Onoe Matsunosuke

Japanese: 尾上松之助 - おのえ・まつのすけ

Year of death: September 11, 1926
Year of birth: September 12, 1875 (Meiji 8)
A film actor from the Meiji and Taisho periods, and Japan's first big star. Born in Okayama City. His real name was Nakamura Tsuruzo. He appeared on stage from an early age, and became a traveling theater actor, touring the country with a troupe, but was invited by film director Makino Shozo to enter the film world. His debut film was "Goban Tadanobu" (1909). His glaring, wide-eyed performance in the third film, "Ishiyama Gunki," made him popular, and he was affectionately nicknamed "Matsu-chan the Eyeball." After that, he appeared in many period films under Makino, focusing on fight scenes and ninjutsu, and became an idol for young fans, especially in ninjutsu films using trick photography. He played all kinds of protagonists, including heroes, brave warriors, righteous men, and gangsters, and is said to have appeared in 1,000 films across Yokota Shokai and Nikkatsu. His main appearances include "Jiraiya," "Falling Flowers Dance," "Araki Mataemon," and "Chushingura." He was buried at Toji-in Temple in Kyoto. <Works> "Autobiography of Matsunosuke Onoe"

(Nagasaki No. 1)

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没年：大正15.9.11(1926)
生年：明治8.9.12(1875)
明治大正期の映画俳優,日本最初の大スター。岡山市生まれ。本名中村鶴三。幼いころより舞台に立ち,旅芝居の役者になり一座を率いて地方巡業をしていたが,映画監督の牧野省三の招きで映画界に入る。「碁盤忠信」(1909)がデビュー作。第3作「石山軍記」で目をギョロリとさせて睨みをきかせたのが人気を呼び,以来「目玉の松ちゃん」の愛称で親しまれる。以後牧野のもとで立ち回りや忍術を中心とする多くの時代劇映画に出演,特にトリック撮影による忍術映画で年少ファンのアイドルとなった。英雄,豪傑,義人,侠客などあらゆる主人公に扮し,横田商会,日活の2社を通して出演作品は1000本といわれる。主な出演作品に「自雷也」「落花の舞」「荒木又右衛門」「忠臣蔵」など。京都の等持院に葬られた。<著作>『尾上松之助自叙伝』

(長崎一)

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