ACTOR
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.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1915
- Died
- Apr 30, 1989
- Birthplace
- Kobe, Japon
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Filmography
Movies
The Battle of KawanakajimaRokuzô Ôkuma
1941
Record of a Tenement GentlemanPhotographer
1947
The Ball at the Anjo HouseYoshida
1947
Drunken AngelShop Proprietor
1948
Great XMatsushita
1948
Temptation
1948TF
The Follower
1948
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948TP
The President and the Shopgirl
1948
Ishimatsu of the ForestWaretsuku
1949
ScandalAoye's friend
1950
Spring SnowYasuji
1950
The End of the War
1950
Town of ViolenceAngo Shindo
1950YO
Yume o meshimaseTon Chiki
1950A
Aizenbashi
1951
Clothes of DeceptionKasama
1951
Freedom School
1951
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
The Man from the Moon
1951
The Tale of GenjiPriest
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
限りなき情熱
1951A
AvalancheMiyabayashi
1952
Children of HiroshimaOwner of a ship
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Taki no ShiraitoFukuichi
1952
Today is PaydayPresident of Akabane Construction
1952
Violence
1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Before the DawnRisaburo
1953
Desire
1953
Gate of HellKakisuke
1953
MiniatureYamada
1953
Murahachibu
1953
Reminiscence
1953
Tower of Lilies
1953
Cape Ashizuri
1954
Ditch
1954
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Snowy Night Duel
1954
The End of a Day
1954
The Street Without SunGen'ichi Inoue
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Turbid Youth
1954
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Burden of LoveMr. Yamaguchi
1955
If Indeed One LovesBartender (segment 1)
1955
Policeman's DiaryPatrolman Kuramochi
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Sisters
1955
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
The Three FacesGen
1955
The Wolves
1955
Women of Ginza
1955
Actress
1956
Darkness at NoonUhei Matsumura
1956
Dotanba
1956
Fearful Attack of the Flying SaucersDoctor Otsuki
1956
Love is LostGensaku
1956
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Our TownShime
1956
Shiawase wa doko niShokichi
1956
The Shadow of Fear
1956快
快傑耶茶坊
1956
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraKurazo
1957
Birth of a Jazz MaidenSenkichi Hanamura
1957
Harbor Rats
1957
Muhō Ichidai
1957
On This EarthYajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
1957
TemptationTobe
1957
The ChampionPote-chan
1957
Who's the Real KillerFrank
1957
Endless DesireRamen shop owner
1958
Hanayome no teikōYoshimaro Akiyama
1958HV
Hobo Village
1958
Night Drum
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
The Boy Who Came BackDetective Shimamoto
1958
The Man Who Wagers TomorrowMasumura
1958UM
Underwater Murder
1958
Wind, Woman and RoadKenta
1958
A Killed Stewardess: White or BlackDetective Machida
1959
Four Hours of TerrorTeppei Sasada
1959
Good MorningPushy Man
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
My Second BrotherHemmi Gengoro
1959
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
Talented Woman
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Human Wall
1959
The Prickly Mouthed GeishaKumakichi Takeda
1959
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Whistling in the Morning
1959
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Internees of Kampili
1960
Irohanihoheto
1960
Knock Down
1960
My Hometown is the Wild West
1960
One Passed Through Hell
1960
Secret
1960
Sixteen years old
1960
Storming Squadron
1960
The Cards Will Tell
1960
The Last Trump CardSeitaro Koshimura
1960
The Legendary HellDaihachi
1960
The Naked IslandSenta
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
Wait for TomorrowInosuke Uematsu
1960
Yakuza sensei
1960
Blind DevotionHikozo
1961
Futaridake no taiyō
1961
Love's Family Tree
1961
Pigs and BattleshipsChen
1961
Police Precinct Part 17
1961
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
1961
Shōjo
1961
The Famous Wanderer
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4Kotani
1961
Akitsu Hot SpringsRokusuke
1962
Farm GirlsKuranosuke
1962
Foundry TownMatsunaga
1962
Fresh LeavesZenkichi Segawa
1962
Hageshī kawa
1962
HumanKamegoro
1962
I am the Judge
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Season of Farewell
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Stolen PleasureGoro
1962
Tales of President MitoPresident Toyotomi
1962
The King
1962
The Young and Bad
1962
大吉ぼんのう鏡
1962
18 RoughsMurata
1963
Bamboo Doll of EchizenMonk
1963
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
Black ReportShinsaku Tsuda
1963
Kanto WandererBoss Izu
1963
Kiri ni Kieta Hito
1963
MotherTajima
1963
Raised on an Island
1963
The Insect WomanForeman
1963
The School Cap
1963
Violent Street
1963
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
1963
A Story from Echigo
1964
Intentions of MurderBeret Musician
1964
OnibabaUshi
1964
Onibaba : Film Location
1964
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
The DesperateChief Osawa
1964
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
An Innocent Witch
1965
ConquestYamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
1965
Escape and the Law
1965
Seisaku's WifeRetired Man
1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
The Start of Life
1965
Black Curtain
1966
Captive's Island
1966
Drunken HarborDoctor
1966
Dynamite DoctorChairman
1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Lost SexGonpachi
1966
The Betrayers Out!
