BandÅ TamasaburÅ V (äº"代目 å ‚æ ± 玉三郎, Godaime BandÅ
TamasaburÅ ) (b. 1950) is a 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 BandÅ Kinoji.
At a shūmei (naming ceremony) in 1964 he became the fifth to take the
name BandÅ TamasaburÅ ; his adoptive father had been the fourth.Like
all kabuki actors, TamasaburÅ has devoted his life to the theater
from a very young age. By 1975, when Morita Kan'ya XIV died,
TamasaburÅ had already performed in countless plays, many of them
alongside his adoptive father and other noteworthy actors such as
Ichikawa DanjūrŠXII. Since then, he has continued to perform, not
only in numerous plays at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, but in many other
venues. He took part in an American tour in 1985, performing at New
York's Metropolitan Opera House, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC,
and in Los Angeles. He first performed in Paris the following year.
TamasaburÅ ) (b. 1950) is a 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 BandÅ Kinoji.
At a shūmei (naming ceremony) in 1964 he became the fifth to take the
name BandÅ TamasaburÅ ; his adoptive father had been the fourth.Like
all kabuki actors, TamasaburÅ has devoted his life to the theater
from a very young age. By 1975, when Morita Kan'ya XIV died,
TamasaburÅ had already performed in countless plays, many of them
alongside his adoptive father and other noteworthy actors such as
Ichikawa DanjūrŠXII. Since then, he has continued to perform, not
only in numerous plays at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo, but in many other
venues. He took part in an American tour in 1985, performing at New
York's Metropolitan Opera House, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC,
and in Los Angeles. He first performed in Paris the following year.
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