Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Tamasaburō Bandō V
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 14Series: 0Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 1050821
IMDb ID: nm0000844
Known for: Acting
Born: April 25, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2014
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.2
Wikidata: Q637102
Also known as
五代目 坂東 玉三郎 • 坂東玉三郎
Other jobs
Director (5)
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tamasaburō Bandō V.
Kodō Legend
Director
2014 Movie
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
as Self
2014 Movie
Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber
2013 Movie
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
2009 Movie
Ume Goyomi
2004 Movie
Kodō - One Earth Tour Special
Director
2004 Movie
6.5
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995 Movie
The Written Face
as Self
1995 Movie
6.2
Nastazja
as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
1994 Movie
Yearning
Director
1993 Movie
Gekashitsu
Director
1992 Movie
6.3
Yumeji
as Onshu Inamura
1991 Movie
6.1
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Kyoka Izumi
1988 Movie
6.2
Demon Pond
as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
1979 Movie