Acting
Taiji Tonoyama
Born 1915-10-17
Kobe, Japon
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Taiji Tonoyama
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In the Realm of the Senses
1976
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Onibaba
1964
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Drunken Angel
1948
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Good Morning
1959
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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Kuroneko
1968
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The Ballad of Narayama
1983
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Hachiko
1987
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Ai yori aoku
1972
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Vengeance Is Mine
1979
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (318 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thousand Cranes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | Black Rain | Old Priest | Movie | 1989 |
 | War and Flowers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | Tomorrow | Storekeeper | Movie | 1988 |
 | Tokyo Pop | Grandfather | Movie | 1988 |
 | Sakura-tai Chiru | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hawaiian Dream | Shokichi Shimamura | Movie | 1987 |
 | Hachiko | Hashimoto | Movie | 1987 |
 | Zegen | Shimada | Movie | 1987 |
 | River of Fireflies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Tree Without Leaves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Jazz Daimyo | Gensai | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Seburi Story | Kamezo | Movie | 1985 |
 | Nuclear Gypsies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
| Song of the Spring Pony | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Location | Inumaru | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Horizon | Tanimoto | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Fox Dancing in the Dusk | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 |
 | Legend of the Eight Samurai | Hikojii | Movie | 1983 |
 | Dark Room | Doctor(医師) | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Ballad of Narayama | Teruyan | Movie | 1983 |
 | Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Bored Samurai | Father of Ogin | Movie | 1983 |
 | Oiran | Hachibei | Movie | 1983 |
 | Sacred Koya | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | Tora-san, the Expert | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Irezumi | Horiatsu | Movie | 1982 |
 | A Ghost Love Story of Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
| On the Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 | |
 | A Pool Without Water | Pharmacist | Movie | 1982 |
 | Fifth Movement | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Edo Porn | Tattooist | Movie | 1981 |
 | Day Dream | Guard | Movie | 1981 |
 | Fruits of Passion | Customer | Movie | 1981 |
 | Magistrate of the Floating World | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Kinagashi Bugyō | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Yokohama BJ Blues | Isao Hori | Movie | 1981 |
 | Pro Hunter | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Muddy River | Man on Festival Boat | Movie | 1981 |
 | Eijanaika | Jyosyuya | Movie | 1981 |
 | Tetsugen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Daughter of Time | Fireworks Hand 2 | Movie | 1980 |
 | Until Evening | Restaurant's Owner | Movie | 1980 |
 | Child of the Sun | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
| Nurse's Husband | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 | |
 | A-Un | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Faraway Tomorrow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Bride of the Ghost Lake | Goichi Nishida (village chief) | Movie | 1979 |
| The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 | |
 | The Strangling | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Golden Partners | Bend master | Movie | 1979 |
 | Vengeance Is Mine | Tanejiro Shibata | Movie | 1979 |
 | Teenage Years: Keiko’s Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Hashire tomato Nippon ôdan sanbyaku kilo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Empire of Passion | Toichiro | Movie | 1978 |
 | Love and Faith | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Junko's Bliss | Taizô Sakata | Movie | 1978 |
 | Ghost Train | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Ballad of Orin | Mountain Man | Movie | 1977 |
 | Tomorrow Evening | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Far Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Seasonal Wind | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Eros Eterna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Case of the Disjointed Murder | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Gate of Youth Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow | Sôiku | Movie | 1977 |
 | Two Harmonicas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | In the Realm of the Senses | Old Beggar | Movie | 1976 |
 | Hobo General | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Roads Men Travel | Sone | TV Series | 1976 |
 | A Cheerful Yakuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Housewife's Experience: New Tenement Apartment | Kinetarô Kitamura | Movie | 1975 |
 | Scoundrel Boss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2 | The Master | Movie | 1975 |
 | Pimp Heaven | Preacher | Movie | 1975 |
 | Housewife's Experience: Tenement | Harukichi | Movie | 1975 |
 | 青春トルコ日記 処女すべり | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse | Genzô Kakinuma (Bath-house Manager) | Movie | 1975 |
 | Evening Primrose | Genji's father | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Last Swordsman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Castle of Sand | Publican at Ebisu | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Homeless | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Street of Joy | Kofukuya's Owner | Movie | 1974 |
 | My Way | Yoshizo Kawamura | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Key | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Jitsuroku Erogotoshitachi: Jungyô Hanadensya | Tonomura | Movie | 1974 |
 | Professional Sex Performers: A Docu-Drama | Sex Show Manager | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Heart | S's Father | Movie | 1973 |
 | Stray Dog | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Love Lost in Tears | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby | Shimamura | Movie | 1973 |
 | Hell Riders in Kyoto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | A Woman’s Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer | Shimamura | Movie | 1973 |
