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Tamasaburō Bandō V
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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…
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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
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2015
Kodō Eternity
Movie Director
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2014
Kodō Legend
Movie Director
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2014
Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum
Movie Self
- 2013
- 2009
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2004
Ume Goyomi
Movie
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2004
Kodō - One Earth Tour Special
Movie Director
- 1995
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1995
The Written Face
Movie Self
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1994
Nastazja
Movie Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna
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1993
Yearning
Movie Director
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1992
Gekashitsu
Movie Director
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1991
Yumeji
Movie Onshu Inamura
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1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie Kyoka Izumi
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1979
Demon Pond
Movie Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
