was a famous

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", they are most often set during the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—'' Portrait of H ...

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. He was born Toraichi Meguro in

Nagaoka, Niigata is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, after the capital city of Niigata. , the city had an estimated population of 264,611 in 109,283 households and a population density of . The total ...

. Debuting at Ajia Eiga in 1934, Konoe appeared in jidaigeki at Daito Eiga,

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, and Toei, the latter having him star in a popular series about Yagyu Jubei. Konoe was known for his dazzling swordplay and appeared in over 200 movies and TV dramas. He retired in 1973 due to his worsening

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. Konoe's sons

Hiroki Matsukata , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor. He was the son of ''jidaigeki'' actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother, Yūki Meguro, who is also an actor. With ex-wife actress Akiko Nishina he had t ...

and Yūki Meguro are actors.

Filmography

:List of acting performances in film and television

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Chambara Movie Star, Jushiro Konoe
1914 births 1977 deaths People from Nagaoka, Niigata 20th-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-actor-stub