Taiji Tonoyama
Known for Acting · 306 credits
- Born
- 1915-10-17
- Died
- 1989-04-30
- Place of birth
- Kobe, Japon
- Also known as
- 殿山 泰司 · Танояма Тайи · Тайдзи Тонояма
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (300)
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
as Old Beggar
Sex and Fury
1973
as Tokuzô Kasai
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
A Pool Without Water
1982
as Pharmacist
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
Empire of Passion
1978
as Toichiro
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Teruyan
Fruits of Passion
1981
as Customer
Edo Porn
1981
as Tattooist
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
1972
Hachiko
1987
as Hashimoto
Good Morning
1959
as Pushy Man
Farm Girls
1962
Onibaba
1964
as Ushi
Scandal
1950
as Aoye's friend
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
as Higa
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Mountain Man
The Insect Woman
1963
as Foreman
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
1971
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Tanejiro Shibata
Eros Eterna
1977
Oiran
1983
as Hachibei
Drunken Angel
1948
as Shop Proprietor
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
Tokyo Pop
1988
as Grandfather
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
as Hikojii
Gate of Hell
1953
as Kakisuke
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Chen
The Naked Island
1960
as Senta
Black Rain
1989
as Old Priest
The Rendezvous
1972
as Murai
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Publican at Ebisu
An Innocent Witch
1965
Junko's Bliss
1978
as Taizô Sakata
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977
The Seburi Story
1985
as Kamezo
Kuroneko
1968
as Farmer
Irezumi
1982
as Horiatsu
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Owner of a ship
Day Dream
1981
as Guard
Hobo General
1976
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Beret Musician
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
1973
as Ippei
Eijanaika
1981
as Jyosyuya
Endless Desire
1958
as Ramen shop owner
Dark Room
1983
as Doctor(医師)
The Human Wall
1959
Actress
1956
Silence
1971
as Prison guard
Kanto Wanderer
1963
as Boss Izu
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Kurazo
Zegen
1987
as Shimada
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Fifth Movement
1981
My Second Brother
1959
as Hemmi Gengoro
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Daughter of Time
1980
as Fireworks Hand 2
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
as Isao Hori
The Ceremony
1971
as Old Chief
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Shokichi
The Last Swordsman
1974
Turbid Youth
1954
Deeper Than Blue
1973
as Shunkai
Street of Joy
1974
as Kofukuya's Owner
Violence at Noon
1966
as School director
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
Dotanba
1956
Evening Primrose
1974
as Genji's father
Great X
1948
as Matsushita
The Strangling
1979
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kasama
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Priest
Lost Sex
1966
as Gonpachi
Hawaiian Dream
1987
as Shokichi Shimamura
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Monk
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
1975
as The Master
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
as Waretsuku
The Pornographers
1966
as Father
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Uhei Matsumura
The Revelation of a Geisha
1970
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Stolen Pleasure
1962
as Goro
Dear Summer Sister
1972
as Takuzo Sakurada
The Wolves
1955
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Detective Shimamoto
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Foundry Town
1962
as Matsunaga
Child of the Sun
1980
Shachō to onna tenin
1948
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
as Photographer
Turtle Geisha
1972
as Ishibashi
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
Town of Violence
1950
as Ango Shindo
Tales of President Mito
1962
as President Toyotomi
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Tomorrow
1988
as Storekeeper
Mother
1963
as Tajima
A Story from Echigo
1964
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Muddy River
1981
as Man on Festival Boat
The Start of Life
1965
On This Earth
1957
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Libido
1967
Strong Women, Weak Men
1968
as Zenzo
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
Captive's Island
1966
Miniature
1953
as Yamada
Seisaku's Wife
1965
as Retired Man
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
as Old man
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
as Shimamura
About Taiji Tonoyama
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. With 306 credits spanning from 1941 to 1989, Taiji Tonoyama has appeared in 300 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Taiji Tonoyama Movies
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — as Old Beggar
- Sex and Fury (1973) — as Tokuzô Kasai
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
- A Pool Without Water (1982) — as Pharmacist
- The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (1955)
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