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.

Known For

In the Realm of the Senses
Onibaba
Drunken Angel
Good Morning
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Kuroneko
Birth Location Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Born 1915-10-17
Died 1989-04-30

Movies

Black Rain as Old Priest
1989
Tomorrow as Storekeeper
1988
Tokyo Pop as Grandfather
1988
Hawaiian Dream as Shokichi Shimamura
1987
Hachiko as Hashimoto
1987
Zegen as Shimada
1987
Jazz Daimyo as Gensai
1986
The Seburi Story as Kamezo
1985
Location as Inumaru
1984
The Horizon as Tanimoto
1984
1983
Dark Room as Doctor(医師)
1983
1983
The Bored Samurai as Father of Ogin
1983
Oiran as Hachibei
1983
Irezumi as Horiatsu
1982
A Pool Without Water as Pharmacist
1982
Day Dream as Guard
1981
Edo Porn as Tattooist
1981
Fruits of Passion as Customer
1981
Yokohama BJ Blues as Isao Hori
1981
Muddy River as Man on Festival Boat
1981
Why Not? as Jyosyuya
1981
1981
Daughter of Time as Fireworks Hand 2
1980
Until Evening as Restaurant's Owner
1980
Golden Partners as Bend master
1979
Vengeance Is Mine as Tanejiro Shibata
1979
Empire of Passion as Toichiro
1978
Junko's Bliss as Taizô Sakata
1978
Ballad of Orin as Mountain Man
1977
1976
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
1975
Evening Primrose as Genji's father
1974
The Castle of Sand as Publican at Ebisu
1974
Red Light District: Gonna Get Out as Kofukuya's Owner
1974
My Way as Yoshizo Kawamura
1974
1974
1973
1973
1973
1973
Sex and Fury as Tokuzô Kasai
1973
Deeper Than Blue as Shunkai
1973
Hymn as Harumatsu
1972
Dear Summer Sister as Takuzo Sakurada
1972
Turtle Geisha as Ishibashi
1972
The Iron Crown as Physiognomist
1972
The Rendezvous as Murai
1972
Silence as Prison guard
1971
Onna no Iji as Nakano
1971
Evil Spirits of Japan as Pachinko owner
1970
1970
1968
1968
Kuroneko as Farmer
1968
1967
Drunken Harbor as Doctor
1966
Lost Sex as Gonpachi
1966
Violence at Noon as School director
1966
Dynamite Doctor as Chairman
1966
The Pornographers as Father
1966
Conquest as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
1965
Seisaku's Wife as Retired Man
1965
Onibaba as Ushi
1964
Intentions of Murder as Beret Musician
1964
Kanto Wanderer as Boss Izu
1963
The Insect Woman as Foreman
1963
Mother as Tajima
1963
1963
18 Roughs as Murata
1963
Black Report as Shinsaku Tsuda
1963
1962
Human as Kamegoro
1962
Fresh Leaves as Zenkichi Segawa
1962
Tales of President Mito as President Toyotomi
1962
Stolen Pleasure as Goro
1962
Blind Devotion as Hikozo
1961
1961
The Naked Island as Senta
1960
Wait for Tomorrow as Inosuke Uematsu
1960
1960
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha as Kumakichi Takeda
1959
My Second Brother as Hemmi Gengoro
1959
Four Hours of Terror as Teppei Sasada
1959
Good Morning as Pushy Man
1959
Endless Desire as Ramen shop owner
1958
1958
The Boy Who Came Back as детектив Мацумото
1958
1958
1958
On This Earth as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
1957
Temptation as Tobe
1957
1957
The Champion as Pote-chan
1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden as Senkichi Hanamura
1957
1956
1956
1956
Our Town as Shime
1956
Shiawase wa doko ni as Shokichi
1956
Darkness at Noon as Uhei Matsumura
1956
Love is Lost as Gensaku
1956
Ai Sureba Koso as Bartender (segment 1)
1955
1955
Burden of Love as Mr. Yamaguchi
1955
Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Kuramochi
1955
1954
The Street Without Sun as Gen'ichi Inoue
1954
Gate of Hell as Kakisuke
1953
Before Dawn as Risaburo
1953
1953
Miniature as Yamada
1953
Today is Payday as President of Akabane Construction
1952
Children of Hiroshima as Owner of a ship
1952
1951
Scandal as Aoye's friend
1950
Street of Violence as Ango Shindo
1950
1949
Great X as Matsushita
1948
Drunken Angel as Shop Proprietor
1948
1948
1947
1947
The Battle of Kawanakajima as Rokuzô Ôkuma
1941
Taiji Tonoyama hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows