Matsunosuke Onoe

Acting

September 12, 1875

Okayama, Japan

49 movies

0.6 avg

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.

Filmography

1920s

14 films

Zōho kaitei Chūshingura

as Yoshio 'Kuranosuke' Ôishi

1927

Araki Mataemon

as Araki Metaemon

Iwami Jûtarô

Banchō Sarayashiki

Nabeshima no nekô