Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
17 Oct, 1915 (109 years old)
Death date
30 Apr, 1989
Taiji Tonoyama
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.
Known For
Acting
1989
Black Rain
1988
Tokyo Pop
1987
Hachiko
1987
Zegen
1985
The Seburi Story
1983
Dark Room
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
1982
Tora-san, the Expert
1981
Edo Porn
1981
Fruits of Passion
1981
Yokohama BJ Blues
1979
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
1978
Empire of Passion
1977
Ballad of Orin
1977
The Far Road
1977
Case of the Disjointed Murder
1976
In the Realm of the Senses
1975
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
Sex and Fury
1972
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
1970
Evil Spirits of Japan
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Kuroneko
1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1966
Captive's Island
1965
Seisaku's Wife
1964
Onibaba
1964
Intentions of Murder
1964
Samurai from Nowhere
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
Black Report
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
1961
Pigs and Battleships
1960
The Naked Island
1959
Good Morning
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1957
Temptation
1948
Drunken Angel