Taiji Tonoyama
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
- Ai yori aoku (1972)
- Ohanahan (1966)
- In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
- Pro Hunter (1981)
- Drunken Angel (1948)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
- Sex and Fury (1973)
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
- Empire of Passion (1978)
- Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
- The Roads Men Travel (1976)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
- A Pool Without Water (1982)
- Irezumi (1982)
- Fruits of Passion (1981)
- Onibaba (1964)
- Black Rain (1989)
- The Castle of Sand (1974)
- The Naked Island (1960)
- Hachiko (1987)