Tamasaburō Bandō V
Actor
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
Filmography
Yumeji
as Onshu Inamura 1991
Demon Pond
as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki 1979
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Kyoka Izumi 1988
Nastazja
as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna 1994
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Ume Goyomi
2004
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
2013
The Written Face
as Self 1995
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
as Self 2014