Onoe Shoroku II

Onoe Shoroku II (March 28, 1913 – June 25, 1989) is the stage name for Yutaka Fujima a Japanese kabuki actor who specialized in male roles.

Shōroku Onoe in 1951.

During his life he was designated a Living National Treasure of Japan and one of the country's four official leading actors.

Filmography

Shōroku Onoe as Sagisaka Bannai in the bunraku play Kanadehon Chūshingura.

Film

• Banana (1960)

Television

• Hana no Shōgai (1963) – Ii Naosuke
• Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970) – Date Masamune
• Katsu Kaishū (1974) – Katsu Kokichi
• Kusa Moeru (1979) – Emperor Go-Shirakawa

Honors

• 1972 – Living National Treasure
• 1984 – Person of Cultural Merit
• 1987 – Order of Culture[1]

References

1. "尾上 松緑 (2代目)". Kabuki on the web. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

• Dunning, Jennifer (July 15, 1985). STAGE: AT THE METROPOLITAN, GRAND KABUKI'S 'SAKURA-HIME' New York Times