Tamasaburō Bandō V
Actor
- Born
- April 25, 1950 (age 76) · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Demon Pond
October 20, 1979
Yumeji
May 31, 1991
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
January 30, 1988
Nastazja
April 1, 1994
The Tale of Himeji Castle
September 9, 1995
The Written Face
September 1, 1995
Ume Goyomi
December 1, 2004
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
April 26, 2013
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
February 11, 2014
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
July 11, 2009
Acting10
- 2014Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum as Self
- 2013Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
- 2009Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
- 2004Ume Goyomi
- 1995The Tale of Himeji Castle
- 1995The Written Face as Self
- 1994Nastazja as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
- 1991Yumeji as Onshu Inamura
- 1988Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Kyoka Izumi
- 1979Demon Pond as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki