Shōroku Onoe II
Also Known As: 尾上松緑, 二代目尾上松緑
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: March 28, 1913
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 25, 1989
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Kurama Tengu
Overview: Kurama Tengu is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Teppei Yamaguchi. It is a film which is a part of the series depicting the bold and daring hero Kurama Tengu. The popular series comprises numerous films based on the original novel written by Jiro Osaragi, but those featuring Kanjuro Arashi are considered to be the most valuable. Of note is the last scene in which the main character takes on numerous foes with a sword in each hand.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-07-11
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Akuma no hoshî no shita nî
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-05-14
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Rônin-gai - Dai-san-wa: Tsukareta hitobito
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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Edo no yubae
Overview: In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku was one of them. He discreetly handed a departure note to his fiancée, Otosei, the daughter of Matsudaira Soebe, and left Edo. Otosei's cousin and Koroiku's friend, Domae Daikichi, was once a brave warrior of the shogunate army. However, he had since fallen into a life of debauchery in Yanagibashi and was rumored to be involved with a geisha named Orikki.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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Ejima and Ikushima
Overview: This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with any other man except in the presence of the Shogun. The institution played a key role in the Byzantine world of Japanese court politics during the Edo era. In 1714, Lady Ejima was sent to pay her respects at a Buddhist temple in the city, and chose to pay an unauthorised visit to the kabuki theatre – a violation of protocol that was to have tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1955-10-30
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The Spell of the Sand Painting
Overview: The Ryueis and the Tenmokus fight over gold bullion secretly stored away in Osaka Castle. A dramatization of a popular novel - three competing studios also produced their own versions of the story.
Genres: Adventure Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-01-01
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Kabuki Techniques
Overview: Two of the greatest stars of Japan’s kabuki theater reveal what has only rarely been seen: the actual acting techniques used in this most difficult and splendid of theater forms. Onoe Shoroku II and Onoe Baiko VII discuss and demonstrate their craft in conversation with the well-known author of works on Asian arts, Faubion Bowers. Includes film of great kabuki performances of the past. These great kabuki actors make the mechanics of theater kata (poses) clear and show some of the gestures and nuances of body language that communicate specific emotions and situations. Baiko, a famous player of women’s roles, performs a classic woman’s speech in full costume and heavy white-face make-up, and then does the same scene again in plain face and simple clothes. He shows how the Japanese fan speaks in its own language. He and Shoroku act out a fight scene; Shoroku demonstrates one of kabuki’s elaborate exit walk sequences, and compares different ways of making stylized gestures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-21
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The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu
Overview: The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Teppei Yamaguchi. It is part of the Kurama Tengu series and features the battle between the title character, Kurama Tengu, and his impostor. The last scene, featuring sword fights of exhilarating speed, is one reason this series was very popular, especially with children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1928-11-30
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Muriyari sanzengoku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1929-07-20
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Guntō nanban-sen
Overview: 1950 Japanese movie
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1950-06-13
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Tanuki goten
Overview: A Japanese film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1939-10-12
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Chuji for Sale
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Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1935-02-28
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Yamabuki neko
Overview: Film about Ghost-Cat.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1940-02-01
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