Taiji Tonoyama
Acting
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.
Born: October 17, 1915 · Tokyo, Japan
Filmography (83)
Black Rain
1989
Actor: Old Priest
Tokyo Pop
1988
Actor: Grandfather
Hachiko
1987
Actor: Hashimoto
Zegen
1987
Actor: Shimada
Tree Without Leaves
1986
Actor
Jazz Daimyo
1986
Actor: Gensai
The Seburi Story
1985
Actor: Kamezo
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Actor: Hikojii
Dark Room
1983
Actor: Doctor(医師)
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Actor: Teruyan
Irezumi
1982
Actor: Horiatsu
A Pool Without Water
1982
Actor: Pharmacist
Edo Porn
1981
Actor: Tattooist
Day Dream
1981
Actor: Guard
Fruits of Passion
1981
Actor: Customer
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
Actor: Isao Hori
TV
Pro Hunter
1981
Actor
Muddy River
1981
Actor: Man on Festival Bo…
Why Not?
1981
Actor: Jyosyuya
The Strangling
1979
Actor
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Actor: Tanejiro Shibata
Empire of Passion
1978
Actor: Toichiro
Ballad of Orin
1977
Actor: Mountain Man
Eros Eterna
1977
Actor
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Actor: Old Beggar
TV
The Roads Men Travel
1976
Actor: Sone
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
Actor: Genzô Kakinuma (Ba…
The Castle of Sand
1974
Actor: Publican at Ebisu
The Key
1974
Actor
Stray Dog
1973
Actor
Sex and Fury
1973
Actor: Tokuzô Kasai
Hymn
1972
Actor: Harumatsu
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
1972
Actor: Nomura
Dear Summer Sister
1972
Actor: Takuzo Sakurada
Turtle Geisha
1972
Actor: Ishibashi
The Iron Crown
1972
Actor: Physiognomist
TV
Ai yori aoku
1972
Actor: 俊界和尚
The Rendezvous
1972
Actor: Murai
Silence
1971
Actor: Prison guard
The Ceremony
1971
Actor: Old Chief
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970
Actor
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
Actor: Higa
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Actor: Old man
Kuroneko
1968
Actor: Farmer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Actor
Violence at Noon
1966
Actor: School director
Captive's Island
1966
Actor
TV
Ohanahan
1966
Actor: 溝呂木老人
The Pornographers
1966
Actor: Father
An Innocent Witch
1965
Actor
Seisaku's Wife
1965
Actor: Retired Man
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
Actor
Onibaba
1964
Actor: Ushi
Intentions of Murder
1964
Actor: Beret Musician
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
Actor
Kanto Wanderer
1963
Actor: Boss Izu
The Insect Woman
1963
Actor: Foreman
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
Actor: Monk
Black Report
1963
Actor: Shinsaku Tsuda
Human
1962
Actor: Kamegoro
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Actor: Rokusuke
Foundry Town
1962
Actor: Matsunaga
Pigs and Battleships
1961
Actor: Chen
The Naked Island
1960
Actor: Senta
My Second Brother
1959
Actor: Hemmi Gengoro
Good Morning
1959
Actor: Pushy Man
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Actor
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Actor
Endless Desire
1958
Actor: Ramen shop owner
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Actor
Night Drum
1958
Actor
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Actor: Kurazo
Our Town
1956
Actor: Shime
The Wolves
1955
Actor
Burden of Love
1955
Actor: Mr. Yamaguchi
Gate of Hell
1953
Actor: Kakisuke
Tower of Lilies
1953
Actor
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Actor: Owner of a ship
The Tale of Genji
1951
Actor: Priest
Scandal
1950
Actor: Aoye's friend
Drunken Angel
1948
Actor: Shop Proprietor
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
Actor: Yoshida
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
Actor: Photographer