Tamasaburō Bandō V
Birthday
1950/04/25 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
五代目 坂東 玉三郎, 坂東玉三郎
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
Acting
(1988) Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Kyoka Izumi
(2004) Ume Goyomi
as ---
(1991) Yumeji
as Onshu Inamura
(2013) Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
as ---
(1994) Nastazja
as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
(1995) The Tale of Himeji Castle
as ---
(1979) Demon Pond
as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
(1995) The Written Face
as Self
(2014) Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
as Self
(2009) Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
as ---