Kihachi Okamoto
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).