
Tamasaburō Bandō V
Acting
Born: April 25, 1950
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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
Also Known As
- 五代目 坂東 玉三郎
- 坂東玉三郎
Known For

May 31, 1991

October 20, 1979

January 30, 1988

April 01, 1994

September 09, 1995

December 01, 2004

April 26, 2013

September 01, 1995

February 11, 2014

July 11, 2009