1966
The Little Runaway
1966
The PornographersFather
1966
Violence at NoonSchool director
1966
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Libido
1967
East China Sea
1968
KuronekoFarmer
1968
Profound Desires of the GodsHiga
1968
Strong Women, Weak MenZenzo
1968
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968
Three Resurrected DrunkardsOld man
1968
Wind of Youth
1968
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
1969
Gokudô Petenshi
1969
Heat Wave Island
1969
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
1969
Attack at DaylightSaeki
1970
Evil Spirits of JapanPachinko owner
1970
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970
Strange Affinity
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
The Revelation of a Geisha
1970
Yukyo-retsuden
1970
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
1971
King of Pornography
1971
King of the Widow-Killers
1971
Onna no IjiNakano
1971
SilencePrison guard
1971
The CeremonyOld Chief
1971
Afternoon Affair: Rear WindowNomura
1972
Dear Summer SisterTakuzo Sakurada
1972
HymnHarumatsu
1972
It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!
1972
KanawaPhysiognomist
1972
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
1972
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
The RendezvousMurai
1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972
Turtle GeishaIshibashi
1972
Umarekawatta TamegorōTokuichi Ōnuma
1972
A Woman’s Road
1973
Deeper Than BlueShunkai
1973
Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
Love Lost in Tears
1973
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko ShirakawaIppei
1973
Rika 2: Lonely WandererShimamura
1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's LullabyShimamura
1973
Sex and FuryTokuzô Kasai
1973
Stray Dog
1973
The HeartS's Father
1973
Time Within Memory
1973
Evening PrimroseGenji's father
1974
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô HanadensyaTonomura
1974
My WayYoshizo Kawamura
1974
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-DramaSex Show Manager
1974
Street of JoyKofukuya's Owner
1974
The Castle of SandPublican at Ebisu
1974
The Homeless
1974
The Key
1974
The Last Swordsman
1974
A Haunted Turkish BathhouseGenzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
1975
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement ApartmentKinetarô Kitamura
1975
Housewife's Experience: TenementHarukichi
1975
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2The Master
1975
Pimp HeavenPreacher
1975
Scoundrel Boss
1975
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
1975
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Hobo General
1976
In the Realm of the SensesOld Beggar
1976
Two Harmonicas
1976
Ballad of OrinMountain Man
1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977
Eros Eterna
1977
Seasonal Wind
1977
The Far Road
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's PillowSôiku
1977
Tomorrow Evening
1977
Empire of PassionToichiro
1978
Ghost Train
1978
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo
1978
Junko's BlissTaizô Sakata
1978
Love and Faith
1978
Faraway Tomorrow
1979
Golden PartnersBend master
1979
Teenage Years: Keiko’s Story
1979TB
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979
The Bride of the Ghost LakeGoichi Nishida (village chief)
1979
The Strangling
1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Vengeance Is MineTanejiro Shibata
1979
Child of the Sun
1980
Daughter of TimeFireworks Hand 2
1980NH
Nurse's Husband
1980
Until EveningRestaurant's Owner
1980
Day DreamGuard
1981
Edo PornTattooist
1981
EijanaikaJyosyuya
1981
Fifth Movement
1981
Fruits of PassionCustomer
1981
Magistrate of the Floating World
1981
Muddy RiverMan on Festival Boat
1981
Tetsugen
1981
Yokohama BJ BluesIsao Hori
1981
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
1982
A Pool Without WaterPharmacist
1982
IrezumiHoriatsu
1982OT
On the Road
1982
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Dark RoomDoctor(医師)
1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiHikojii
1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983
OiranHachibei
1983
Sacred Koya
1983
The Ballad of NarayamaTeruyan
1983
The Bored SamuraiFather of Ogin
1983
LocationInumaru
1984
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The HorizonTanimoto
1984
Nuclear Gypsies
1985SO
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
The Seburi StoryKamezo
1985
Jazz DaimyoGensai
1986
Tree Without Leaves
1986
HachikoHashimoto
1987
Hawaiian DreamShokichi Shimamura
1987
River of Fireflies
1987
ZegenShimada
1987
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Tokyo PopGrandfather
1988
TomorrowStorekeeper
1988
Black RainOld Priest
1989
Thousand Cranes
1989
War and Flowers
1989TN
Toumei na kisetsu
Television
Ohanahan溝呂木老人 · 310 eps
1966
Ai yori aoku俊界和尚 · 309 eps
1972
The Roads Men TravelSone · 1 eps
1976
A-Un9 eps
1980
Kinagashi Bugyō1 eps
1981
Pro Hunter1 eps
1981Photos
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