Taiji Tonoyama
Acting·October 17, 1915·† April 30, 1989 — 73 years old·Kobe, Japon
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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—Toumei na kisetsu1989Thousand Cranes1989Black RainOld Priest1989War and Flowers1988TomorrowStorekeeper1988Tokyo PopGrandfather1988Sakura-tai Chiru1987Hawaiian DreamShokichi Shimamura1987HachikoHashimoto1987ZegenShimada1987River of Fireflies1986Tree Without Leaves1986Jazz DaimyoGensai1985The Seburi StoryKamezo1985Nuclear Gypsies1985Song of the Spring Pony1984LocationInumaru1984The HorizonTanimoto1984The Fox Dancing in the Dusk1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiHikojii1983Dark RoomDoctor(医師)1983The Ballad of NarayamaTeruyan1983Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha1983The Bored SamuraiFather of Ogin1983OiranHachibei1983Sacred Koya1982Tora-san, the Expert1982IrezumiHoriatsu1982A Ghost Love Story of Japan1982On the Road1982A Pool Without WaterPharmacist1981Fifth Movement1981Edo PornTattooist1981Day DreamGuard1981Fruits of PassionCustomer1981Kinagashi BugyōTV1981Yokohama BJ BluesIsao Hori1981Pro HunterTV1981Muddy RiverMan on Festival Boat1981EijanaikaJyosyuya1981Tetsugen1980Daughter of TimeFireworks Hand 21980Until EveningRestaurant's Owner1980Child of the Sun1980Nurse's Husband1980A-UnTV1979Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979Faraway Tomorrow1979The Bride of the Ghost LakeGoichi Nishida (village chief)1979The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case1979The Strangling1979Golden PartnersBend master1979Vengeance Is MineTanejiro Shibata1979The Fall of Teenager1978Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo1978Empire of PassionToichiro1978Love and Faith1978Junko's BlissTaizô Sakata1978Ghost Train1977Ballad of OrinMountain Man1977Tomorrow Evening1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1977The Far Road1977Seasonal Wind1977Eros Eterna1977Case of the Disjointed Murder1977The Gate of Youth Part 21977Tissue Paper By the Geisha's PillowSôiku1976Two Harmonicas1976In the Realm of the SensesOld Beggar1976Hobo General1976The Roads Men TravelTVSone1976A Cheerful Yakuza1975Housewife's Experience: New Tenement ApartmentKinetarô Kitamura1975Scoundrel Boss1975Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2The Master1975Pimp HeavenPreacher1975Housewife's Experience: TenementHarukichi1975青春トルコ日記 処女すべり1975A Haunted Turkish BathhouseGenzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)1974Evening PrimroseGenji's father1974The Last Swordsman1974The Castle of SandPublican at Ebisu1974The Homeless1974Street of JoyKofukuya's Owner1974My WayYoshizo Kawamura1974The Key1974Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô HanadensyaTonomura1974Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-DramaSex Show Manager1973The HeartS's Father1973Stray Dog1973Love Lost in Tears1973Rika 3: Juvenile's LullabyShimamura1973Hell Riders in Kyoto1973A Woman’s Road1973Rika 2: Lonely WandererShimamura1973Time Within Memory1973Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko ShirakawaIppei1973Sex and FuryTokuzô Kasai1973Did the Red Bird Escape?1973Deeper Than BlueShunkai1972HymnHarumatsu1972Afternoon Affair: Rear WindowNomura1972The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats1972It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!1972Dear Summer SisterTakuzo Sakurada1972Turtle GeishaIshibashi1972The Lucky Status Symbol1972The Erotomaniac Daimyo1972KanawaPhysiognomist1972Ai yori aokuTV俊界和尚1972The RendezvousMurai1972Umarekawatta TamegorōTokuichi Ōnuma1971SilencePrison guard1971Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha1971Evil Spirits in the Darkness1971The CeremonyOld Chief1971Onna no IjiNakano1971King of Pornography1971King of the Widow-Killers1970Evil Spirits of JapanPachinko owner1970Live Today, Die Tomorrow!1970Hooligans on Buggies1970The Kingpin of Fair Ladies1970The Revelation of a Geisha1970Yukyo-retsuden1970Strange Affinity1970Attack at DaylightSaeki1969Gokudô Petenshi1969Heat Wave Island1969Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!1969Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting1968Profound Desires of the GodsHiga1968East China Sea1968Strong Women, Weak MenZenzo1968Three Resurrected DrunkardsOld man1968Wind of Youth1968KuronekoFarmer1968The House of the Sleeping Virgins1967Japanese Summer: Double Suicide1967Libido1966Drunken HarborDoctor1966The Little Runaway1966Lost