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.

Birthday

Oct 17, 1915

Place of birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Deathday

Apr 30, 1989

Also known as

殿山泰司
Танояма Тайи
Тайдзи Тонояма

Credited in

As cast

祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
As
Onibaba
As Ushi
The Naked Island
As Senta
Shachō to onna tenin
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As
Fifth Movement
As
Turbid Youth
As
Three Faces
As
Ishimatsu of the Forest
As Waretsuku
Hachiko
As Hashimoto
Drunken Angel
As Shop Proprietor
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
As
Reminiscence
As
Kuroneko
As Farmer
Good Morning
As Pushy Man
King of Pornography
As
The Ballad of Narayama
As Teruyan
Vengeance Is Mine
As Tanejiro Shibata
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
As
I am the Judge
As
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
As
Violence at Noon
As School director
Dotanba
As
The Insect Woman
As Foreman
Strong Women, Weak Men
As Zenzo
Today is Payday
As President of Akabane Construction
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
As Shimamura
Sixteen years old
As
大吉ぼんのう鏡
As
Empire of Passion
As Toichiro
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
As
Foundry Town
As Matsunaga
My Second Brother
As Hemmi Gengoro
Fruits of Passion
As Customer
Dynamite Doctor
As Chairman
Drunken Harbor
As Doctor
Koina no Ginpei
As
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
As Photographer
Oiran
As Hachibei
Evil Spirits of Japan
As Pachinko owner
Seasonal Wind
As
Children of Hiroshima
As Owner of a ship
Edo Porn
As Tattooist
Golden Partners
As Bend master
Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya
As Tonomura
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
As Shimamura
The King
As
Human
As Kamegoro
Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys!
As
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
As Kurazo
Muddy River
As Man on Festival Boat
Attack at Daylight
As Saeki
Three Resurrected Drunkards
As Old man
快傑耶茶坊
No picture available
As
Red Light District: Gonna Get Out
As Kofukuya's Owner
Hell Riders in Kyoto
As
The Castle of Sand
As Publican at Ebisu
Ballad of Orin
As Mountain Man
Who's the Real Killer
As Frank
Jazz Daimyo
As Gensai
Whistling in the morning
As
Yukyo-retsuden
As
Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
As
The Iron Crown
As Physiognomist
Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa
As Ippei
Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama
As Sex Show Manager
The Key
As
The Ceremony
As Old Chief
One Passed Through Hell
As
Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment
As Kinetarô Kitamura
Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
As The Master
Housewife's Experience: Tenement
As Harukichi
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
As Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)
East China Sea
As
My Way
As Yoshizo Kawamura
Sisters of Nishijin
As
Love's Family Tree
As
The Desperate
As Chief Osawa
Sex and Fury
As Tokuzô Kasai
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
As Sôiku
A Ghost Love Story of Japan
As
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting
As
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
As
Junko's Bliss
As Taizô Sakata
Thousand Cranes
As
Izayoi kaidō
As
Secret
As
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
As Senkichi Hanamura
War and Flowers
As
Murahachibu
As
Spring Snow
As
Hageshī kawa
As
Eros Eterna
As
Song of a Traveller
As
幽霊列車
As
Why Not?
As Jyosyuya
限りなき情熱
As
In the Realm of the Senses
As Old Beggar
Child of the Sun
As
Captive's Island
As
Scandal
As Aoye's friend
Irezumi
As Horiatsu
Zegen
As Shimada
Akitsu Hot Springs
As Rokusuke
The Bored Samurai
As Father of Ogin
Legend of the Eight Samurai
As Hikojii
The Ditch
As
18 Roughs
As Murata
Day Dream
As Guard
Dear Summer Sister
As Takuzo Sakurada
The Rendezvous
As Murai
Black Rain
As Old Priest
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
As
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
As
Gate of Hell
As Kakisuke
Nuclear Gypsies
As
Hymn
As Harumatsu
Silence
As Prison guard
Irohanihoheto
As
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha
No picture available
As Kumakichi Takeda
Stray Dog
As
The Little Runaway
As
Policeman's Diary
As Patrolman Kuramochi
The Wolves
As
Black Report
As Shinsaku Tsuda
Underwater Murder
No picture available
As
The Last Swordsman
As
Cape Ashizuri
No picture available
As
The Far Road
As
