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Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe

Born: 1875-09-12 • Okayama, Japan

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
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Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
1927 • Yoshio 'Kuranosuke' Ôishi
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Araki Mataemon
1925 • Araki Metaemon
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Iwami Jûtarô
1924
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Banchō Sarayashiki
1923
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Nabeshima no nekô
1922
Shibukawa Bangorō poster
Shibukawa Bangorō
1922
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Iwami Jûtarô
1922
弥次喜多 前篇 善光寺詣りの巻 poster
弥次喜多 前篇 善光寺詣りの巻
1921 • Yajirobei
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Tenjiku Tokubei
1921
Jiraiya the Hero poster
Jiraiya the Hero
1921 • Jiraiya
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Arima no neko
1920
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Sugawara denju tenarai kagami terakoya
1920
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Kasamori ôsen
1920
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Iwami Jûtarô: kôhen
1920
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Iwami Jûtarô
1919
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Ôkazaki kaibyoden
1919
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Tenjiku tokubei
1919
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Nabeshima Cat Riot
1919
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Utsunomiya tsuritenjô
1919
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Sugawara tenjin ki
1919
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Banchō Sarayashiki
1918
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Yotsuya Kaidan (Jitsoroku Oiwa)
1918
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Ekō-in no nekotsuka
1918
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Sakura Sôgorô
1918
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Kaidan chibusa enoki
1917
Iwami Jûtarô poster
Iwami Jûtarô
1917
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Nabeshima kaibyô
1917
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Kaiketsu Ondo maru
1916
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Arima no nekô sôdô
1916
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Cat Chaos at Kamakura Palace
1914
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100 Weird Legends of Murumachi Palace
1914
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Monster-Cat of Sanno
1914
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Botan Dōrō
1914
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Bancho sarayashiki
1914
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Iwami Jûtarô
1914
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The Okazaki Cat
1914
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Tenjiku Tokubei
1914
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The Ground Spider
1914
The Loyal 47 Ronin poster
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1913
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Life Story of Iwami Jutaro
1913
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Yotsuya Kaidan
1912
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Sakura Sôgorô
1912
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Iwami Jûtarô
1911
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Rashomon
1911
The 47 Loyal Ronin poster
The 47 Loyal Ronin
1910 • Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
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The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya
1910
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The Mito Kōmon Chronicles
1910
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The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two
1910
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TS-CAM
— • Jiraiya (archive footage)