Acting
Taiji Tonoyama
JA, FR, RU cinema · 315 credits
Born
17 October 1915
Died
30 April 1989 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Kobe, Japon
Also known as 殿山 泰司 · Танояма Тайи · Тайдзи Тонояма
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.
Known for
Filmography
Black Rain
as Old Priest
Tokyo Pop
as Grandfather
Tomorrow
as Storekeeper
Hachiko
as Hashimoto
Zegen
as Shimada
Hawaiian Dream
as Shokichi Shimamura
Jazz Daimyo
as Gensai
The Seburi Story
as Kamezo
Location
as Inumaru
The Horizon
as Tanimoto
The Ballad of Narayama
as Teruyan
Oiran
as Hachibei
The Bored Samurai
as Father of Ogin
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Hikojii
Dark Room
as Doctor(医師)
Irezumi
as Horiatsu
A Pool Without Water
as Pharmacist
Fruits of Passion
as Customer
Edo Porn
as Tattooist
Muddy River
as Man on Festival Boat
Eijanaika
as Jyosyuya
Day Dream
as Guard
Yokohama BJ Blues
as Isao Hori
Daughter of Time
as Fireworks Hand 2
Until Evening
as Restaurant's Owner
Vengeance Is Mine
as Tanejiro Shibata
Golden Partners
as Bend master
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
as Goichi Nishida (village chief)
Empire of Passion
as Toichiro
Junko's Bliss
as Taizô Sakata
Ballad of Orin
as Mountain Man
In the Realm of the Senses
as Old Beggar
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
as Kinetarô Kitamura
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
as Harukichi
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
as Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
Pimp Heaven
as Preacher
Street of Joy
as Kofukuya's Owner
The Castle of Sand
as Publican at Ebisu
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
as Sex Show Manager
The Key
Actor
My Way
as Yoshizo Kawamura
Evening Primrose
as Genji's father
The Homeless
as Tamezo
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
as Shimamura
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
as Shimamura
Sex and Fury
as Tokuzô Kasai
The Heart
as S's Father
Deeper Than Blue
as Shunkai
Kanawa
as Physiognomist
Dear Summer Sister
as Takuzo Sakurada
The Rendezvous
as Murai
Hymn
as Harumatsu
Turtle Geisha
as Ishibashi
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
as Tokuichi Ōnuma
The Ceremony
as Old Chief
Silence
as Prison guard
Onna no Iji
as Nakano
Evil Spirits of Japan
as Pachinko owner
Attack at Daylight
as Saeki
Kuroneko
as Farmer
Three Resurrected Drunkards
as Old man
Libido
Actor
Violence at Noon
as School director
Dynamite Doctor
as Chairman
Drunken Harbor
as Doctor
Lost Sex
as Gonpachi
The Pornographers
as Father
Conquest
as Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
Seisaku's Wife
as Retired Man
Onibaba
as Ushi
The Desperate
as Chief Osawa
Intentions of Murder
as Beret Musician
The Insect Woman
as Foreman
18 Roughs
as Murata
Black Report
as Shinsaku Tsuda
Mother
as Tajima
Kanto Wanderer
as Boss Izu
Foundry Town
as Matsunaga
The King
Actor
Human
as Kamegoro
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Rokusuke
Farm Girls
as Kuranosuke
Stolen Pleasure
as Goro
Fresh Leaves
as Zenkichi Segawa
Tales of President Mito
as President Toyotomi
Blind Devotion
as Hikozo
The Naked Island
as Senta
Wait for Tomorrow
as Inosuke Uematsu
The Last Trump Card
as Seitaro Koshimura
The Legendary Hell
as Daihachi
Good Morning
as Pushy Man
My Second Brother
as Hemmi Gengoro
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
as Kumakichi Takeda
Four Hours of Terror
as Teppei Sasada
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
as Detective Machida
Endless Desire
as Ramen shop owner
Wind, Woman and Road
as Kenta
The Boy Who Came Back
as Detective Shimamoto
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Masumura
Hanayome no teikō
as Yoshimaro Akiyama
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
as Senkichi Hanamura
The Champion
as Pote-chan
Temptation
as Tobe
On This Earth
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Dotanba
Actor
Our Town
as Shime
Darkness at Noon
as Uhei Matsumura
Love is Lost
as Gensaku
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
as Doctor Otsuki
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Shokichi
Actress
Actor
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Kuramochi
Burden of Love
as Mr. Yamaguchi
If Indeed One Loves
as Bartender (segment 1)
Sisters
Actor
Ditch
Actor
The Street Without Sun
as Gen'ichi Inoue
Gate of Hell
as Kakisuke
Before the Dawn
as Risaburo
Miniature
as Yamada
Desire
Actor
Today is Payday
as President of Akabane Construction
Children of Hiroshima
as Owner of a ship
Violence
Actor
Taki no Shiraito
as Fukuichi
雪崩
1952
Avalanche
as Miyabayashi
Clothes of Deception
as Kasama
The Tale of Genji
as Priest
Spring Snow
as Yasuji
Scandal
as Aoye's friend
Town of Violence
as Ango Shindo
夢を召しませ
1950
Yume o meshimase
as Ton Chiki
Ishimatsu of the Forest
as Waretsuku
Drunken Angel
as Shop Proprietor
Great X
as Matsushita
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
as Photographer
The Ball at the Anjo House
as Yoshida
The Battle of Kawanakajima
as Rokuzô Ôkuma