Jiraiya the Hero
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Jiraiya the Hero is a 1921 Japanese silent short film directed by Shōzō Makino. The film is also known as Gōketsu Jiraiya (original title).
Cast
- Matsunosuke OnoeMatsunosuke Onoe, sometimes known as Medama no Matchan , was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura. He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he went by the name Tsurusaburo Onoe...
as JiraiyaJiraiyaJiraiya , the title character of the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari , is a ninja who uses shapeshifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad. The heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade, a beautiful young princess who masters snail magic... - Suminojo Ichikawa as Orochimaru
- Kijaku Otani as Tsukikagegunryo Miyukinosuke
- Chosei Kataoka as TsunatehimeTsunadeTsunade , featured in the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari , was the wife of the ninja Jiraiya...
- Shoen Kataoka as Takasago Yuminosuke
- Enichiro Jitsukawa
- Ichitaro Kataoka
- Masatada Makino