Nurse's Husband
No picture available
As
Tetsugen
As
Night Drum
As
Our Town
As Shime
Four Hours of Terror
As Teppei Sasada
Before Dawn
As Risaburo
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
As
The Heart
As S's Father
On the Road
No picture available
As
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
As Monk
Beyond the Green Hills
As
Endless Desire
As Ramen shop owner
An Innocent Witch
As
The Human Wall
As
Dark Room
As Doctor(医師)
Tomorrow Evening
As
River of Fireflies
As
Harbor Rats
As
Tokyo Pop
As Grandfather
Story of a Beloved Wife
As
Conquest
As Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura
Tree Without Leaves
As
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
As
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
As
A Story from Echigo
As
Love Lost in Tears
As
Tokyo no Kodoku
As
Street of Violence
As Ango Shindo
A Woman’s Road
As
Libido
As
Hobo Village
No picture available
As
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
As
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
As Kotani
Location
As Inumaru
Great X
As Matsushita
The Ball at the Anjo House
As Yoshida
Case of the Disjointed Murder
As
Evening Primrose
As Genji's father
Chibusa o daku musume tachi
As
The Shadow of Fear
As
Seisaku's Wife
As Retired Man
Season of Farewell
As
Wind, Woman and Road
As Kenta
King of the Widow-Killers
As
The Lucky Status Symbol
As
The Betrayers Out!
As
The Strangling
As
Deeper Than Blue
As Shunkai
Blind Devotion
As Hikozo
Time Within Memory
As
Mother
As Tajima
Hawaiian Dream
As Shokichi Shimamura
Internees of Kampili
As
The Battle of Kawanakajima
As Rokuzô Ôkuma
The End of a Day
As
The Champion
As Pote-chan
Darkness at Noon
As Uhei Matsumura
Hooligans on Buggies
As
The Revelation of a Geisha
As
Pigs and Battleships
As Chen
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
As
Love is Lost
As Gensaku
Clothes of Deception
As Kasama
Turtle Geisha
As Ishibashi
The Start of Life
As
The Seburi Story
As Kamezo
Daughter of Time
As Fireworks Hand 2
Faraway Tomorrow
As
A Pool Without Water
As Pharmacist
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
As
Stolen Pleasure
As Goro
Did the Red Bird Escape?
As
Kanto Wanderer
As Boss Izu
Lost Sex
As Gonpachi
Fresh Leaves
As Zenkichi Segawa
Yokohama BJ Blues
As Isao Hori
Until Evening
As Restaurant's Owner
Wait for Tomorrow
As Inosuke Uematsu
Intentions of Murder
As Beret Musician
Tales of President Mito
As President Toyotomi
Strange Affinity
As
The Homeless
As
The Young and Bad
As
The School Cap
As
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
As Doctor Otsuki
Nippon no obaachan
As
Tower of Lilies
As
Miniature
As Yamada
The Fall of Teenager
As
The Boy Who Came Back
As
Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
As Nomura
Shiawase wa doko ni
As Shokichi
The Gate of Youth Part 2
As
Burden of Love
As Mr. Yamaguchi
The Irresponsible Fool
As
Love and Faith
As
Nikoyon monogatari
As
Samurai from Nowhere
As
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
As
Tora-san, the Expert
As
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
As
The White Orchid
As
Who Will Judge Me?
As
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
As
Sakura-tai Chiru
As
Ai Sureba Koso
As Bartender (segment 1)
The Street Without Sun
As Gen'ichi Inoue
Tomorrow
As Storekeeper
Song of the Spring Pony
No picture available
As
Temptation
As Tobe
On This Earth
As Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
The Pornographers
As Father
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
As Masumura
Hobo General
As
Temptation
As
Dedication of the Great Buddha
No picture available
As
Yokubo
As
Knock Down
As
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
As
Onna no Iji
As Nakano
The Beauty and the Dragon
As
Kokoro no sanmyaku
As
The Horizon
As Tanimoto
Lucky Dragon No. 5
As
Actress
As
Violence
As
A Killed Stewardess: White or Black
As Detective Machida
Muhō Ichidai
As
Kiri ni Kieta Hito
As
Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo
As
Two Harmonicas
As
Shōjo
As
The Cards Will Tell
As
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
As
Wakai hito-tachi
As
The Tale of Genji
As Priest
Gokudô Petenshi
As
A Cheerful Yakuza
As
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
As
Black Curtain
As
Pimp Heaven
As Preacher
Seishun no kaze
As
Ore no furusato wa dai seibu
As
べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る
As
どん底だって平ちゃらさ
As
Futaridake no taiyō
As
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
As
Police Precinct Part 17
As