Taiji Tonoyama
Actor
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.
Filmography
Onibaba
as Ushi 1964
Good Morning
as Pushy Man 1959
Drunken Angel
as Shop Proprietor 1948
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Kuroneko
as Farmer 1968
The Ballad of Narayama
as Teruyan 1983
Hachiko
as Hashimoto 1987
Vengeance Is Mine
as Tanejiro Shibata 1979
The Naked Island
as Senta 1960
Empire of Passion
as Toichiro 1978
Black Rain
as Old Priest 1989
Sex and Fury
as Tokuzô Kasai 1973
Scandal
as Aoye's friend 1950
Gate of Hell
as Kakisuke 1953
Fruits of Passion
as Customer 1981
The Insect Woman
as Foreman 1963