Known for

Acting

Born

Apr 25, 1950 (76 years old)

Place of birth

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tamasaburō Bandō V

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

Titles

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

Movie • 1988

Nastazja

Movie • 1994

Yumeji

Movie • 1991

Demon Pond

Movie • 1979

The Written Face

Movie • 1995

Yearning

Movie • 1993

The Tale of Himeji Castle

Movie • 1995

Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern

Movie • 2009