Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno 東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō 17 September 1907 8 September 1994 was a Japanese actor who in a career lasting more than 50 years appeared in over 400 television shows nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa such as Seven Samurai 1954 and Yojimbo 1961 and films by Yasujirō Ozu such as Tokyo Story 1953 and An Autumn Afternoon 1962 He also appeared in Kill by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora Tora Tora a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor His final film was Juzo Itamis Ageman Tales of a Golden Geisha in 1990 Tōno also starred as the title character in the longrunning television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983 In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo 本庄克二