Actor
Tamasaburō Bandō V
April 25, 1950 · 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
Often works with
Kodō Drummers
3 titles together
Kodō Eternity, Kodō Legend, Kodō - One Earth Tour Special
Hisashi Igawa
2 titles together
Demon Pond, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Shōgo Shimada
2 titles together
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, The Tale of Himeji Castle
Toshiyuki Nagashima
2 titles together
Nastazja, Yearning
Yoshie Minami
2 titles together
The Tale of Himeji Castle, Gekashitsu
Sayuri Yoshinaga
2 titles together
Yearning, Gekashitsu
Full filmography · 13
Kodō Eternity
Director
2015
Kodō Legend
Director
2014
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
cast
2013
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
cast
2009
Ume Goyomi
cast
2004
Kodō - One Earth Tour Special
Director
2004
The Tale of Himeji Castle
cast and Director
1995
Nastazja
as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
1994
Yearning
Director
1993
Gekashitsu
Director
1992
Yumeji
as Onshu Inamura
19916.4
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Kyoka Izumi
19886.2