Acting

Tamasaburō Bandō V

Born 1950-04-25

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Department: 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

2014

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (17 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Kodō Eternity	Director	Movie	2015
Kodō Legend	Director	Movie	2014
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum	Self	Movie	2014
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber	Self / Appearance	Movie	2013
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern	Self / Appearance	Movie	2009
Ume Goyomi	Self / Appearance	Movie	2004
Kodō - One Earth Tour Special	Director	Movie	2004
The Tale of Himeji Castle	Self / Appearance	Movie	1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle	Director	Movie	1995
The Written Face	Self	Movie	1995
Nastazja	Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna	Movie	1994
Yearning	Director	Movie	1993
Gekashitsu	Director	Movie	1992
Gekashitsu	Screenplay	Movie	1992
Yumeji	Onshu Inamura	Movie	1991
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis	Kyoka Izumi	Movie	1988
Demon Pond	Yuri / Princess Shirayuki	Movie	1979