Katsumi Youtaro - Katsumi Youtaro

Japanese: 勝見庸太郎 - かつみようたろう

...In the 1920s, the action movie craze was further fuelled by films starring Douglas Fairbanks, such as "Zorro" (1920), "The Three Musketeers" (1921), and "Robin Hood" (1922), which led to a succession of imitations. The action movie stars of the time were, after Onoe Matsunosuke, Katsumi Yotaro, who directed "A Hard Handshake" (1922) directed by Shimazu Yasujiro and "The Wolf Pack" (1923) directed by Ushihara Kyohiko, Ichikawa Domonosuke, who directed "The Great Zorro" (1924), and Takagi Shinpei, who was nicknamed "Birdman" for his imitations of "Zorro", such as "The Great Hawk" and "The Battle" (both 1924). Thus, the action movie format was established around 1923-1924.

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…(1) Bando Tsumasaburo (1925-36. Hachigaoka, Kyoto; Yatsu Beach, Chiba Prefecture) (2) Satsuki Nobuko (1925-45) (3) Sanekawa Ensho (1925-?) (4) Katsumi Yotaro (1926-31) (5) Kataoka Shoen (1926-27) (6) Ichikawa Utaemon (1927-36. Ayameike, Nara) (7) Takagi Shinpei (1927-27.…

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…20年代に入って，ダグラス･フェアバンクス主演《奇傑ゾロ》(1920)，《三銃士》(1921)，《ロビン･フッド》(1922)がさらに決定的に活劇熱をあおり，模倣作品を続出させた。　当時の活劇スターとして，尾上松之助に次いで，島津保次郎監督《堅き握手》(1922)や牛原虚彦監督《狼の群》(1923)などの勝見庸太郎，日本版《奇傑ゾロ》といえる《抜討権八神出鬼没》(1924)などの市川百々之助，同じく《奇傑ゾロ》の模倣作《怪傑鷹》や《争闘》(ともに1924)で〈鳥人〉の異名をとった高木新平がいる。こうして23年から24年ころにかけて，活劇という映画形式は定着した。…