Bandō Tamasaburō V

Bandō Tamasaburō V (born April 25, 1950, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Kabuki actor who made a name for himself as an onnagata, a man who plays female roles (in Kabuki all roles are traditionally played by men). Somewhat atypically of the Kabuki world, he later gained international acclaim in film and non-Kabuki forms of drama as well. Although Nirehara Shin’ichi was not born into a performing family, he began studying performance arts at a...