
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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