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.
Filmography
all 280
Movies 273
TV Shows 7
Director 1
Old Priest

Black Rain (1989)
Movie
Storekeeper

Tomorrow (1988)
Movie
Grandfather

Tokyo Pop (1988)
Movie
Shokichi Shimamura

Hawaiian Dream (1987)
Movie
Hashimoto

Hachiko (1987)
Movie
Shimada

Zegen (1987)
Movie
Gensai

Jazz Daimyo (1986)
Movie
Inumaru

Location (1984)
Movie
Tanimoto

The Horizon (1984)
Movie
Doctor(医師)

Dark Room (1983)
Movie
Father of Ogin

The Bored Samurai (1983)
Movie
Hachibei

Oiran (1983)
Movie
1
Horiatsu

Irezumi (1982)
Movie
Pharmacist

A Pool Without Water (1982)
Movie
Tattooist

Edo Porn (1981)
Movie
Customer

Fruits of Passion (1981)
Movie
Isao Hori

Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
Movie
Man on Festival Boat

Muddy River (1981)
Movie
Jyosyuya

Why Not? (1981)
Movie
Fireworks Hand 2

Daughter of Time (1980)
Movie
Restaurant's Owner

Until Evening (1980)
Movie
Honda Samon

Fujin no Mon (1980)
TV
Bend master

Golden Partners (1979)
Movie
Tanejiro Shibata

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Movie
Toichiro

Empire of Passion (1978)
Movie
Taizô Sakata

Junko's Bliss (1978)
Movie
Mountain Man

Ballad of Orin (1977)
Movie
Old Beggar

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Movie
6
Kinetarô Kitamura

Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment (1975)
Movie
Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager)

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (1975)
Movie
Genji's father

Evening Primrose (1974)
Movie
Publican at Ebisu

The Castle of Sand (1974)
Movie
Kofukuya's Owner

Red Light District: Gonna Get Out (1974)
Movie
Yoshizo Kawamura

My Way (1974)
Movie
Sex Show Manager

Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama (1974)
Movie
S's Father

The Heart (1973)
Movie
Shimamura

Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer (1973)
Movie
Tokuzô Kasai

Sex and Fury (1973)
Movie
Shunkai

Deeper Than Blue (1973)
Movie
Harumatsu

Hymn (1972)
Movie
Takuzo Sakurada

Dear Summer Sister (1972)
Movie
Ishibashi

Turtle Geisha (1972)
Movie
Physiognomist

The Iron Crown (1972)
Movie
Prison guard

Silence (1971)
Movie
Old Chief

The Ceremony (1971)
Movie
Nakano

Onna no Iji (1971)
Movie
Pachinko owner

Evil Spirits of Japan (1970)
Movie
Farmer

Kuroneko (1968)
Movie
6
Gonpachi

Lost Sex (1966)
Movie
School director

Violence at Noon (1966)
Movie
Chairman

Dynamite Doctor (1966)
Movie
溝呂木老人

Ohanahan (1966)
TV
Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura

Conquest (1965)
Movie
Retired Man

Seisaku's Wife (1965)
Movie
Beret Musician

Intentions of Murder (1964)
Movie
Chief Osawa

The Desperate (1964)
Movie
Boss Izu

Kanto Wanderer (1963)
Movie
Foreman

The Insect Woman (1963)
Movie
Tajima

Mother (1963)
Movie
Murata

18 Roughs (1963)
Movie
Shinsaku Tsuda

Black Report (1963)
Movie
Kamegoro

Human (1962)
Movie
Zenkichi Segawa

Fresh Leaves (1962)
Movie
Matsunaga

Foundry Town (1962)
Movie
President Toyotomi

Tales of President Mito (1962)
Movie
Sukeemon Oida

A Bold Life (1961)
Movie
Inosuke Uematsu

Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
Movie
Kumakichi Takeda

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha (1959)
Movie
Hemmi Gengoro

My Second Brother (1959)
Movie
Detective Machida

A Killed Stewardess: White or Black (1959)
Movie
Teppei Sasada

Four Hours of Terror (1959)
Movie
Pushy Man

Good Morning (1959)
Movie
4
Ramen shop owner

Endless Desire (1958)
Movie
Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle

On This Earth (1957)
Movie
Pote-chan

The Champion (1957)
Movie
Senkichi Hanamura

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
Movie
Doctor Otsuki

Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
Movie
Shime

Our Town (1956)
Movie
Shokichi

Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)
Movie
Uhei Matsumura

Darkness at Noon (1956)
Movie
Gensaku

Love is Lost (1956)
Movie
Bartender (segment 1)

Ai Sureba Koso (1955)
Movie
Mr. Yamaguchi

Burden of Love (1955)
Movie
Patrolman Kuramochi

Policeman's Diary (1955)
Movie
Gen'ichi Inoue

The Street Without Sun (1954)
Movie
Kakisuke

Gate of Hell (1953)
Movie
Risaburo

Before Dawn (1953)
Movie
Yamada

Miniature (1953)
Movie
President of Akabane Construction

Today is Payday (1952)
Movie
Owner of a ship

Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Movie
4
Aoye's friend

Scandal (1950)
Movie
3.5
Ango Shindo

Street of Violence (1950)
Movie
Waretsuku

Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949)
Movie
Matsushita

Great X (1948)
Movie
Shop Proprietor

Drunken Angel (1948)
Movie
3
Photographer

Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
Movie
Rokuzô Ôkuma

The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1915-10-17
Deathday1989-04-30 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceKobe, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known As殿山 泰司, Танояма Тайи, Тайдзи Тонояма
AwardsMainichi Film Award for Best Actor
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