Tamasaburō Bandō V

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

April 25, 1950 (76 yrs)

place of birth

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

also known as

五代目坂東玉三郎 · 坂東玉三郎 (5代目)

total credits

10 movies

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

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