Taiji Tonoyama
Known for Acting · 311 credits
- Born
- 1915-10-17
- Died
- 1989-04-30
- Place of birth
- Kobe, Japon
- Also known as
- 殿山 泰司 · Танояма Тайи · Тайдзи Тонояма
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (305)
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
as Old Beggar
Burden of Love
1955
as Mr. Yamaguchi
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Hooligans on Buggies
1970
Sex and Fury
1973
as Tokuzô Kasai
Dynamite Doctor
1966
as Chairman
Blind Devotion
1961
as Hikozo
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
as Waretsuku
An Innocent Witch
1965
Shachō to onna tenin
1948
Daughter of Time
1980
as Fireworks Hand 2
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Libido
1967
Child of the Sun
1980
Golden Partners
1979
as Bend master
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959
Before Dawn
1953
as Risaburo
Edo Porn
1981
as Tattooist
Song of a Traveller
1962
Day Dream
1981
as Guard
Fruits of Passion
1981
as Customer
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Teruyan
Empire of Passion
1978
as Toichiro
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Onibaba
1964
as Ushi
Drunken Angel
1948
as Shop Proprietor
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
Good Morning
1959
as Pushy Man
Captive's Island
1966
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
1971
Irezumi
1982
as Horiatsu
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Mountain Man
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
1972
A Pool Without Water
1982
as Pharmacist
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Tanejiro Shibata
Hachiko
1987
as Hashimoto
The Naked Island
1960
as Senta
Taki no Shiraito
1952
as Fukuichi
Conquest
1965
as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
The Legendary Hell
1960
as Daihachi
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
as Shimamura
Mother
1963
as Tajima
Oiran
1983
as Hachibei
The Pornographers
1966
as Father
Dark Room
1983
as Doctor(医師)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
1959
as Kumakichi Takeda
A Story from Echigo
1964
Yakuza sensei
1960
Violent Street
1963
Storming Squadron
1960
Hanayome no teikō
1958
as Yoshimaro Akiyama
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
as Hikojii
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968
Street of Joy
1974
as Kofukuya's Owner
The Insect Woman
1963
as Foreman
Escape and the Law
1965
Lost Sex
1966
as Gonpachi
Kuroneko
1968
as Farmer
Black Rain
1989
as Old Priest
Onibaba : Film Location
1964
Raised on an Island
1963
Reminiscence
1953
Underwater Murder
1958
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Chen
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
as Higa
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
1972
as Tokuichi Ōnuma
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり
1975
The Champion
1957
as Pote-chan
Muddy River
1981
as Man on Festival Boat
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Publican at Ebisu
The Revelation of a Geisha
1970
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
1973
as Ippei
Violence at Noon
1966
as School director
Cape Ashizuri
1954
The Rendezvous
1972
as Murai
Gate of Hell
1953
as Kakisuke
Toumei na kisetsu
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
1963
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
as Goichi Nishida (village chief)
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Beret Musician
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
Silence
1971
as Prison guard
Eros Eterna
1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1977
Zegen
1987
as Shimada
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
Scandal
1950
as Aoye's friend
The Ceremony
1971
as Old Chief
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Owner of a ship
Temptation
1957
as Tobe
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
as Kenta
Stray Dog
1973
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
as Yoshida
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
1973
as Shimamura
My Second Brother
1959
as Hemmi Gengoro
Turtle Geisha
1972
as Ishibashi
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
Sacred Koya
1983
Kanawa
1972
as Physiognomist
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
1947
as Photographer
The Strangling
1979
The Seburi Story
1985
as Kamezo
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Uhei Matsumura
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
The Far Road
1977
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Kurazo
Hymn
1972
as Harumatsu
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Tomorrow
1988
as Storekeeper
Hawaiian Dream
1987
as Shokichi Shimamura
Eijanaika
1981
as Jyosyuya
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
About 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. With 311 credits spanning from 1941 to 1989, Taiji Tonoyama has appeared in 305 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Taiji Tonoyama Movies
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — as Old Beggar
- Burden of Love (1955) — as Mr. Yamaguchi
- Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
- Hooligans on Buggies (1970)
- Sex and Fury (1973) — as Tokuzô Kasai
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