# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bando-mitsugoro-viii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:36:45.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bando-mitsugoro-viii"
name: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
slug: "bando-mitsugoro-viii"
description: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII  was one of Japan's most revered kabuki actors from the 1930s until his death. He was a renowned tachiyaku and katakiyaku, specializing in particular in the aragoto style. He was officially designated as a \"Living National Treasure\" by the Japanese government in 1973."
tagline: "Japanese actor (1906-1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Band%C5%8D_Mitsugor%C5%8D_VIII.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1906-10-19"
deathDate: "1975-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.41
  momentum:             7.305475504322768
  historical:           7.416180000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051813/"
    handle:    "nm0051813"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E6%9D%B1%E4%B8%89%E6%B4%A5%E4%BA%94%E9%83%8E_(8%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE)"
    title: "坂東三津五郎 (8代目)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باندو ميتسوجورو ڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band%C5%8D_Mitsugor%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85"
    title: "میتسوگورو هشتم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band%C5%8D_Mitsugor%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4854801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1029791"
    title: "Bandō Mitsugorō VIII"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump