Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1950
Place of Birth:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Tamasaburō Bandō V
Biography
Kabuki actor, and the most popular and celebrated onnagata (an actor specializing in female roles) currently on stage. He has also acted in a handful of films. Born in 1950, Shin'ichi Morita was adopted by Morita Kan'ya XIV, and made his first appearance on stage at the age of seven, under the name Bandō Kinoji. At a shūmei (naming ceremony) in 1964 he became the fifth to take the name Bandō Tamasaburō; his adoptive father had been the fourth.
In 1993, he directed the film Yearning, which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum | Self |
| 2013 | Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber | |
| 2004 | Ume Goyomi | |
| 1995 | The Tale of Himeji Castle | |
| 1995 | The Written Face | Self |
| 1994 | Nastazja | Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna |
| 1991 | Yumeji | Onshu Inamura |
| 1988 | Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Kyoka Izumi |
| 1979 | Demon Pond | Yuri / Princess Shirayuki |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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