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Taiji Tonoyama

Acting · Born October 17, 1915 · 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.

Movies with Taiji Tonoyama

• In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — Old Beggar
• Irezumi (1982) — Horiatsu
• Empire of Passion (1978) — Toichiro
• Sex and Fury (1973) — Tokuzô Kasai
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
• The Ballad of Narayama (1983) — Teruyan
• Drunken Angel (1948) — Shop Proprietor
• Fruits of Passion (1981) — Customer
• Onibaba (1964) — Ushi
• Vengeance Is Mine (1979) — Tanejiro Shibata
• Good Morning (1959) — Pushy Man
• Hachiko (1987) — Hashimoto

TV shows with Taiji Tonoyama

• Ai yori aoku (1972) — 俊界和尚
• Ohanahan (1966) — 溝呂木老人
• A-Un (1980)