Taiji Tonoyama
Born
October 17, 1915
Died
April 30, 1989 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, 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.
Known For
Thousand Cranes
1989
Black Rain
Old Priest
1989
War and Flowers
1989
Tomorrow
Storekeeper
1988
Tokyo Pop
Grandfather
1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Hawaiian Dream
Shokichi Shimamura
1987
Hachiko
Hashimoto
1987
Zegen
Shimada
1987
River of Fireflies
1987
Tree Without Leaves
1986
Jazz Daimyo
Gensai
1986
The Seburi Story
Kamezo
1985
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Location
Inumaru
1984
The Horizon
Tanimoto
1984
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Hikojii
1983
Dark Room
Doctor(医師)
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Teruyan
1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983
The Bored Samurai
Father of Ogin
1983
Oiran
Hachibei
1983
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Irezumi
Horiatsu
1982
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
1982
On the Road
1982
A Pool Without Water
Pharmacist
1982
Fifth Movement
1981
Edo Porn
Tattooist
1981
Day Dream
Guard
1981
Fruits of Passion
Customer
1981
Kinagashi Bugyō
(1 episode)
1981
Yokohama BJ Blues
Isao Hori
1981
Pro Hunter
(1 episode)
1981
Muddy River
Man on Festival Boat
1981
Why Not?
Jyosyuya
1981
Tetsugen
1981
Daughter of Time
Fireworks Hand 2
1980
Until Evening
Restaurant's Owner
1980
Child of the Sun
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
A-Un
(9 episodes)
1980
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
The Strangling
1979
Golden Partners
Bend master
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Tanejiro Shibata
1979
The Fall of Teenager
1979
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo
1978
Empire of Passion
Toichiro
1978
Love and Faith
1978
Junko's Bliss
Taizô Sakata
1978
幽霊列車
1978
Ballad of Orin
Mountain Man
1977
Tomorrow Evening
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
The Far Road
1977
Seasonal Wind
1977
Eros Eterna
1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
Sôiku
1977
Two Harmonicas
1976
In the Realm of the Senses
Old Beggar
1976
Hobo General
1976
The Roads Men Travel
Sone · (1 episode)
1976
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
Kinetarô Kitamura
1975
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
The Master
1975
Pimp Heaven
Preacher
1975
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
Harukichi
1975
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
1975
Evening Primrose
Genji's father
1974
The Last Swordsman
1974
The Castle of Sand
Publican at Ebisu
1974
The Homeless
1974
Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
Kofukuya's Owner
1974
My Way
Yoshizo Kawamura
1974
The Key
1974
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
Tonomura
1974
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
Sex Show Manager
1974
The Heart
S's Father
1973
Stray Dog
1973
Love Lost in Tears
1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Shimamura
1973
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
A Woman’s Road
1973
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Shimamura
1973
Time Within Memory
1973
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
Ippei
1973
Sex and Fury
Tokuzô Kasai
1973
Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973
Deeper Than Blue
Shunkai
1973
Hymn
Harumatsu
1972
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
Nomura
1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972
祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
1972
Dear Summer Sister
Takuzo Sakurada
1972
Turtle Geisha
Ishibashi
1972
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
1972
The Iron Crown
Physiognomist
1972
Ai yori aoku
俊界和尚 · (309 episodes)
1972
The Rendezvous
Murai
1972
Silence
Prison guard
1971
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
The Ceremony
Old Chief
1971
Onna no Iji
Nakano
1971
King of Pornography
1971
King of the Widow-Killers
1971
Evil Spirits of Japan
Pachinko owner
1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
The Revelation of a Geisha
1970
Yukyo-retsuden
1970
Strange Affinity
1970
Attack at Daylight
Saeki
1970
Gokudô Petenshi
1969
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
1969
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
1969
East China Sea
1968
Strong Women, Weak Men
Zenzo
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Old man
1968
Seishun no kaze
1968
Kuroneko
Farmer
1968
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Libido
1967
Drunken Harbor
Doctor
1966
The Little Runaway
1966
Lost Sex
Gonpachi
1966
Violence at Noon
School director
1966
Captive's Island
1966
Dynamite Doctor
Chairman
1966
Ohanahan
溝呂木老人 · (310 episodes)
1966
The Pornographers
Father
1966
Black Curtain
1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
The Betrayers Out!
