Tamasaburō Bandō V
Born: 1950-04-25 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2015
- Kodō Eternity ... (Director)
2014
- Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum as Self
- Kodō Legend ... (Director)
2004
- Kodō - One Earth Tour Special ... (Director)
- Ume Goyomi
1995
1994
- Nastazja as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
1993
- Yearning ... (Director)
1992
- Gekashitsu ... (Director)
1991
- Yumeji as Onshu Inamura
1988
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Kyoka Izumi
1979
- Demon Pond as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki