Tamasaburo Bando
Tamasaburo Bando
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
11
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-04-25 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Acting

2004

Ume Goyomi as Not available

1995

The Tale of Himeji Castle as Not available

1995

The Written Face as Self

1994

Nastazja as Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna

1991

Yumeji as Onshu Inamura

1988

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Kyoka Izumi

1979

Demon Pond as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
Crew

1993

Yearning Director

1992

Gekashitsu Director

1992

Gekashitsu Screenplay