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Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Birthday: 1915-10-17 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1986
Dixieland Daimyo

as    Gensai

1983
The Ballad of Narayama

as    Teruyan

1981
Day Dream

as    Guard

1981
Edo Porn

as    Tattooist

1979
Vengeance Is Mine

as    Tanejiro Shibata

1976
In the Realm of the Senses

as    Old Beggar

1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

as    Shimamura

1973
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer

as    Shimamura

1962
Human

as    Kamegoro

1959
My Second Brother

as    Hemmi Gengoro

1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden

as    Senkichi Hanamura

1948
Drunken Angel

as    Shop Proprietor