Taiji Tonoyama
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.
Known For
Ai yori aoku
1972
0Ohanahan
1966
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Sex and Fury
1973
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
0Pro Hunter
1981
Empire of Passion
1978
Drunken Angel
1948
Irezumi
1982
The Roads Men Travel
1976
Onibaba
1964
Filmography
Ai yori aoku
as 俊界和尚 · 1972
Ohanahan
as 溝呂木老人 · 1966
In the Realm of the Senses
as Old Beggar · 1976
Sex and Fury
as Tokuzô Kasai · 1973
The Ballad of Narayama
as Teruyan · 1983
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
· 1959
Pro Hunter
· 1981
Empire of Passion
as Toichiro · 1978
Drunken Angel
as Shop Proprietor · 1948
Irezumi
as Horiatsu · 1982
The Roads Men Travel
as Sone · 1976
Onibaba
as Ushi · 1964
Vengeance Is Mine
as Tanejiro Shibata · 1979
Fruits of Passion
as Customer · 1981
The Castle of Sand
as Publican at Ebisu · 1974
Hachiko
as Hashimoto · 1987
Good Morning
as Pushy Man · 1959
A Pool Without Water
as Pharmacist · 1982
The Naked Island
as Senta · 1960
Edo Porn
as Tattooist · 1981
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Hikojii · 1983
Kuroneko
as Farmer · 1968
A-Un
· 1980
Whistling in the Morning
· 1959
Gate of Hell
as Kakisuke · 1953
Oiran
as Hachibei · 1983
Black Rain
as Old Priest · 1989
The Legendary Hell
as Daihachi · 1960
Women of Ginza
· 1955
The Insect Woman
as Foreman · 1963
Tokyo Pop
as Grandfather · 1988
Scandal
as Aoye's friend · 1950
Profound Desires of the Gods
as Higa · 1968
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
· 1972
The Ceremony
as Old Chief · 1971
Silence
as Prison guard · 1971
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
· 1967
The Revelation of a Geisha
· 1970
Pigs and Battleships
as Chen · 1961
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Photographer · 1947
The Gate of Youth Part 2
· 1977
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
as Shimamura · 1973
Intentions of Murder
as Beret Musician · 1964
Murahachibu
· 1953
The Pornographers
as Father · 1966
Muddy River
as Man on Festival Boat · 1981
Jazz Daimyo
as Gensai · 1986
Freedom School
· 1951
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Kurazo · 1957
Kinagashi Bugyō
· 1981
Children of Hiroshima
as Owner of a ship · 1952
The King
· 1962
Ballad of Orin
as Mountain Man · 1977
Street of Joy
as Kofukuya's Owner · 1974
Day Dream
as Guard · 1981
Violence at Noon
as School director · 1966
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
· 1969
Desire
· 1953
Seisaku's Wife
as Retired Man · 1965
Beyond the Green Hills
· 1963
Darkness at Noon
as Uhei Matsumura · 1956
Foundry Town
as Matsunaga · 1962
The Famous Wanderer
· 1961
Dark Room
as Doctor(医師) · 1983
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager) · 1975
Eijanaika
as Jyosyuya · 1981
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
· 1971
The Seburi Story
as Kamezo · 1985
Tower of Lilies
· 1953
Yokohama BJ Blues
as Isao Hori · 1981
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Rokusuke · 1962
The Street Without Sun
as Gen'ichi Inoue · 1954
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
· 1959
Captive's Island
· 1966
Case of the Disjointed Murder
· 1977
Yakuza sensei
· 1960
Endless Desire
as Ramen shop owner · 1958
Night Drum
· 1958
Wait for Tomorrow
as Inosuke Uematsu · 1960
Actress
· 1956
The End of the War
· 1950
Zegen
as Shimada · 1987
Black Report
as Shinsaku Tsuda · 1963
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
· 1965
The Rendezvous
as Murai · 1972
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
· 1968
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Kotani · 1961
The Tale of Genji
as Priest · 1951
Avalanche
as Miyabayashi · 1952
Kanawa
as Physiognomist · 1972
A Cheerful Yakuza
· 1976
The Champion
as Pote-chan · 1957
Strong Women, Weak Men
as Zenzo · 1968
Tree Without Leaves
· 1986
The Homeless
· 1974
Eros Eterna
· 1977
Saijoke no kyoen
· 1951
On This Earth
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle · 1957