1966
Conquest
Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
1965
An Innocent Witch
1965
Seisaku's Wife
Retired Man
1965
The Start of Life
1965
Onibaba
Ushi
1964
Intentions of Murder
Beret Musician
1964
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
The Desperate
Chief Osawa
1964
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
Kiri ni Kieta Hito
1963
The School Cap
1963
Kanto Wanderer
Boss Izu
1963
The Insect Woman
Foreman
1963
Mother
Tajima
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Monk
1963
18 Roughs
Murata
1963
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
1963
Black Report
Shinsaku Tsuda
1963
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
The King
1962
Human
Kamegoro
1962
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
1962
Hageshī kawa
1962
Fresh Leaves
Zenkichi Segawa
1962
The Young and Bad
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Foundry Town
Matsunaga
1962
Tales of President Mito
President Toyotomi
1962
Stolen Pleasure
Goro
1962
I am the Judge
1962
Season of Farewell
1962
大吉ぼんのう鏡
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
Blind Devotion
Hikozo
1961
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
Pigs and Battleships
Chen
1961
Shōjo
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Kotani
1961
べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る
1961
Ore no furusato wa dai seibu
1960
The Naked Island
Senta
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Wait for Tomorrow
Inosuke Uematsu
1960
Sixteen years old
1960
Internees of Kampili
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
Irohanihoheto
1960
One Passed Through Hell
1960
Secret
1960
Knock Down
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
Kumakichi Takeda
1959
My Second Brother
Hemmi Gengoro
1959
The Human Wall
1959
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
Detective Machida
1959
Four Hours of Terror
Teppei Sasada
1959
Police Precinct: Nothing Left At The Scene
1959
Good Morning
Pushy Man
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Whistling in the morning
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Endless Desire
Ramen shop owner
1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Masumura
1958
Underwater Murder
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Night Drum
1958
Wind, Woman and Road
Kenta
1958
Hobo Village
1958
On This Earth
Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
1957
Temptation
Tobe
1957
Harbor Rats
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Kurazo
1957
Who's the Real Killer
Frank
1957
The Champion
Pote-chan
1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Senkichi Hanamura
1957
Muhō Ichidai
1957
Actress
1956
Dotanba
1956
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
Doctor Otsuki
1956
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Our Town
Shime
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni
Shokichi
1956
快傑耶茶坊
1956
Darkness at Noon
Uhei Matsumura
1956
Love is Lost
Gensaku
1956
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955
Three Faces
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Bartender (segment 1)
1955
The Wolves
1955
Burden of Love
Mr. Yamaguchi
1955
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Kuramochi
1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Turbid Youth
1954
The Ditch
1954
The Street Without Sun
Gen'ichi Inoue
1954
Cape Ashizuri
1954
The End of a Day
1954
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Gate of Hell
Kakisuke
1953
Before Dawn
Risaburo
1953
Yokubo
1953
Miniature
Yamada
1953
Murahachibu
1953
Reminiscence
1953
Tower of Lilies
1953
Today is Payday
President of Akabane Construction
1952
Violence
1952
Children of Hiroshima
Owner of a ship
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
The Tale of Genji
Priest
1951
限りなき情熱
1951
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Clothes of Deception
Kasama
1951
Scandal
Aoye's friend
1950
Spring Snow
1950
Street of Violence
Ango Shindo
1950
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Waretsuku
1949
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Great X
Matsushita
1948
Drunken Angel
Shop Proprietor
1948
Temptation
1948
Shachō to onna tenin
1948
The Ball at the Anjo House
Yoshida
1947
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Photographer
1947
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Rokuzô Ôkuma
1941