
Matsunosuke Onoe
Biography
Matsunosuke Onoe sometimes known as Medama no Matchan ("Eyeballs" Matsu), was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura.[1] He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he went by the name Tsurusaburo Onoe. He gained great popularity, appearing in over 1000 films, and has been called the first superstar of Japanese cinema.
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Known For
Acting History
1927
Zōho kaitei Chūshingura as Yoshio 'Kuranosuke' Ôishi
1925Araki Mataemon as Araki Metaemon
1924Iwami Jûtarô
1923Banchō Sarayashiki
1922Nabeshima no nekô
1922Shibukawa Bangorō
1922Iwami Jûtarô
1921弥次喜多 前篇 善光寺詣りの巻 as Yajirobei
1921Tenjiku Tokubei
1921Jiraiya the Hero as Jiraiya
1920Arima no neko
1920Sugawara denju tenarai kagami terakoya
1920Kasamori ôsen
1920Iwami Jûtarô: kôhen
1919Iwami Jûtarô
1919Ôkazaki kaibyoden
1919Tenjiku tokubei
1919Nabeshima Cat Riot
1919Utsunomiya tsuritenjô
1919Sugawara tenjin ki
1918Banchō Sarayashiki
1918Yotsuya Kaidan (Jitsoroku Oiwa)
1918Sakura Sôgorô
1918Ekō-in no nekotsuka
1917Iwami Jûtarô
1917Kaidan chibusa enoki
1917Nabeshima kaibyô
1916Kaiketsu Ondo maru
1916Arima no nekô sôdô
1914Cat Chaos at Kamakura Palace
1914100 Weird Legends of Murumachi Palace
1914Monster-Cat of Sanno
1914Botan Dōrō
1914Bancho sarayashiki
1914Iwami Jûtarô
1914The Okazaki Cat
1914Tenjiku Tokubei
1914The Ground Spider
1913The Loyal 47 Ronin
1913Life Story of Iwami Jutaro
1912Yotsuya Kaidan
1912Sakura Sôgorô
1911Iwami Jûtarô
1911Rashomon
1910The 47 Loyal Ronin as Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
1910The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya
1910The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two
1910The Mito Kōmon Chronicles
—TS-CAM as Jiraiya (archive footage)



