Zen Kajihara
In this Japanese name, the family name is Kajihara.
Zen Kajihara (梶原 善 Kajihara Zen;[1] born 25 February 1966 in Okayama, Japan), is a Japanese theatre actor.[2] Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe,[3] he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe.
He is known for being very short in stature, but very noisy and wild on stage, specializing in comedy. He had a problem reading kanji (Chinese characters) and insists that his roles have long, complicated, difficult-to-remember names.
Selected works
Films
- 12 Gentle Japanese (1991)
- Radio no Jikan: Welcome Back Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Minna no Ie (2001)
- The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
- Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
Television
- Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
- Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
- Oosama no Restaurant (1995)
- The Emperor's Cook (2015) – Emperor Hirohito[1]
- Asa ga Kita (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 SIS Company Inc. official profile page of Zen Kajihara (in Japanese)
- ↑ 梶原 善 (in Japanese). www.tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 2010-02-01. External link in
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External links
Zen Kajihara at the Internet Movie Database
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