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.
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Filmography 19
Utamaro and His Five Women
Miyamoto Musashi
Lord of Steel Heart
Lord Mito
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Five Men of EdoThe Spell of the Hidden Gold
The Seven Vows, Part 3
The Seven Vows, Part 2
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
The Seven Vows
Scarier than the Devil
A Matter of ValourHometown
Mito Komon Travelogue: The Hunchback Man of the Ghost Castle
Ōedo kenka matsuriWhite Fan
Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
Kabuki: The Classic Theatre of JapanConnected to Bandō 6
Kinuyo TanakaAlso in Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Etsuko IchiharaAlso in The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Yorozuya KinnosukeAlso in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Isao KimuraAlso in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Toshiko IizukaAlso in Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Shunji SakaiAlso in Lord of Steel Heart (1961)About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1975 · aged 68
Written about in
7 languages
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