Tamasaburo Bando
Age: N/A | From: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 五代目 坂東 玉三郎 , 坂東玉三郎
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Homepage: https://www.tamasaburo-bando.com/
Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Demon Pond
(1979) Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
Yumeji
(1991) Onshu Inamura
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
(1988) Kyoka Izumi
Nastazja
(1994) Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna (as Tamasaburo Bando)
The Written Face
(1995) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Prince Myshkin / Nastasya Filippovna (as Tamasaburo Bando) | |
| 1991 | Onshu Inamura | |
| 1988 | Kyoka Izumi | |
| 1979 | Yuri / Princess Shirayuki | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1992 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |