Matsunosuke Onoe

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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1875-09-12 · Okayama, Japan
- Died
- 1926-09-11
Known for
- Jiraiya the Hero (1921) — Jiraiya
- Shibukawa Bangorō (1922)
- The 47 Loyal Ronin (1910) — Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
- Goban Tadanobu (1909) — Tadanobu
- 弥次喜多 前篇 善光寺詣りの巻 (1921) — Yajirobei
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1913)
- The Okazaki Cat (1914)
- Cat Chaos at Kamakura Palace (1914)
- Monster-Cat of Sanno (1914)
- Arima no nekô sôdô (1916)
- Nabeshima kaibyô (1917)
- Ekō-in no nekotsuka (1918)
- Ôkazaki kaibyoden (1919)
- Nabeshima Cat Riot (1919)
- Arima no neko (1920)
- Nabeshima no nekô (1922)