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Taiji Tonoyama

Actor (1915–1989)

Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who appeared in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. A close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members, he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in 1950. He was also an essayist, and his films included Onibaba (1964) and The Ballad of Narayama (1983).

Taiji Tonoyama appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1964 to 1983. Most of that work is in drama, romance and history.

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What movies and TV shows has Taiji Tonoyama been in?
Taiji Tonoyama appears in The Ballad of Narayama (1983), In the Realm of the Senses (1976) and Onibaba (1964) on The Remote.
When was Taiji Tonoyama born?
Taiji Tonoyama was born on 17 October 1915.

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