Taiji Tonoyama
Acting
Born October 17, 1915 · Kobe, Japon
Died April 30, 1989
Also known as 殿山 泰司 · Танояма Тайи · Тайдзи Тонояма
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.
Awards & recognition
- Mainichi Film Award — Best Actor
Filmography36 titles
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Naked Island
Yokohama BJ Blues
Onibaba
Good Morning
Black Rain
Vengeance Is Mine
Drunken Angel
The Ballad of Narayama
The Castle of Sand
Black Cat
Profound Desires of the Gods
Silence
The Pornographers
An Innocent Witch
The Insect Woman
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Ballad of Orin
Pigs and Battleships
Gate of Hell
Intentions of Murder
Tokyo Pop
Empire of Passion
Scandal
The Ceremony
Endless Desire
In the Realm of the Senses
Black Report
Eijanaika
Violence at Noon
Night Drum
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Fruits of Passion
A Ghost Love Story of Japan