Taiji Tonoyama
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1915
- Died
- April 30, 1989
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Toumei na kisetsu
Toumei na kisetsu TBA
Actor
Thousand Cranes 1989
Actor
Black Rain 1989
as Old Priest
War and Flowers 1989
Actor
Tomorrow 1988
as Storekeeper
Tokyo Pop 1988
as Grandfather
Sakura-tai Chiru 1988
Actor
Hawaiian Dream 1987
as Shokichi Shimamura
Hachiko 1987
as Hashimoto
Zegen 1987
as Shimada
River of Fireflies 1987
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Tree Without Leaves 1986
Actor
Jazz Daimyo 1986
as Gensai
The Seburi Story 1985
as Kamezo
Nuclear Gypsies 1985
Actor
- Song of the Spring Pony
Song of the Spring Pony 1985
Actor
Location 1984
as Inumaru
The Horizon 1984
as Tanimoto
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk 1984
Actor
Legend of the Eight Samurai 1983
as Hikojii
Dark Room 1983
as Doctor(医師)
The Ballad of Narayama 1983
as Teruyan
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha 1983
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The Bored Samurai 1983
as Father of Ogin
Oiran 1983
as Hachibei
Sacred Koya 1983
Actor
Tora-san, the Expert 1982
Actor
Irezumi 1982
as Horiatsu
A Ghost Love Story of Japan 1982
Actor
- On the Road
On the Road 1982
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A Pool Without Water 1982
as Pharmacist
Fifth Movement 1981
Actor
Day Dream 1981
as Guard
Edo Porn 1981
as Tattooist
Fruits of Passion 1981
as Customer
Magistrate of the Floating World 1981
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Yokohama BJ Blues 1981
as Isao Hori
Muddy River 1981
as Man on Festival Boat
Eijanaika 1981
as Jyosyuya
Tetsugen 1981
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Daughter of Time 1980
as Fireworks Hand 2
Until Evening 1980
as Restaurant's Owner
Child of the Sun 1980
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- Nurse's Husband
Nurse's Husband 1980
Actor
Tora-san's Dream of Spring 1979
Actor
Faraway Tomorrow 1979
Actor
The Bride of the Ghost Lake 1979
as Goichi Nishida (village chief)
- The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case 1979
Actor
The Strangling 1979
Actor
Golden Partners 1979
as Bend master
Vengeance Is Mine 1979
as Tanejiro Shibata
Teenage Years: Keiko’s Story 1979
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Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo 1978
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Empire of Passion 1978
as Toichiro
Love and Faith 1978
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Junko's Bliss 1978
as Taizô Sakata
Ghost Train 1978
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Ballad of Orin 1977
as Mountain Man
Tomorrow Evening 1977
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro 1977
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The Far Road 1977
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Seasonal Wind 1977
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Eros Eterna 1977
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Case of the Disjointed Murder 1977
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The Gate of Youth Part 2 1977
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Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow 1977
as Sôiku
Two Harmonicas 1976
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In the Realm of the Senses 1976
as Old Beggar
Hobo General 1976
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A Cheerful Yakuza 1976
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Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment 1975
as Kinetarô Kitamura
Scoundrel Boss 1975
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Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 1975
as The Master
Pimp Heaven 1975
as Preacher
Housewife's Experience: Tenement 1975
as Harukichi
青春トルコ日記 処女すべり 1975
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A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse 1975
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
Evening Primrose 1974
as Genji's father
The Last Swordsman 1974
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The Castle of Sand 1974
as Publican at Ebisu
The Homeless 1974
as Tamezo
Street of Joy 1974
as Kofukuya's Owner
My Way 1974
as Yoshizo Kawamura
The Key 1974
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Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya 1974
as Tonomura
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama 1974
as Sex Show Manager
The Heart 1973
as S's Father
Stray Dog 1973
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Love Lost in Tears 1973
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Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby 1973
as Shimamura
Hell Riders in Kyoto 1973
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A Woman’s Road 1973
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Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer 1973
as Shimamura
Time Within Memory 1973
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Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa 1973
as Ippei
Did the Red Bird Escape? 1973
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Sex and Fury 1973
as Tokuzô Kasai
Deeper Than Blue 1973
as Shunkai
Hymn 1972
as Harumatsu
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window 1972
as Nomura
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats 1972
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Dear Summer Sister 1972
as Takuzo Sakurada
It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! 1972
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Turtle Geisha 1972
as Ishibashi
The Lucky Status Symbol 1972
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The Erotomaniac Daimyo 1972
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Kanawa 1972
as Physiognomist
The Rendezvous 1972
as Murai
Umarekawatta Tamegorō 1972
as Tokuichi Ōnuma
Silence 1971
as Prison guard
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha 1971
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Evil Spirits in the Darkness 1971
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The Ceremony 1971
as Old Chief
Onna no Iji 1971
as Nakano
King of Pornography 1971
