Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 17, 1915
Died
Apr 30, 1989
Place of Birth
Kobe, Japon
Credits
318 titles
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
Filmography
Thousand Cranes
Black Rain
Old Priest
War and Flowers
Tomorrow
Storekeeper
Tokyo Pop
Grandfather
Sakura-tai Chiru
Hawaiian Dream
Shokichi Shimamura
Hachiko
Hashimoto
Zegen
Shimada
River of Fireflies
Tree Without Leaves
Jazz Daimyo
Gensai
The Seburi Story
Kamezo
Nuclear Gypsies
Song of the Spring Pony
Location
Inumaru
The Horizon
Tanimoto
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Hikojii
Dark Room
Doctor(医師)
The Ballad of Narayama
Teruyan
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
The Bored Samurai
Father of Ogin
Oiran
Hachibei
Sacred Koya
Tora-san, the Expert
Irezumi
Horiatsu
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
On the Road
A Pool Without Water
Pharmacist
Fifth Movement
Edo Porn
Tattooist
Day Dream
Guard
Fruits of Passion
Customer
Kinagashi Bugyō
Magistrate of the Floating World
Yokohama BJ Blues
Isao Hori
Pro Hunter
Muddy River
Man on Festival Boat
Eijanaika
Jyosyuya
Tetsugen
Daughter of Time
Fireworks Hand 2
Until Evening
Restaurant's Owner
Child of the Sun
Nurse's Husband
A-Un
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Faraway Tomorrow
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Goichi Nishida (village chief)
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case