Tamasaburō Bandō V

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

Kodō: The Heartbeat of the Drum

Self

Masterpieces of Kabuki Theater: Shinza the Barber

2013

Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern

2009

Ume Goyomi

2004

The Tale of Himeji Castle

1995

The Written Face

Self

Nastazja

Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna

Yumeji

Onshu Inamura

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

Kyoka Izumi

Demon Pond

Yuri / Princess Shirayuki