As Actor
Jiraiya the Hero
1921
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Matsunosuke Onoe
Acting
Birth Date
September 12, 1875
Place of Birth
Okayama, Japan
Date of Death
September 11, 1926
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.
