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尾上 松之助

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Мацуносукэ Оноэ

Мацуноскэ Оноэ

Matsunosuke Onoe, Acting

Okayama, Japan | 1875-09-12 | 1926-09-11

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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