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
· 1959
The Human Wall
· 1959
Irohanihoheto
· 1960
Four Hours of Terror
as Teppei Sasada · 1959
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
as Ippei · 1973
Wind of Youth
· 1968
Samurai from Nowhere
· 1964
An Innocent Witch
· 1965
Stolen Pleasure
as Goro · 1962
The Ball at the Anjo House
as Yoshida · 1947
My Second Brother
as Hemmi Gengoro · 1959
Hawaiian Dream
as Shokichi Shimamura · 1987
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
as Nomura · 1972
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
· 1960
Hobo General
· 1976
The Strangling
· 1979
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
· 1952
Heat Wave Island
· 1969
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
· 1979
Wakai hito-tachi
· 1954
A Story from Echigo
· 1964
If Indeed One Loves
as Bartender (segment 1) · 1955
Onibaba : Film Location
· 1964
Hooligans on Buggies
· 1970
Miniature
as Yamada · 1953
Deeper Than Blue
as Shunkai · 1973
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
· 1955
Fresh Leaves
as Zenkichi Segawa · 1962
Human
as Kamegoro · 1962
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Monk · 1963
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
· 1960
The Key
· 1974
Three Resurrected Drunkards
as Old man · 1968
Aizenbashi
· 1951
Teenage Years: Keiko’s Story
· 1979
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
· 1972
Stray Dog
· 1973
The Cards Will Tell
· 1960
Mother
as Tajima · 1963
Conquest
as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura · 1965
The Far Road
· 1977
On the Road
· 1982
Kiri ni Kieta Hito
· 1963
Great X
as Matsushita · 1948
Drunken Harbor
as Doctor · 1966
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
· 1970
Kanto Wanderer
as Boss Izu · 1963
Our Town
as Shime · 1956
Tora-san, the Expert
· 1982
The Lucky Status Symbol
· 1972
Ishimatsu of the Forest
as Waretsuku · 1949
Until Evening
as Restaurant's Owner · 1980
The Valley Between Love and Death
· 1954
The Little Runaway
· 1966
River of Fireflies
· 1987
Ditch
· 1954
Strange Affinity
· 1970
Nikoyon monogatari
· 1956
Tomorrow Evening
· 1977
Violence
· 1952
Tokyo no Kodoku
· 1959
Turtle Geisha
as Ishibashi · 1972
Farm Girls
as Kuranosuke · 1962
Muhō Ichidai
· 1957
The Wolves
· 1955
Clothes of Deception
as Kasama · 1951
King of the Widow-Killers
· 1971
Snowy Night Duel
· 1954
Hymn
as Harumatsu · 1972
Child of the Sun
· 1980
Dear Summer Sister
as Takuzo Sakurada · 1972
The Boy Who Came Back
as Detective Shimamoto · 1958
The Bored Samurai
as Father of Ogin · 1983
Nuclear Gypsies
· 1985
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
as Goichi Nishida (village chief) · 1979
The Irresponsible Fool
· 1964
Dynamite Doctor
as Chairman · 1966
Lucky Dragon No. 5
· 1959
Storming Squadron
· 1960
Sorrow Is Only for Women
· 1958
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
· 1971
Song of the Spring Pony
· 1985
Tomorrow
as Storekeeper · 1988
Seasonal Wind
· 1977
Shōjo
· 1961
The Three Faces
as Gen · 1955
Pimp Heaven
as Preacher · 1975
大吉ぼんのう鏡
· 1962
The Start of Life
· 1965
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
· 1961
The Desperate
as Chief Osawa · 1964
East China Sea
· 1968
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
· 1969
Libido
· 1967
Onna no Iji
as Nakano · 1971
Love and Faith
· 1978
Temptation
· 1948
Wind, Woman and Road
as Kenta · 1958
Faraway Tomorrow
· 1979
Turbid Youth
· 1954
The Shadow of Fear
· 1956
Reminiscence
· 1953
Fifth Movement
· 1981
The Horizon
as Tanimoto · 1984
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Kuramochi · 1955
Song of a Traveller
· 1962
Before the Dawn
as Risaburo · 1953
18 Roughs
as Murata · 1963
The Young and Bad
· 1962
The Beauty and the Dragon
· 1955
Toumei na kisetsu
My Way
as Yoshizo Kawamura · 1974
Sakura-tai Chiru
· 1988
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
· 1960
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
· 1977
Scoundrel Boss
· 1975
Nippon no obaachan
· 1962
The White Orchid
· 1951
