
Taiji Tonoyama
Actor
Born: October 17, 1915 (73 years old)
Died: April 30, 1989
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography (99)
- Onibaba (1964, ★ 7.7)
- The Naked Island (1960, ★ 8)
- Hachiko (1987, ★ 7.8)
- Drunken Angel (1948, ★ 7.6)
- Kuroneko (1968, ★ 7.4)
- Good Morning (1959, ★ 7.7)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983, ★ 7.5)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979, ★ 7.5)
- The Insect Woman (1963, ★ 7.2)
- Empire of Passion (1978, ★ 6.9)
- Foundry Town (1962, ★ 7.8)
- My Second Brother (1959, ★ 6.6)
- Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947, ★ 7.2)
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959, ★ 8.1)
- The Heart (1973, ★ 8.2)
- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977, ★ 8.2)
- Violence at Noon (1966, ★ 6.2)
- Evil Spirits of Japan (1970, ★ 6.8)
- Children of Hiroshima (1952, ★ 7.1)
- Black Rain (1989, ★ 7.6)
- Stray Dog (1973, ★ 7.9)
- Edo Porn (1981, ★ 6)
- Human (1962, ★ 6.9)
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957, ★ 7)
- Muddy River (1981, ★ 7.3)
- Tree Without Leaves (1986, ★ 8)
- Tomorrow (1988, ★ 8)
- Street of Joy (1974, ★ 7)
- The Castle of Sand (1974, ★ 7.4)
- Ballad of Orin (1977, ★ 7.1)