Personal Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateApr 25, 1950 (76 years old)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Career Span1979 – 2015
Known Credits15 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.8
Tamasaburō Bandō V
Also known as:五代目 坂東 玉三郎坂東玉三郎 (5代目)
Total Works
15
15 movies • 0 shows
Avg Rating
6.4 / 10
across rated releases
Box Office
—
worldwide gross
Global Reach
#1
TMDB star index
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