SexGonpachi1966Violence at NoonSchool director1966Captive's Island1966Dynamite DoctorChairman1966OhanahanTV溝呂木老人1966The PornographersFather1966Black Curtain1966Kokoro no sanmyaku1966The Betrayers Out!1965ConquestYamashiro-no-Kami Munemura1965Escape and the Law1965An Innocent Witch1965Seisaku's WifeRetired Man1965Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy1965The Start of Life1964OnibabaUshi1964Intentions of MurderBeret Musician1964A Story from Echigo1964The Irresponsible Fool1964The DesperateChief Osawa1964Samurai from Nowhere1964Onibaba : Film Location1963Kiri ni Kieta Hito1963The School Cap1963Kanto WandererBoss Izu1963The Insect WomanForeman1963MotherTajima1963Bamboo Doll of EchizenMonk196318 RoughsMurata1963Raised on an Island1963どん底だって平ちゃらさ1963Violent Street1963Black ReportShinsaku Tsuda1963Beyond the Green Hills1962The King1962HumanKamegoro1962Farm Girls1962Hageshī kawa1962Fresh LeavesZenkichi Segawa1962The Young and Bad1962Akitsu Hot SpringsRokusuke1962Song of a Traveller1962Foundry TownMatsunaga1962Tales of President MitoPresident Toyotomi1962Stolen PleasureGoro1962I am the Judge1962Season of Farewell1962大吉ぼんのう鏡1962Nippon no obaachan1961Love's Family Tree1961Police Precinct Part 171961The Famous Wanderer1961Blind DevotionHikozo1961Futaridake no taiyō1961Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman1961Pigs and BattleshipsChen1961Shōjo1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4Kotani1960My Hometown is the Wild West1960The Legendary HellDaihachi1960The Naked IslandSenta1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi1960Storming Squadron1960Wait for TomorrowInosuke Uematsu1960Sixteen years old1960Internees of Kampili1960Yakuza sensei1960The Last Trump CardSeitaro Koshimura1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 31960A Woman’s Uphill Slope1960Irohanihoheto1960One Passed Through Hell1960Secret1960Knock Down1960The Cards Will Tell1959The Prickly Mouthed GeishaKumakichi Takeda1959My Second BrotherHemmi Gengoro1959The Human Wall1959A Killed Stewardess: White or BlackDetective Machida1959Four Hours of TerrorTeppei Sasada1959Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene1959The Telephone Rings in the Evening1959Good MorningPushy Man1959Tokyo no Kodoku1959Talented Woman1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan1959Whistling in the Morning1959Lucky Dragon No. 51959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1958Endless DesireRamen shop owner1958The Man Who Wagers TomorrowMasumura1958Hanayome no teikōYoshimaro Akiyama1958Underwater Murder1958The Boy Who Came BackDetective Shimamoto1958Night Drum1958Wind, Woman and RoadKenta1958Hobo Village1957On This EarthYajiro, Heiichiro's uncle1957TemptationTobe1957Harbor Rats1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraKurazo1957Who's the Real KillerFrank1957The ChampionPote-chan1957Birth of a Jazz MaidenSenkichi Hanamura1957Muhō Ichidai1956Actress1956Dotanba1956Fearful Attack of the Flying SaucersDoctor Otsuki1956The Shadow of Fear1956Nikoyon monogatari1956Our TownShime1956Shiawase wa doko niShokichi1956快傑耶茶坊1956Darkness at NoonUhei Matsumura1956Love is LostGensaku1955Policeman's Diary, Part 21955The Beauty and the Dragon1955Three Faces1955If Indeed One LovesBartender (segment 1)1955The Wolves1955Sisters1955Burden of LoveMr. Yamaguchi1955Policeman's DiaryPatrolman Kuramochi1955The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes1954Wakai hito-tachi1954Turbid Youth1954The Valley Between Love and Death1954Ditch1954The Street Without SunGen'ichi Inoue1954Cape Ashizuri1954The End of a Day1954Koina no Ginpei1953Gate of HellKakisuke1953Before DawnRisaburo1953Yokubo1953MiniatureYamada1953Murahachibu1953Reminiscence1953Tower of Lilies1952Today is PaydayPresident of Akabane Construction1952Violence1952Children of HiroshimaOwner of a ship1952Taki no ShiraitoFukuichi1952Sisters of Nishijin1952Dedication of the Great Buddha1951Izayoi kaidō1951The Man from the Moon1951Story of a Beloved Wife1951Saijoke no kyoen1951The Tale of GenjiPriest1951限りなき情熱1951Who Will Judge Me?1951The White Orchid1951Clothes of DeceptionKasama1950ScandalAoye's friend1950Spring SnowYasuji1950Town of ViolenceAngo Shindo1949Ishimatsu of the ForestWaretsuku1948The Most Beautiful Day of My Life1948Great XMatsushita1948Drunken AngelShop Proprietor1948Temptation1948Shachō to onna tenin1947The Ball at the Anjo HouseYoshida1947Record of a Tenement GentlemanPhotographer1941The Battle of KawanakajimaRokuzô Ôkuma