Eijirō Tōno — Actor (49)
Good Morning (1959) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
お早よう
8.0 (5 ratings) director: Yasujirō Ozu actor: Keiji Sada / Yoshiko Kuga
other title: Buon giorno / Bom Dia
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
武士道残酷物語
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ineko Arima
other title: Bushido / Bushido - Schwur der Gehorsamkeit
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990) [Movie] TMDB
あげまん
director: Jūzō Itami actor: Nobuko Miyamoto / Masahiko Tsugawa
other title: あげまん / La femme porte-bonheur
The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.
A Story from Echigo (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
越後つついし親不知
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Yoshiko Sakuma / Shoichi Ozawa
other title: 越後つついし親不知 / Story of Echigo
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.
Death of a Tea Master (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
千利休 本覺坊遺文
director: Kei Kumai actor: Eiji Okuda / Toshirō Mifune
other title: Morte di un maestro del tè / 千利休 本覺坊遺文
Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta
other title: Samurai 2 - Duello al tempio Ichijoji / Duel à Ichijôji
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964) [Movie] TMDB
宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Wakaba Irie
other title: 宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗 / Seul contre tous à Ichijoji
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険
director: Isao Takahata actor: Hisako Ôkata / Etsuko Ichihara
other title: La grande avventura del piccolo principe Valiant / 太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Koji Tsuruta
other title: Samurai 3 - Duello sull'isola Ganryu / Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958) [Movie] TMDB
柳生武芸帳 双龍秘剣
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Koji Tsuruta / Toshirō Mifune
other title: 柳生武芸帳 双龍秘剣 / Yagyu bugeicho - Ninjitsu
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them. In Part II, the search for the scrolls continues.
The Wolves (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Sanae Takasugi
other title: / Loup
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
新・忍びの者
director: Kazuo Mori actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Ayako Wakao
other title: 新・忍びの者 / Shinobi No Mono 3 Resurrection
[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk another day, and sets his sights on bringing down the warlord who tried to turn him into soup – Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And as always, in the background, the suble hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu is pulling strings as he plots to rule all of Japan!
The Lower Depths (1957) [Movie] TMDB
どん底
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada
other title: I bassifondi / どん底
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
続・忍びの者
director: Satsuo Yamamoto actor: Raizō Ichikawa / Shiho Fujimura
other title: Shinobi No Mono 2: Vengeance / 続・忍びの者
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.
I Live in Fear (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
生きものの記録
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura
other title: Testimonianza di un essere vivente / 生きものの記録
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.