fresh Leaves (1962) as Zenkichi Segawa
Age: 46
The Young and Bad (1962)
Age: 46
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962) as Rokusuke
Age: 46
Song of a Traveller (1962)
Age: 46
Foundry Town (1962) as Matsunaga
Age: 46
Tales of President Mito (1962) as President Toyotomi
Age: 46
Stolen Pleasure (1962) as Goro
Age: 46
I am the Judge (1962)
Age: 46
Season of Farewell (1962)
Age: 46
大吉ぼんのう鏡 (1962)
Age: 46
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Age: 46
Love's Family Tree (1961)
Age: 46
Police Precinct Part 17 (1961)
Age: 45
でかんしょ風来坊 (1961)
Age: 45
Blind Devotion (1961) as Hikozo
Age: 45
Futaridake no taiyō (1961)
Age: 45
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman (1961)
Age: 45
Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Chen
Age: 45
Shōjo (1961)
Age: 45
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961) as Kotani
Age: 45
My Hometown is the Wild West (1960)
Age: 45
The Naked Island (1960) as Senta
Age: 45
Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)
Age: 45
Wait for Tomorrow (1960) as Inosuke Uematsu
Age: 45
Sixteen years old (1960)
Age: 44
Internees of Kampili (1960)
Age: 44
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 (1960)
Age: 44
A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)
Age: 44
Irohanihoheto (1960)
Age: 44
One Passed Through Hell (1960)
Age: 44
Secret (1960)
Age: 44
Knock Down (1960)
Age: 44
The Cards Will Tell (1960)
Age: 44
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha (1959) as Kumakichi Takeda
Age: 44
My Second Brother (1959) as Hemmi Gengoro
Age: 44
The Human Wall (1959)
Age: 44
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black (1959) as Detective Machida
Age: 43
Four Hours of Terror (1959) as Teppei Sasada
Age: 43
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene (1959)
Age: 43
Good Morning (1959) as Pushy Man
Age: 43
Tokyo no Kodoku (1959)
Age: 43
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Age: 43
Whistling in the morning (1959)
Age: 43
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
Age: 43
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Age: 43
Endless Desire (1958) as Ramen shop owner
Age: 43
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958) as Masumura
Age: 42
Underwater Murder (1958)
Age: 42
The Boy Who Came Back (1958)
Age: 42
Night Drum (1958)
Age: 42
Wind, Woman and Road (1958) as Kenta
Age: 42
Hobo Village (1958)
Age: 42
On This Earth (1957) as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Age: 42
Temptation (1957) as Tobe
Age: 41
Harbor Rats (1957)
Age: 41
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Kurazo
Age: 41
Who's the Real Killer (1957) as Frank
Age: 41
The Champion (1957) as Pote-chan
Age: 41
Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957) as Senkichi Hanamura
Age: 41
Muhō Ichidai (1957)
Age: 41
Actress (1956)
Age: 41
Dotanba (1956)
Age: 41
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956) as Doctor Otsuki
Age: 41
The Shadow of Fear (1956)
Age: 40
Nikoyon monogatari (1956)
Age: 40
Our Town (1956) as Shime
Age: 40
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956) as Shokichi
Age: 40
快傑耶茶坊 (1956)
Age: 40
Darkness at Noon (1956) as Uhei Matsumura
Age: 40
Love is Lost (1956) as Gensaku
Age: 40
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Age: 40
The Beauty and the Dragon (1955)
Age: 39
Three Faces (1955)
Age: 39
Ai Sureba Koso (1955) as Bartender (segment 1)
Age: 39
The Wolves (1955)
Age: 39
Sisters (1955)
Age: 39
Burden of Love (1955) as Mr. Yamaguchi
Age: 39
Policeman's Diary (1955) as Patrolman Kuramochi
Age: 39
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)
Age: 39
Wakai hito-tachi (1954)
Age: 39
Turbid Youth (1954)
Age: 38
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
Age: 38
Ditch (1954)
Age: 38
The Street Without Sun (1954) as Gen'ichi Inoue
Age: 38
Cape Ashizuri (1954)
Age: 38
The End of a Day (1954)
Age: 38
Koina no Ginpei (1954)
Age: 38
Gate of Hell (1953) as Kakisuke
Age: 38
Before Dawn (1953) as Risaburo
Age: 37
Yokubo (1953)
Age: 37
Miniature (1953) as Yamada
Age: 37
Murahachibu (1953)
Age: 37
Reminiscence (1953)
Age: 37
Tower of Lilies (1953)
Age: 37
Today is Payday (1952) as President of Akabane Construction
Age: 36
Violence (1952)
Age: 36
Children of Hiroshima (1952) as Owner of a ship
Age: 36
Sisters of Nishijin (1952)
Age: 36
Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
Age: 36
Izayoi kaidō (1951)
Age: 36
The Man from the Moon (1951)
Age: 36
Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
Age: 35
The Tale of Genji (1951) as Priest
Age: 35
限りなき情熱 (1951)
Age: 35
Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
Age: 35
The White Orchid (1951)
Age: 35
Clothes of Deception (1951) as Kasama
Age: 35
Scandal (1950) as Aoye's friend
Age: 34
Spring Snow (1950) as Yasuji
Age: 34
Street of Violence (1950) as Ango Shindo
Age: 34
Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) as Waretsuku
Age: 33
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948)
Age: 32
Great X (1948) as Matsushita
Age: 32
Drunken Angel (1948) as Shop Proprietor
Age: 32
Temptation (1948)
Age: 32
Shachō to onna tenin (1948)
Age: 32
The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) as Yoshida
Age: 31
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) as Photographer
Age: 31
The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941) as Rokuzô Ôkuma
Age: 26