Overview

Bando Mitsugoro VIII (October 19, 1906 - January 16, 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.

He died after eating illegally large helping of four livers of the fugu fish. Claiming that he could survive their Tetrodotoxin poisons, he ate the livers and died after seven hours of paralysis and convulsions.

References

• Bando Mitsugoro - wikipedia