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 Report poster

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for…

Black Report

★ 6.6 1963

The King poster

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an unedu…

The King

★ 8.0 1962

Human poster

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four peopl…

Human

★ 6.9 1962

Farm Girls poster

As Japan's economic growth policies intensify, small-scale farmers embark on a first-ever communal…

Farm Girls

★ 10.0 1962

Fresh Leaves poster

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's…

Fresh Leaves

★ 7.0 1962

Foundry Town poster

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and o…

Foundry Town

★ 7.8 1962