Onoe Matsuya II

Inoue Ryuuichi, born January 30, 1985, is a Japanese Kabuki, stage and film actor who holds the title of Onoe Matsuya II. Inoue has been active as a child actor since the age of 10. He is mostly known for portraying Imagawa Ujizane in 2017 NHK Taiga drama Onna Joshu Naotora and as Sena Yosuke in Hanzawa…

Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta

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Drama, heritage, soul; Actor Toma Ikuta trains for his first kabuki theater performance with his long-time friend, kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe. (Source: Netflix)

Onoe Kajo

Onoe Kajo was a Japanese actor born in Kobe. He was a thorough supporting player of Kyoto historical drama, and at the age of 30, he also played a leading role. His older brother is actor Kataoka Matsuyan. He became a stage actor from early on under the name of Ichikawa Momotaro. After working in the…

Onoe Eigoro

Onoe Yukari

Onoe Matsunosuke

Onoe Matsunosuke was a Japanese actor. He was initially an actor with an itinerant kabuki troupe. In his autobiography, he claimed that he had made his stage debut as early as 1880, in a performance given by the Tamizo Onoe company. Fascinated by the stage, he left his home by the age of 14 to travel…

Onoe Kikugoro V

A Japanese Kabuki actor, one of the three most famous and celebrated of the Meiji period,along with Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Ichikawa Sadanji I. Unlike most kabuki actors, who specialize in a particular type of role, Kikugorō, as a kaneru yakusha, played both tachiyaku (male heroes) and onnagata (women)…

Onoe Baiko VI

Onoe Baikô VI was one of the best onnagata of the Meiji, Taishô and the first years of the Shôwa eras. He costarred stage giants like Onoe Kikugorô V, Kataoka Nizaemon XI, Matsumoto Kôshirô VII or Onoe Kikugorô VI. The duo Onoe Baikô VI-Ichimura Uzaemon XV was extremely popular. He was expected…

Onoe Kikunosuke V

Onoe Kikunosuke V, born August 1, 1977 as Terashima Kazuyasu, is a Kabuki and film actor. Kazuyasu came from an established Kabuki house. He is the second child of Onoe Kikugoro VII and actress Fuji Sumiko, and his older sister is actress Terajima Shinobu. Kazuyasu made his Kabuki debut in February…

Onoe Ukon II

Onoe Ukon II is an Actor, Kabuki actor. Born in Tokyo, Japan.

Onoe Kikutaro

Onoe Kikutaro is a Japanese actor.

Godaime Onoe Kikugoro: Sou Gio ~ Yake

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Actuality of the funeral of Kikugoro V, (Onoe Kikugorō V) Kabuki-za, 15 April.

Candy Color Paradox

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Onoe Satoshi is a reporter for Dash!, a gossip magazine famous for its celeb scandal stories. The magazine owes its success to its stakeout teams, who catch stars in the act. When Satoshi is paired with the sloppy…

Momijigari

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It is a record of the kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro V and Ichikawa Danjuro IX performing a scene from the kabuki play Momijigari. The film features the scene in which Taira no Koremori defeats a demon who has disguised…

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

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Set in 1885, Kikunosuke Onoe is in line to succeed his adopted father, a talented Kabuki actor. He falls in love with his brother's nurse, Otoku, who is the only one honest about his acting skills. Defying his father,…

Matsunosuke no Chushingura

The existing print has all but four of the original 42 scenes. It's really just Onoe Matsunosuke's Kabuki theater troupe performance filmed scene for scene. A static camera captures the action in one- to two-minute…

Futari Dojoji

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A dance extracted from the play Hana Kiso Ninin Dojoji (Two people at Dojo Temple), which was being performed by Eizaburo Onoe, later known as Baiko Onoe VI and Kakitsu Ichimura, later Uzaemon Ichimura XV, at the Kabuki-za.

Hino's Clogs

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Although there is no record of who filmed it and when or where it was released, this first attempt at Japan's quintessential film genre (period or era films) seemed to have ended up in failure. The cast was comprised…