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.
Jiraiya the Hero
as JiraiyaJiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by...
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as uncreditedA film on the life of Shibukawa Bangorō, the founder of the Shibukawa-ryū school of jūjutsu. To...
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as Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu IkkakuAn adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature...
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as Jiraiya (archive footage)In the City of Saints, a woman's prayer gets painted and a failed cinematographer soothes his...
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