Tsumasaburō Bandō
Tsumasaburō "Bantsuma" Bandō (阪東 妻三郎, Bandō Tsumasaburō, December 14, 1901 – July 7, 1953) was one of the most prominent Japanese actors of the twentieth century. Famous for his rebellious, sword fighting roles in many jidaigeki silent films, he rose to fame after joining the Tōjiin Studio of Makino Film Productions in Kyoto in 1923.
Acted in
Wild Lion
1953
Tange Sazen
1952
as Tange Sazen
Devil’s Statue
1952
as Kamio
Story of Lightning
1951
Five Men of Edo
1951
as Banzuin Chobei
Tales of a Drifter
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Yumekaku Osho
Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood
1950
風雲金毘羅山
1950
続影法師
1950
Kagebōshi
1950
as 仙波龍之介
Broken Drum
1949
as Gunpei Tsuda
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
as Murasaki zukin / Hidemaro Karita / Ryûtarô Mukui
The Grand Master
1948
as Sankichi Sakata
壮士劇場
1947
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
A Baby Given by a Fox
1945
as Torahachi
東海水滸伝
1945
Ikeru isu
1945
Signal Fires of Shanghai
1944
as Shinsaku Takasugi
Thus the Divine Wind Blows
1944
as Michiari Kôno
Kenpu Renpeikan
1944
as Katsura Kogoro
The Life of Matsu the Untamed
1943
Vengeance at Iga
1942
The General, Staff and Soldiers
1942
Last Days of Edo
1941
as Katsu Kaishū
Akagaki Genzo
1938
as Akagaki Genzo
Chushingura
1938
Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba
1937
as Yasubei Nakayama
Echo of Love
1937
Rogoku no hanayome zenpen
1931
Koina no Ginpei, Migratory Snowbird
1931
as Koina no Gimpei
Sakamoto Ryōma
1928
as Ryōma Sakamoto
Kumo
1926
Serpent
1925
as Heisaburo Kuritomi
Edo kaizoku-den : Kagebôshi
1925
as Kagebôshi
Backward Flow
1924
as Mikiaburô Nanjô
Kosuzume Pass
1923
Tenjiku Tokubei
1923
as Mitsunari Ishida