Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, October 17, 1915 – April 30, 1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989.[1] He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members.[2] He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Taiji Tonoyama | |
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殿山 泰司 | |
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Born | October 17, 1915 |
Died | April 30, 1989 73) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
He served in the Japanese military in China in the Second Sino-Japanese War and considered himself to have narrowly escaped from death.[2] He was married but also had a mistress and maintained relationships with both women until the end of his life.[2] He was a keen reader of detective stories and a fan of jazz music.[2] He wrote a series of semi-autobiographical essays under the title Sanmon Yakusha (三文役者), meaning "third rate actor". Kaneto Shindo wrote a biography of Tonoyama called Sanmon yakusha no shi,[n 1] meaning "The death of a third-rate actor", which he also filmed as By Player.[2][3]
Filmography (selected)
Date | Title | Role |
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1947 | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | |
1948 | President and female clerk | Butler Kurokawa |
1951 | The Tale of Genji | |
1952 | Dedication of the Great Buddha | |
1952 | Avalanche | |
1952 | Children of Hiroshima | |
1953 | Epitome | |
1953 | Life of a Woman | |
1953 | Jazz musume tanjō | |
1955 | Wolf | |
1956 | Shirogane Shinjū | |
1956 | An Actress | |
1956 | Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers | Dr. Otsuki |
1957 | Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate | |
1958 | Night Drum | |
1959 | My Second Brother | |
1959 | Good Morning | Door-to-door salesman |
1959 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 | Mayor of Yaizu |
1960 | The Naked Island | Husband |
1962 | Foundry Town | |
Ningen | Kamegoro | |
1963 | Kanto Wanderer | |
The Insect Woman | ||
1964 | Onibaba | Ushi |
1965 | An Innocent Witch | Yamasan |
Akuto | ||
1965 | Kuroneko | Farmer |
Profound Desires of the Gods[4] | ||
1971 | A Soul to Devils | |
1972 | The Rendezvous | |
1973 | The Heart | |
1974 | The Homeless | |
1976 | In the Realm of the Senses | Old beggar |
1976 | Torakku Yarō: Tenka Gomen | |
1977 | The Life of Chikuzan | |
1977 | Ballad of Orin | Charcoal Man |
1978 | Ogin-sama | Ankokuji Ekei |
1978 | Empire of Passion | |
1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Tanejiro Shibata |
1979 | Tantei Monogatari (episode 6) | Boss of Kyoei Shoji |
1981 | Eijanaika | |
Edo Porn | Woodcarver | |
Muddy River | ||
1983 | The Ballad of Narayama | |
1985 | Seburi monogatari | |
1986 | Tree Without Leaves | Sakuzo |
Comic Magazine | ||
1987 | Zegen | |
1989 | Black Rain |
Books
Date | Romanized title | Original title | Notes | ISBN |
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1969 | Nihon onna chizu: shizen wa nikutai ni donna eikyo o ataeru ka | 日本女地図: 自然は、肉体にどんな影響を与えるのか | A comparison of women's bodies, particularly their vaginas, in different parts of Japan. | ISBN 978-4-04-154201-9 |
1980 | Sanmon yakusha anaki den parts one to three | 三文役者あなあきい伝PART1~PART3 | ISBN 978-4-480-02937-9 |
Notes
- 三文役者の死
References
- "Tonoyama Taiji". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- Shindo, Kaneto (2008). Ikite iru kagiri Watashi no Rirekisho [While I live: my resume] (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha. ISBN 978-4-532-16661-8.
- Shindo, Kaneto (2000). Sanmon yakusha no shi: Seiden Tonoyama Taiji [The death of a third-rate actor: a true biography of Taiji Tonoyama]. ISBN 978-4-00-602017-0.
- "神々の深き欲望". eiga.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
External links
- Taiji Tonoyama at IMDb
- Tonoyama Taiji at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Goo Movies