Acting
Taiji Tonoyama
Born 1915-10-17 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · Died 1989-04-30
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
Porno Emperor
In the Realm of the Senses
Fruits of Passion
Empire of Passion
Sex and Fury
Drunken Angel
The Insect Woman
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Onibaba
The Ballad of Narayama
Gate of Hell
Vengeance Is Mine
The Naked Island
Scandal
Hachi-ko
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha
The Ceremony
The Pornographers
The Castle of Sand
Akitsu Hot Springs
Children of Hiroshima
The Now Girl
Zegen
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Kuroneko
Black Rain
Eros Eterna
Edo Porn
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
Ballad of Orin
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Good Morning
The Erotomaniac Daimyo
Kanto Wanderer
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
Dear Summer Sister
Shiawase wa doko ni
Dark Room
Pigs and Battleships
Muddy River