Biografía

17 de septiembre de 1907 · Gunma, Japón

8 de septiembre de 1994 (causa no comunicada)

In recent years, two Japanese movies have consistently appeared in "best of" polls in both Japan and the West as the two greatest Japanese films ever made: Cuentos de Tokio (1953) by 'Yasujiro Ozu' and Los siete samuráis (1954) by Akira Kurosawa. For example, in a 2009 poll by the venerable Japanese film magazine Kinema Junpo, the Ozu film was voted best Japanese movie of all time, with the Kurosawa film second. But as the two filmmakers worked for different studios, with completely different crews, only Tôno Eijirô worked on both films. In Cuentos de Tokio (1953), he plays the elderly protagonist's bitter drinking buddy, Numata, and in Los siete samuráis (1954) he plays the small role of the desperate kidnapper who is confronted by the future leader of the samurai, Kambei.

Father of Eishin Tôno.