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King of the Widow-Killers 1971
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Evil Spirits of Japan 1970
as Pachinko owner
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! 1970
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Hooligans on Buggies 1970
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The Kingpin of Fair Ladies 1970
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The Revelation of a Geisha 1970
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Yukyo-retsuden 1970
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Strange Affinity 1970
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Attack at Daylight 1970
as Saeki
Gokudô Petenshi 1969
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Heat Wave Island 1969
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Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! 1969
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Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting 1969
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Profound Desires of the Gods 1968
as Higa
East China Sea 1968
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Strong Women, Weak Men 1968
as Zenzo
Wind of Youth 1968
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Three Resurrected Drunkards 1968
as Old man
Kuroneko 1968
as Farmer
The House of the Sleeping Virgins 1968
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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide 1967
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Libido 1967
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The Little Runaway 1966
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Drunken Harbor 1966
as Doctor
Lost Sex 1966
as Gonpachi
Violence at Noon 1966
as School director
Captive's Island 1966
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Dynamite Doctor 1966
as Chairman
The Pornographers 1966
as Father
Black Curtain 1966
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Kokoro no sanmyaku 1966
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The Betrayers Out! 1966
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Conquest 1965
as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
Escape and the Law 1965
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An Innocent Witch 1965
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Seisaku's Wife 1965
as Retired Man
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy 1965
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The Start of Life 1965
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Onibaba 1964
as Ushi
Intentions of Murder 1964
as Beret Musician
A Story from Echigo 1964
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The Irresponsible Fool 1964
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The Desperate 1964
as Chief Osawa
Samurai from Nowhere 1964
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Onibaba : Film Location 1964
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Kiri ni Kieta Hito 1963
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The School Cap 1963
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Kanto Wanderer 1963
as Boss Izu
The Insect Woman 1963
as Foreman
Mother 1963
as Tajima
Bamboo Doll of Echizen 1963
as Monk
18 Roughs 1963
as Murata
Raised on an Island 1963
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どん底だって平ちゃらさ 1963
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Violent Street 1963
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Black Report 1963
as Shinsaku Tsuda
Beyond the Green Hills 1963
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The King 1962
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Human 1962
as Kamegoro
Farm Girls 1962
as Kuranosuke
Fresh Leaves 1962
as Zenkichi Segawa
Hageshī kawa 1962
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The Young and Bad 1962
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Akitsu Hot Springs 1962
as Rokusuke
Song of a Traveller 1962
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Foundry Town 1962
as Matsunaga
Tales of President Mito 1962
as President Toyotomi
Stolen Pleasure 1962
as Goro
I am the Judge 1962
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Season of Farewell 1962
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Nippon no obaachan 1962
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大吉ぼんのう鏡 1962
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Love's Family Tree 1961
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Police Precinct Part 17 1961
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The Famous Wanderer 1961
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Blind Devotion 1961
as Hikozo
Futaridake no taiyō 1961
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Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman 1961
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Pigs and Battleships 1961
as Chen
Shōjo 1961
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 1961
as Kotani
My Hometown is the Wild West 1960
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The Legendary Hell 1960
as Daihachi
The Naked Island 1960
as Senta
Chikuhō no kodomotachi 1960
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Storming Squadron 1960
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Wait for Tomorrow 1960
as Inosuke Uematsu
Sixteen years old 1960
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Internees of Kampili 1960
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Yakuza sensei 1960
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The Last Trump Card 1960
as Seitaro Koshimura
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 1960
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A Woman’s Uphill Slope 1960
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Irohanihoheto 1960
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One Passed Through Hell 1960
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Secret 1960
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Knock Down 1960
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Haha sakura 1960
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The Cards Will Tell 1960
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha 1959
