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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII is a Actor Japonais born on 19 october 1906 at Tokyo (Japon)

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

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Birth name Hachidaime Bandō Mitsugorō 八代目 坂東 三津五郎
Nationality Japon
Birth 19 october 1906 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 16 january 1975 (at 68 years) at Kyoto (Japon)

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (八代目 坂東 三津五郎, Hachidaime Bandō Mitsugorō) (19 October 1906–16 January 1975) 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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Décès
En janvier 1975, il mange dans un des restaurants de Kyoto avec des amis et commande quatre portions de fugu kimo, le foie du tétraodon, un plat dont la vente est interdite par les règlements locaux à l'époque. Prétendue qu'il ne pouvait survivre au poison du poisson, il mange le foie et décède après son retour à sa chambre d'hôtel, après sept heures de paralysie et de convulsions.

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Filmography of Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (2 films)

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Miyamoto Musashi, 1h50
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Samurai films
Actors Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akiko Kazami, Isao Kimura, Wakaba Irie, Chieko Naniwa, Rentarō Mikuni
Roles Terumasa Ikeda
Rating69% 3.479223.479223.479223.479223.47922
Premier volet des six films consacrés au légendaire samouraï Miyamoto Musashi qui, doué d'une force extraordinaire, choisit la voie du sabre et commence un long apprentissage fait d'ascétisme et de duels à mort.
Utamaro and His Five Women, 1h35
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Peinture, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Bandō Mitsugorō VIII, Hiroko Kawasaki, Toshiko Iizuka
Roles Utamaro
Rating69% 3.4952753.4952753.4952753.4952753.495275
The story is set in Edo (now Tōkyō) in Japan. The film starts with a parade of samurai and their concubines (oiran, distinguished by their high shoes) along an avenue of cherry trees. Koide, called Seinosuke by his woman (Kotaro Bando), an artist/samurai apprenticed to a Kanō master, leaves the parade and visits a print shop where he sees a woodcut print by Utamaro that boasts of ukiyo-e 's superiority to the official style. Enraged, he goes to a tea-house to find Tsutaya Jūzaburō, the owner of the print shop, to express his displeasure. Word is leaked to Utamaro to avoid the tea-shop, but instead he goes there directly to investigate. Koide then challenges him to a duel. Utamaro counter-challenges him with a different kind of duel––a painting contest.