Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Born: January 8, 1973
in Tokyo, Japan
Matsumoto Kōshirō X (十代目 松本 幸四郎) is a Japanese kabuki actor was born on January 8, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan as Terumasa Fujima (藤間 照薫). He has also acted in movies, including April Story (1998), Ashura (2005), and The Samurai I Loved (2005).

He is a well-known kabuki actor. Stage names: Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII, Matsumoto Kintarō III. Other name: Matsumoto Kinshō. Real name: Fujima Terumasa.

1978: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, receiving the name of Matsumoto Kintarō III.

October 1981: great name-taking ceremony at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Kōraiya guild (Kōraiya Sandai Shūmei); Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII retires under the name of Matsumoto Hakuō, Ichikawa Somegorō VI and Matsumoto Kintarō III respectively take the names of Matsumoto Kōshirō IX and Ichikawa Somegorō VII. the new Somegorō plays the roles of Fukuyama and Rikiya in the dramas Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura and Gion Ichiriki Jaya.

Movies for Matsumoto Kōshirō X...

Title: GAME GENOME
Released: October 5, 2022
Type: TV
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Murder in a Hell of Oil
Title: Murder in a Hell of Oil
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Based on a true incident, this is a timeless story of a hot-headed young man who rebels against his parents and is forced into desperate straits, eventually losing himself in madness.
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八代目市川染五郎 密着3650日~12歳・若武者が生まれるとき~
Title: 八代目市川染五郎 密着3650日~12歳・若武者が生まれるとき~
Released: January 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Includes footage of the oral presentation of the third generation of Ichikawa Somegoro VIII and others. In June 2007, when he was two years old at the Kabuki-za theatre, he played the chivalrous Harusamegasa in his first appearance under his real name 'Fujimasai'. Koshiro Matsumoto IX says he started jumping around in the middle of the day and was made to study without knowing he wanted to play Benkei Rokkata By the age of four, he had become Kintaro Matsumoto IV and is now Somegoro Ichikawa VIII. The film presents 10 years of close-up footage.
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高麗屋 三代の春〜襲名・松本幸四郎家 歌舞伎に生きる〜
Title: 高麗屋 三代の春〜襲名・松本幸四郎家 歌舞伎に生きる〜
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Documentary programme closely following the simultaneous one-year succession of three generations of the prestigious Koraiya theatre. Koshiro IX and Shiro Matsumoto II, Somegoro VII and Koshiro Matsumoto X, and Kintaro IV and Somegoro Ichikawa VIII performed the succession on 2 January 2008 at the Kabuki-za theatre in Tokyo. The film follows the unwavering transmission of the art of father and grandson. Testimony from Koshiro X's sister, Noriyasu Matsumoto, and younger sister, Takako Matsu. Also features family ties and rare glimpses of Koshiro away from the stage. An insight into the amazing feat of three generations of Kabuki actors who assumed the name simultaneously, a rarity in the 400-year history of the Kabuki theatre.
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Cinema Kabuki: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige Yaji Kita
Title: Cinema Kabuki: Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige Yaji Kita
Released: June 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A recording of a play based on the tale of Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige.
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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Title: Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Character: Volcanion (voice)
Released: July 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Ash meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it crashes down from the sky, creating a cloud of dust—and a mysterious force binds the two of them together! Volcanion despises humans and tries to get away, but it’s forced to drag Ash along as it continues its rescue mission. They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt official has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. He plans to use its mysterious power to take control of this mechanical kingdom! Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!
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In'yōshi
Title: In'yōshi
Released: September 13, 2015
Type: Movie
The story of Abe Seimei, an onmyoji in Japan's Heian period , fighting with evil spirits.
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Asura
Title: Asura
Character: Izumo Wakuraba
Released: April 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A recording of the 2003 production of the 1987 play. An evil nun known as Bizan wishes to bring back to life the demon monarch Ashura, so that the oni may rule the world. But that’s not an easy task with the Demon Wardens scouring the land and taking care of demons who have taken on human form. Five years ago, Wakuraba Izumo served as a Demon Warden lieutenant alongside his chief, Kuninari and the slightly mental Abe Jaku. Since then he’s retired and has been enjoying success as a lead actor for the Nakamura Kabuki troupe, led by playwright Nanboku Tsuruya IV, while his former colleagues continue to fight the good fight. Meanwhile the police authorities have been struggling to capture the thief known as “The Night Camellia.
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Title: KABUKI KOOL
Character: Himself
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: TV
Kabuki is a world-class theater with a history of over 400 years, but is also exciting entertainment. What is the secret of its enduring attraction? Haruka Christine, Nakamura Kazutaro, and Ichikawa Somegoro guide us through the world of kabuki.
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Title: My Wife is Ninja
Character: Hikoma Futaboshi
Released: April 5, 2013
Type: TV
It is the late Edo period. Futaboshi Hikoma, the Hirado domain's astronomer, is a rather eccentric person whose only interests are the stars and sea. A beautiful bride Orie comes to him and Hikoma vows to himself to cherish her in his lifetime. However, in less than a month, his new wife disappears without a reason from this dreamlike married life. In truth, Orie is a female ninja that the shogunate has sent because of its suspicions about the domain's illegal trading and activities. The shogunate plots to punish and destroy the Hirado domain in a warning to various domains in the west. Not knowing this, Hikoma goes to Edo in search of his wife. He is introduced to Matsuura Seizan, the former feudal lord of the Hirado domain, by his old friend Senemon, but is told by Seizan that he will slay Orie if she appears.
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On Next Sunday
Title: On Next Sunday
Character: Shigeru Matsumoto
Released: April 11, 2009
Type: Movie
After her boyfriend leaves Korea to study in Japan, So-ra decides to do the same. When she finally arrives in Japan So-ra discovers that her boyfriend has already quit school and gone back to Korea. Sora is now enrolled in film school and remains in Japan. At first she struggles to adept to life in Japan. She then comes across an odd man named Matsumoto, who collects discarded glass bottles. Sora starts to document this man with her video camera and in the process learns more about herself. --http://asianwiki.com/This_Sunday
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AIBOU: CSI Files
Title: AIBOU: CSI Files
Character: Tatsuyuki Amano
Released: March 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Investigator Yonezawa is searching images from the Tokyo Big City Marathon, targeted for a terrorist bomb attack. Within the images he sees his former wife Kazuko, and the following day he learns that dead body that looks like her has been discovered.
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Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman
Title: Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman
Character: Inoue Gen’yaku
Released: October 17, 2008
Type: Movie
Edo town thief called "Acrobatics boy" has been rampant in town, just that time, spy, Goro of Otaki will see a woman who had been an inside contact of the Yataro by chance. Also, Heizo is worried about the child of Inoue Tatsuizumi, who decided to ask for help for Gen'an.
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The Samurai I Loved
Title: The Samurai I Loved
Character: Maki Bunshiro
Released: October 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child. Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.
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Ashura
Title: Ashura
Character: Izumo
Released: April 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
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Otakus in Love
Title: Otakus in Love
Released: October 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
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Title: Pride
Character: Ikegawa Tomonori
Released: January 12, 2004
Type: TV
Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.
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Title: 竜馬がゆく
Released: January 2, 2004
Type: TV
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April Story
Title: April Story
Character: Brother
Released: March 14, 1998
Type: Movie
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Title: Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Character: Kimihoko Saimeiji
Released: November 8, 1997
Type: Movie
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
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The Tale of Genji
Title: The Tale of Genji
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty. In 1991, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of TBS' founding, it was released with a total production value of around 1.2 billion yen and aired in two parts.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV