Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 9
Gender Male
Birthday April 25, 1950 (74 years old)
Place of Birth Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- 五代目 坂東 玉三郎
- 坂東玉三郎
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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
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
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