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Shôen Kataoka

Shôen Kataoka

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Born February 15, 1895 in Kobe, Japan

Died June 10, 1943

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Kataoka Shoen was born in Kobe in 1895. He became the disciple of Nakamura Fukuen at the age of six and made his stage debut in "Sakura Sogo" at the Kobe Daikoku Theater. He took after the name of Kataoka Shoen in 1917 in the Naka Theater of Osaka after studying under the great female impersonator-to be, Kataoka Gado.

In 1920, he was recruited by Onoe Matsunosuke and joined Nikkatsu Kyoto, where he played Shiratakihime in Hatotsukai no Ona, Oyae in Nekketsu no Yaiba, Oroku in Chizome no Ten, and Okiku in Tsujigiri no Jinnai. He mainly played the partner role of Onoe Matsunosuke, who was also called "Medama no Macchan," (Eyeball Macchan) with her oval-faced beauty. He also played the partner roles of Jitsukawa Enichiro and Nakamura Kichijuro.

His representative pieces as a female impersonator were said to be Moyuru Uzumaki written by Maeda Shozan in which he played Oaya, the strong-minded loyalist, and Rakka no Mai (Dance of the Falling Flowers) in which he played a woman with a kumezo hairdo. Nikkatsu and Makino competed for these two pieces; Tamaki Utako played Oaya and Izumi Haruko played the woman with the kumezo hairdo in Makino, but Shoen was said to be more beautiful than the two actresses of Makino.

Shoen became the leading male role in kabuki after the promotion of the actresses, and established the independent Shoen Productions in 1926, where he starred in films such as Taibo Shiden Hakko, Binan Muramasa, Otakebi no Chimata, and Kyoren Majin.

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Sword of the Flying Dragon Feature Film1937

Datsukî no Ohyaku Feature Film1927

Koi no yônsenryo Feature Film1927

Kyoren matô Feature Film1927

Zôho kaitei Chûshingura: Ten no maki Chi no maki Jin no maki Feature Film1927Noriyasu 'Yogorô' Kanzaki

Bushi nareba koso Feature Film1926

Hirai Gonpachi Feature Film1926

Katakiuchi hitsuki zoshi: kôhen Feature Film1926

Katakiuchi hitsuki zoshi: zenpen Feature Film1926

Komusô Feature Film1926

Mitsuhide Gone to Hell Feature Film1926

Ninjutsu ichiya daimyo Feature Film1926

Araki Mataemon Feature Film1925Kawada Denzaburo

Fukushû to onna Feature Film1925

Furafura gôketsu Feature Film1925

Kokukin jurokukî Feature Film1925

Kurama Tengu zenpen Feature Film1925

Rakka no mai - Shûhen Feature Film1925Takano Shitsu Asaomi

Rakka no mai chuhen Feature Film1925

Rakka no mai zenpen Feature Film1925

Shitaiyuku kaga: zenpen Feature Film1925Ume Sumii

Shitaiyuku kage: Kôhen Feature Film1925Ume Sumii

Tetsubuê no gijin Feature Film1925

Ketsurui no ki Feature Film1924

Koi no mukuro Feature Film1924

Moyuru uzumaki gobu Feature Film1924

Moyuru uzumaki ichibu Feature Film1924

Moyuru uzumaki nibu Feature Film1924

Moyuru uzumaki sanbu Feature Film1924

Moyuru uzumaki yonbu Feature Film1924

Yanagawa Shôhachi Feature Film1924

Shibukawa Bangorô Poster

Shibukawa Bangorô Feature Film1922

Gôketsu Jiraiya Poster

Gôketsu Jiraiya Short Film1921Takasago Yuminosuke

Kana tehon chûshingura Feature Film1921

Chûshingura Feature Film1910

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