 | Time Within Memory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Naked Resume: True Story of Kazuko Shirakawa | Ippei | Movie | 1973 |
 | Sex and Fury | Tokuzô Kasai | Movie | 1973 |
 | Did the Red Bird Escape? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Deeper Than Blue | Shunkai | Movie | 1973 |
 | Hymn | Harumatsu | Movie | 1972 |
 | Afternoon Affair: Rear Window | Nomura | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Dear Summer Sister | Takuzo Sakurada | Movie | 1972 |
 | Turtle Geisha | Ishibashi | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Lucky Status Symbol | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Erotomaniac Daimyo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Kanawa | Physiognomist | Movie | 1972 |
 | Ai yori aoku | 俊界和尚 | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Rendezvous | Murai | Movie | 1972 |
 | Umarekawatta Tamegorō | Tokuichi Ōnuma | Movie | 1972 |
 | Silence | Prison guard | Movie | 1971 |
 | Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Evil Spirits in the Darkness | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Ceremony | Old Chief | Movie | 1971 |
 | Onna no Iji | Nakano | Movie | 1971 |
 | King of Pornography | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | King of the Widow-Killers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Evil Spirits of Japan | Pachinko owner | Movie | 1970 |
 | Live Today, Die Tomorrow! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Hooligans on Buggies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Kingpin of Fair Ladies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Revelation of a Geisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Yukyo-retsuden | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Strange Affinity | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Attack at Daylight | Saeki | Movie | 1970 |
 | Gokudô Petenshi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Heat Wave Island | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Dump, Hip, Bump: Give it to me Guys! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Higa | Movie | 1968 |
 | East China Sea | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Strong Women, Weak Men | Zenzo | Movie | 1968 |
 | Three Resurrected Drunkards | Old man | Movie | 1968 |
 | Wind of Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Kuroneko | Farmer | Movie | 1968 |
 | The House of the Sleeping Virgins | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Japanese Summer: Double Suicide | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Libido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Drunken Harbor | Doctor | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Little Runaway | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Lost Sex | Gonpachi | Movie | 1966 |
 | Violence at Noon | School director | Movie | 1966 |
 | Captive's Island | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Dynamite Doctor | Chairman | Movie | 1966 |
 | Ohanahan | 溝呂木老人 | TV Series | 1966 |
 | The Pornographers | Father | Movie | 1966 |
 | Black Curtain | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Kokoro no sanmyaku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Betrayers Out! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Conquest | Yamashiro-no-Kami Munemura | Movie | 1965 |
 | Escape and the Law | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | An Innocent Witch | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Seisaku's Wife | Retired Man | Movie | 1965 |
 | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Start of Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Onibaba | Ushi | Movie | 1964 |
 | Intentions of Murder | Beret Musician | Movie | 1964 |
 | A Story from Echigo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Irresponsible Fool | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Desperate | Chief Osawa | Movie | 1964 |
 | Samurai from Nowhere | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Onibaba : Film Location | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Kiri ni Kieta Hito | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | The School Cap | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Kanto Wanderer | Boss Izu | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Insect Woman | Foreman | Movie | 1963 |
 | Mother | Tajima | Movie | 1963 |
 | Bamboo Doll of Echizen | Monk | Movie | 1963 |
 | 18 Roughs | Murata | Movie | 1963 |
 | Raised on an Island | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | どん底だって平ちゃらさ | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Violent Street | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Black Report | Shinsaku Tsuda | Movie | 1963 |
 | Beyond the Green Hills | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | The King | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Human | Kamegoro | Movie | 1962 |
 | Farm Girls | Kuranosuke | Movie | 1962 |
 | Hageshī kawa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Fresh Leaves | Zenkichi Segawa | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Young and Bad | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Akitsu Hot Springs | Rokusuke | Movie | 1962 |
 | Song of a Traveller | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Foundry Town | Matsunaga | Movie | 1962 |
 | Tales of President Mito | President Toyotomi | Movie | 1962 |
 | Stolen Pleasure | Goro | Movie | 1962 |
 | I am the Judge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Season of Farewell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | 大吉ぼんのう鏡 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Nippon no obaachan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Love's Family Tree | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Police Precinct Part 17 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Famous Wanderer | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Blind Devotion | Hikozo | Movie | 1961 |
 | Futaridake no taiyō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Pigs and Battleships | Chen | Movie | 1961 |
 | Shōjo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | Kotani | Movie | 1961 |
 | My Hometown is the Wild West | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Legendary Hell | Daihachi | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Naked Island | Senta | Movie | 1960 |
 | Chikuhō no kodomotachi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Storming Squadron | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Wait for Tomorrow | Inosuke Uematsu | Movie | 1960 |
