Acting
Tamasaburō Bandō V
Acting · Born 1950-04-25 · 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
Credits · 8
FilmThe Tale of Himeji Castle
1995 · Director
FilmThe Written Face
1995 · Self
FilmNastazja
1994 · Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
FilmYearning
1993 · Director
FilmGekashitsu
1992 · Director
FilmYumeji
1991 · Onshu Inamura
FilmTokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Kyoka Izumi
FilmDemon Pond
1979 · Yuri / Princess Shirayuki