
Taiji Tonoyama
Acting
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
1989Thousand Cranes
1989War and Flowers
1989Black Rain
Old Priest
1988Tokyo Pop
Grandfather
1988Sakura-tai Chiru
1988Tomorrow
Storekeeper
1987Hachiko
Hashimoto
1987Zegen
Shimada
1987River of Fireflies
1987Hawaiian Dream
Shokichi Shimamura
1986Jazz Daimyo
Gensai
1986Tree Without Leaves
1985Nuclear Gypsies
1985The Seburi Story
Kamezo
1984Location
Inumaru
1984The Horizon
Tanimoto
1983Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983The Ballad of Narayama
Teruyan
1983Oiran
Hachibei
1983The Bored Samurai
Father of Ogin
1983Legend of the Eight Samurai
Hikojii
1983Dark Room
Doctor(医師)
1983Sacred Koya
1982A Ghost Love Story of Japan