Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe

Actor
Born: September 12, 1875
Okayama, Japan

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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