 | Sixteen years old | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Internees of Kampili | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Yakuza sensei | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Last Trump Card | Seitaro Koshimura | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | A Woman’s Uphill Slope | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Irohanihoheto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | One Passed Through Hell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Secret | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Knock Down | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Cards Will Tell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha | Kumakichi Takeda | Movie | 1959 |
 | My Second Brother | Hemmi Gengoro | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Human Wall | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | A Killed Stewardess: White or Black | Detective Machida | Movie | 1959 |
 | Four Hours of Terror | Teppei Sasada | Movie | 1959 |
 | Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Telephone Rings in the Evening | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Good Morning | Pushy Man | Movie | 1959 |
 | Tokyo no Kodoku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Talented Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Whistling in the Morning | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Endless Desire | Ramen shop owner | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow | Masumura | Movie | 1958 |
 | Hanayome no teikō | Yoshimaro Akiyama | Movie | 1958 |
| Underwater Murder | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | The Boy Who Came Back | Detective Shimamoto | Movie | 1958 |
 | Night Drum | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Wind, Woman and Road | Kenta | Movie | 1958 |
| Hobo Village | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 | |
 | On This Earth | Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle | Movie | 1957 |
 | Temptation | Tobe | Movie | 1957 |
 | Harbor Rats | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Kurazo | Movie | 1957 |
 | Who's the Real Killer | Frank | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Champion | Pote-chan | Movie | 1957 |
 | Birth of a Jazz Maiden | Senkichi Hanamura | Movie | 1957 |
 | Muhō Ichidai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 |
 | Actress | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Dotanba | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers | Doctor Otsuki | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Shadow of Fear | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Nikoyon monogatari | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | Our Town | Shime | Movie | 1956 |
 | Shiawase wa doko ni | Shokichi | Movie | 1956 |
| 快傑耶茶坊 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 | |
 | Darkness at Noon | Uhei Matsumura | Movie | 1956 |
 | Love is Lost | Gensaku | Movie | 1956 |
 | Policeman's Diary, Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Beauty and the Dragon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Three Faces | Gen | Movie | 1955 |
 | If Indeed One Loves | Bartender (segment 1) | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Wolves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Sisters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Burden of Love | Mr. Yamaguchi | Movie | 1955 |
 | Policeman's Diary | Patrolman Kuramochi | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1955 |
 | Wakai hito-tachi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Turbid Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Valley Between Love and Death | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Ditch | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Street Without Sun | Gen'ichi Inoue | Movie | 1954 |
 | Cape Ashizuri | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | The End of a Day | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Snowy Night Duel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Koina no Ginpei | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1954 |
 | Gate of Hell | Kakisuke | Movie | 1953 |
 | Before Dawn | Risaburo | Movie | 1953 |
 | Desire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Miniature | Yamada | Movie | 1953 |
 | Murahachibu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Reminiscence | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Tower of Lilies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Dedication of the Great Buddha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Today is Payday | President of Akabane Construction | Movie | 1952 |
 | Violence | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Children of Hiroshima | Owner of a ship | Movie | 1952 |
 | Taki no Shiraito | Fukuichi | Movie | 1952 |
 | Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
 | Sisters of Nishijin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1952 |
| Avalanche | Miyabayashi | Movie | 1952 | |
 | Izayoi kaidō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Man from the Moon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
| Aizenbashi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 | |
 | Story of a Beloved Wife | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Saijoke no kyoen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Tale of Genji | Priest | Movie | 1951 |
 | 限りなき情熱 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Who Will Judge Me? | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Freedom School | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | The White Orchid | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1951 |
 | Clothes of Deception | Kasama | Movie | 1951 |
 | The End of the War | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1950 |
 | Scandal | Aoye's friend | Movie | 1950 |
| Yume o meshimase | Ton Chiki | Movie | 1950 | |
 | Spring Snow | Yasuji | Movie | 1950 |
 | Town of Violence | Ango Shindo | Movie | 1950 |
 | Ishimatsu of the Forest | Waretsuku | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Most Beautiful Day of My Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
| The Follower | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 | |
 | Great X | Matsushita | Movie | 1948 |
 | Drunken Angel | Shop Proprietor | Movie | 1948 |
 | Temptation | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 |
| The President and the Shopgirl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1948 | |
 | The Ball at the Anjo House | Yoshida | Movie | 1947 |
 | Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Photographer | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Battle of Kawanakajima | Rokuzô Ôkuma | Movie | 1941 |
| Toumei na kisetsu | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |