Taiji Tonoyama

Acting

Taiji Tonoyama

Born 1915-10-17 Kobe, Japon 312 films

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.

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Filmography

312 films
Black Rain poster

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his…

Black Rain

★ 7.6 1989

Tomorrow poster

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by…

Tomorrow

★ 8.0 1988

Tokyo Pop poster

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you…

Tokyo Pop

★ 6.9 1988

Hawaiian Dream poster

Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered…

Hawaiian Dream

★ 10.0 1987

Hachiko poster

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, eve…

Hachiko

★ 7.8 1987

Zegen poster

At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southe…

Zegen

★ 6.5 1987

Jazz Daimyo poster

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out…

Jazz Daimyo

★ 6.3 1986