Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Deceased · Born: Oct 17, 1915 · Died: Apr 30, 1989

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Personal Details

Born Oct 17, 1915 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

Career

1988
Tokyo Pop
Tokyo Pop as Grandfather
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1987
Zegen
Zegen as Shimada
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Hachi-ko
Hachi-ko as Hashimoto
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1983
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama as Teruyan
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1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine as Tanejiro Shibata
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1978
Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion as Toichiro
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1977
Ballad of Orin
Ballad of Orin as Mountain Man
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1976
In the Realm of the Senses
In the Realm of the Senses as Old Beggar
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1972
Ai yori aoku
Ai yori aoku as 俊界和尚
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1971
Chinmoku
Chinmoku as Prison guard
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1968
Black Cat
Black Cat as Farmer
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1967
Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
1966
Violence at Noon
Violence at Noon as School director
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Ohanahan
Ohanahan as 溝呂木老人
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1964
Onibaba
Onibaba as Ushi
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1960
The Island
The Island as Senta, the father
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1959
Good Morning
Good Morning as Oshiuri no Otoko
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1948
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel as Shop Proprietor
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1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Record of a Tenement Gentleman as Photographer
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