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name: "Taiji Tonoyama"
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born: "17 October 1915"
died: "30 April 1989"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:42.495590+00:00"
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# Taiji Tonoyama

Actor. Born 17 October 1915 in Kobe, Japon. Died 30 April 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 October 1915, Kobe, Japon
- **Died:** 30 April 1989
- **Also known as:** 殿山 泰司, Танояма Тайи, Тайдзи Тонояма

## Biography

Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司) was a Japanese character actor. He appeared in films and on television from 1939 until his death, with credits including roles in *Drunken Angel* (1948), *Good Morning* (1959), *The Naked Island* (1960), *Onibaba* (1964), *Kuroneko* (1968), *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), *Vengeance Is Mine* (1979) and *The Ballad of Narayama* (1983) as Teruyan.

He was a close friend and regular collaborator of director Kaneto Shindo. In 1950 Tonoyama helped establish the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyōkai with Shindo and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. He was also an essayist.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ballad of Narayama* (1983), Fi1m 82, as Teruyan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-narayama.md)

## Also known for

- *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Old Beggar
- *Onibaba* (1964), Ushi
- *Good Morning* (1959), Pushy Man
- *Drunken Angel* (1948), Shop Proprietor
- *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959)
- *Kuroneko* (1968), Farmer
- *Hachiko* (1987), Hashimoto
- *Vengeance Is Mine* (1979), Tanejiro Shibata

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