as Kumakichi Takeda
My Second Brother 1959
as Hemmi Gengoro
The Human Wall 1959
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A Killed Stewardess: White or Black 1959
as Detective Machida
Four Hours of Terror 1959
as Teppei Sasada
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene 1959
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The Telephone Rings in the Evening 1959
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Tokyo no Kodoku 1959
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Good Morning 1959
as Pushy Man
Talented Woman 1959
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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan 1959
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Whistling in the Morning 1959
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Lucky Dragon No. 5 1959
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959
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Endless Desire 1958
as Ramen shop owner
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow 1958
as Masumura
Hanayome no teikō 1958
as Yoshimaro Akiyama
- Underwater Murder
Underwater Murder 1958
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The Boy Who Came Back 1958
as Detective Shimamoto
Night Drum 1958
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Wind, Woman and Road 1958
as Kenta
Sorrow Is Only for Women 1958
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- Hobo Village
Hobo Village 1958
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On This Earth 1957
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Temptation 1957
as Tobe
Harbor Rats 1957
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era 1957
as Kurazo
Who's the Real Killer 1957
as Frank
The Champion 1957
as Pote-chan
Birth of a Jazz Maiden 1957
as Senkichi Hanamura
Muhō Ichidai 1957
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Actress 1956
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Dotanba 1956
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Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers 1956
as Doctor Otsuki
Nikoyon monogatari 1956
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The Shadow of Fear 1956
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Our Town 1956
as Shime
Shiawase wa doko ni 1956
as Shokichi
- 快傑耶茶坊
快傑耶茶坊 1956
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Darkness at Noon 1956
as Uhei Matsumura
Love is Lost 1956
as Gensaku
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 1955
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The Beauty and the Dragon 1955
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The Three Faces 1955
as Gen
If Indeed One Loves 1955
as Bartender (segment 1)
The Wolves 1955
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Sisters 1955
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Women of Ginza 1955
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Burden of Love 1955
as Mr. Yamaguchi
Policeman's Diary 1955
as Patrolman Kuramochi
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes 1955
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Wakai hito-tachi 1954
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The Valley Between Love and Death 1954
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Turbid Youth 1954
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Ditch 1954
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The Street Without Sun 1954
as Gen'ichi Inoue
Cape Ashizuri 1954
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Snowy Night Duel 1954
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The End of a Day 1954
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Koina no Ginpei 1954
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Gate of Hell 1953
as Kakisuke
Before the Dawn 1953
as Risaburo
Desire 1953
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Miniature 1953
as Yamada
Murahachibu 1953
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Reminiscence 1953
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Tower of Lilies 1953
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Dedication of the Great Buddha 1952
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Today is Payday 1952
as President of Akabane Construction
Violence 1952
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Children of Hiroshima 1952
as Owner of a ship
Taki no Shiraito 1952
as Fukuichi
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki 1952
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Sisters of Nishijin 1952
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- Avalanche
Avalanche 1952
as Miyabayashi
Izayoi kaidō 1951
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The Man from the Moon 1951
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- Aizenbashi
Aizenbashi 1951
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Story of a Beloved Wife 1951
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Saijoke no kyoen 1951
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The Tale of Genji 1951
as Priest
限りなき情熱 1951
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Who Will Judge Me? 1951
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Freedom School 1951
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The White Orchid 1951
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Clothes of Deception 1951
as Kasama
The End of the War 1950
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Scandal 1950
as Aoye's friend
- Yume o meshimase
Yume o meshimase 1950
as Ton Chiki
Town of Violence 1950
as Ango Shindo
Spring Snow 1950
as Yasuji
Ishimatsu of the Forest 1949
as Waretsuku
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life 1948
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- The Follower
The Follower 1948
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Great X 1948
as Matsushita
Drunken Angel 1948
as Shop Proprietor
Temptation 1948
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- The President and the Shopgirl
The President and the Shopgirl 1948
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The Ball at the Anjo House 1947
as Yoshida
Record of a Tenement Gentleman 1947
as Photographer
The Battle of Kawanakajima 1941
as Rokuzô Ôkuma
Credits from TMDB.