User
Matsunosuke Onoe

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.

Born

Sep 12, 1875

Okayama, Japan

Died

Sep 11, 1926

Known For

Acting

Movies

50 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.6

movie
Goban Tadanobu
1909 • as Tadanobu
★ 7.0
movie
movie
Jiraiya the Hero
Jiraiya the Hero
1921 • as Jiraiya
★ 5.6
movie
movie
movie
TS-CAM
TS-CAM
2026 • as Jiraiya (archive footage)
movie
movie
Araki Mataemon
1925 • as Araki Metaemon
movie
movie
movie
movie
The 47 Loyal Ronin
The 47 Loyal Ronin
1910 • as Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
★ 9.0
movie
Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
1927 • as Yoshio 'Kuranosuke' Ôishi