Eijirō Tōno
10 Films
Eijirō Tōno
10 Included Films

Eijirō Tōno (東野英治郎 Tōno Eijirō, 17 September 1907 – 8 September 1994) was a Japanese actor who, in a career lasting more than 50 years, appeared in over 400 television shows, nearly 250 films and numerous stage productions. He is best known in the West for his roles in films by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961), and films by Yasujirō Ozu, such as Tokyo Story (1953) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He also appeared in Kill! by Kihachi Okamoto and Tora! Tora! Tora!, a depiction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His final film was Juzo Itami's A-ge-man (Tales of a Golden Geisha) in 1990. Tōno also starred as the title character in the long-running television jidaigeki series Mito Kōmon from 1969 to 1983. In the early years of his career he acted under the name of Katsuji Honjo (本庄克二).

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Akira Kurosawa
No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.


Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/Ifo4f1EO
Grain is sharper/clearer on the new Criterion 4K; BFI's grain resolves slightly worse and more so in motion, being a standard Blu-ray; The Toho 4K's grain is softer, probably DNR'd.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/Ifo4f1EO
Grain is sharper/clearer on the new Criterion 4K; BFI's grain resolves slightly worse and more so in motion, being a standard Blu-ray; The Toho 4K's grain is softer, probably DNR'd.

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Director: Akira Kurosawa
10 films