Zen Kajihara
Japanese actor (born 1966)
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Zen Kajihara (梶原 善, Kajihara Zen; born 25 February 1966 in Okayama),[1] 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.
Born25 February 1966
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1985–present
Zen Kajihara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1966 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
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.
Filmography
Films
- The Gentle 12 (1991), Juror 7[4]
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Minna no Ie (2001)
- The Grudge 2 (2006)
- The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
- The Kiyosu Conference (2013), Koichirō[5]
- Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
- Black Widow Business (2016)
- Masquerade Hotel (2019)
- Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Masquerade Night (2021)[6]
- The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022)[7]
- Do Unto Others (2023)[8]
- We're Broke, My Lord! (2023)[9]
- Nightmare Resort (2023)[10]
- Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)[11]
- What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024), Keiichi Morimoto[12]
- House of Sayuri (2024)[13]
- All About Suomi (2024)[14]
- Hey, Dazai: The Movie (2025), Jiro Darai[15]
Television
- Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
- Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
- Oosama no Restaurant (1995)[16]
- The Waste Land (2009)[17]
- The Emperor's Cook (2015), Emperor Hirohito[1]
- Here Comes Asa! (2015), Genkichi Miyabe[1]
- The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Zenji[18]
- DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022), Hideki Bando (Ep. 2)[19]
- Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Yōsuke Morino[20]
- Hey, Dazai (2025), Jiro Darai[15]
- Scandal Eve (2025), Tetsuya Igarashi[21]