Kokoro no sanmyaku
· 1966
Yukyo-retsuden
· 1970
Town of Violence
as Ango Shindo · 1950
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Masumura · 1958
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
· 1984
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
as Sex Show Manager · 1974
Evening Primrose
as Genji's father · 1974
Location
as Inumaru · 1984
Love's Family Tree
· 1961
Temptation
as Tobe · 1957
My Hometown is the Wild West
· 1960
Time Within Memory
· 1973
Tales of President Mito
as President Toyotomi · 1962
Ghost Train
· 1978
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Kumakichi Takeda · 1959
Sixteen years old
· 1960
Koina no Ginpei
· 1954
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
as Sôiku · 1977
The Last Trump Card
as Seitaro Koshimura · 1960
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
· 1970
Today is Payday
as President of Akabane Construction · 1952
Izayoi kaidō
· 1951
Who's the Real Killer
as Frank · 1957
Did the Red Bird Escape?
· 1973
Story of a Beloved Wife
· 1951
Dedication of the Great Buddha
· 1952
Burden of Love
as Mr. Yamaguchi · 1955
Violent Street
· 1963
Hageshī kawa
· 1962
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
· 1979
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
· 1959
Dotanba
· 1956
Nurse's Husband
· 1980
Talented Woman
· 1959
Cape Ashizuri
· 1954
King of Pornography
· 1971
Tetsugen
· 1981
A Woman’s Road
· 1973
Thousand Cranes
· 1989
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Rokuzô Ôkuma · 1941
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
· 1955
The School Cap
· 1963
Season of Farewell
· 1962
Underwater Murder
· 1958
Magistrate of the Floating World
· 1981
Who Will Judge Me?
· 1951
Lost Sex
as Gonpachi · 1966
Knock Down
· 1960
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
· 1983
Harbor Rats
· 1957
Blind Devotion
as Hikozo · 1961
Police Precinct Part 17
· 1961
I am the Judge
· 1962
The Betrayers Out!
· 1966
Black Curtain
· 1966
The End of a Day
· 1954
Futaridake no taiyō
· 1961
War and Flowers
· 1989
Sisters of Nishijin
· 1952
The Last Swordsman
· 1974
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
as Tokuichi Ōnuma · 1972
Golden Partners
as Bend master · 1979
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
· 1948
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Doctor Otsuki · 1956
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
as Senkichi Hanamura · 1957
Evil Spirits of Japan
as Pachinko owner · 1970
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Shokichi · 1956
Taki no Shiraito
as Fukuichi · 1952
Gokudô Petenshi
· 1969
快傑耶茶坊
· 1956
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
as Harukichi · 1975
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
· 1975
The Heart
as S's Father · 1973
Attack at Daylight
as Saeki · 1970
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
as Shimamura · 1973
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
as Kinetarô Kitamura · 1975
The President and the Shopgirl
· 1948
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
as The Master · 1975
Sisters
· 1955
Love is Lost
as Gensaku · 1956
Internees of Kampili
· 1960
Junko's Bliss
as Taizô Sakata · 1978
Sacred Koya
· 1983
Spring Snow
as Yasuji · 1950
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Machida · 1959
One Passed Through Hell
· 1960
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo
· 1978
Escape and the Law
· 1965
Two Harmonicas
· 1976
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
· 1982
Hobo Village
· 1958
Raised on an Island
· 1963
It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!
· 1972
Secret
· 1960
Daughter of Time
as Fireworks Hand 2 · 1980
限りなき情熱
· 1951
The Follower
· 1948
Love Lost in Tears
· 1973
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
as Tonomura · 1974
Hanayome no teikō
as Yoshimaro Akiyama · 1958
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
· 1963
Hell Riders in Kyoto
· 1973
The Man from the Moon
· 1951
Yume o meshimase
as Ton Chiki · 1950