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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
The Man from the Moon
1951
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
Four Hours of Terror
1959
Drunken Angel
1948
Heat Wave Island
1969
Tokyo Pop
1988
Sex and Fury
1973
Fruits of Passion
1981
Junko's Bliss
1978
Good Morning
1959
Edo Porn
1981
Internees of Kampili
1960
The Pornographers
1966
Nippon no obaachan
1962
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Empire of Passion
1978
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
Onibaba
1964
Kuroneko
1968
Burden of Love
1955
The Insect Woman
1963
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
1975
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
My Second Brother
1959
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Seisaku's Wife
1965
A Pool Without Water
1982
The Naked Island
1960
Why Not?
1981
Dark Room
1983
Gate of Hell
1953
Black Report
1963
Pigs and Battleships
1961
Endless Desire
1958
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Children of Hiroshima
1952