Taiji Tonoyama
Known for Acting
Born October 17, 1915
Died April 30, 1989
Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
as Old Beggar
Sex and Fury
1973
as Tokuzô Kasai
Hachiko
1987
as Hashimoto
Empire of Passion
1978
as Toichiro
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Teruyan
Onibaba
1964
as Ushi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
as Kotani
Good Morning
1959
as Pushy Man
Edo Porn
1981
as Tattooist
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
as Hikojii
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
The Insect Woman
1963
as Foreman
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Publican at Ebisu
Fruits of Passion
1981
as Customer
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
as Higa
Drunken Angel
1948
as Shop Proprietor
Black Rain
1989
as Old Priest
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Tanejiro Shibata
A Pool Without Water
1982
as Pharmacist
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