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.
Movies & TV Shows
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — Old Beggar
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Onibaba (1964) — Ushi
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Good Morning (1959) — Pushy Man
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Drunken Angel (1948) — Shop Proprietor
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
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Kuroneko (1968) — Farmer
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The Ballad of Narayama (1983) — Teruyan
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Hachiko (1987) — Hashimoto
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Vengeance Is Mine (1979) — Tanejiro Shibata
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The Naked Island (1960) — Senta
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Empire of Passion (1978) — Toichiro
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Black Rain (1989) — Old Priest
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Sex and Fury (1973) — Tokuzô Kasai
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Scandal (1950) — Aoye's friend
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Gate of Hell (1953) — Kakisuke
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Fruits of Passion (1981) — Customer
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The Insect Woman (1963) — Foreman
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Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) — Higa
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Pigs and Battleships (1961) — Chen
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) — Photographer
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The Castle of Sand (1974) — Publican at Ebisu
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The Pornographers (1966) — Father
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Intentions of Murder (1964) — Beret Musician
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The Ceremony (1971) — Old Chief
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Children of Hiroshima (1952) — Owner of a ship
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Edo Porn (1981) — Tattooist
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) — Kurazo
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Silence (1971) — Prison guard
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Violence at Noon (1966) — School director
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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) — Hikojii
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Muddy River (1981) — Man on Festival Boat
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Akitsu Hot Springs (1962) — Rokusuke
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Seisaku's Wife (1965) — Retired Man
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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
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Ballad of Orin (1977) — Mountain Man
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A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (1975) — Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
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The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) — Yoshida
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Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) — Old man
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Eijanaika (1981) — Jyosyuya
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Captive's Island (1966)