Director

Tamasaburō Bandō V

Acting

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew 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

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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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