Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 25, 1950
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
15 titles
Tamasaburō Bandō V
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
Known For
Filmography
Kodō Eternity
Director
Kodō Legend
Director
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
Self
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
Ume Goyomi
Kodō - One Earth Tour Special
Director
The Tale of Himeji Castle
The Written Face
Self
Nastazja
Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
Yearning
Director
Gekashitsu
Director
Yumeji
Onshu Inamura
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Kyoka Izumi
Demon Pond
Yuri / Princess Shirayuki