Zen Kajihara
Zen Kajihara | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1966 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Actor |
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 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)
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Minna no Ie (2001)
- The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
- Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
- Black Widow Business (2016)
- Masquerade Hotel (2019)
- Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- Masquerade Night (2021)[4]
Television[]
- Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
- Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
- Oosama no Restaurant (1995)[5]
- The Emperor's Cook (2015) – Emperor Hirohito[1]
- Asa ga Kita (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe[1]
- The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) – Zenji[6]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c SIS Company Inc. official profile page of Zen Kajihara (in Japanese)
- ^ 梶原 善 (in Japanese). tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ 梶原 善 (in Japanese). engekilife.com. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ "木村拓哉と長澤まさみが再びバディに「マスカレード・ナイト」特報＆ポスター解禁". Natalie. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "王様のレストランの出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "鎌倉殿の13人:三谷幸喜作品の常連・梶原善 善児役「受けた命令は、必ず遂行」". mantan-web. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
External links[]
Zen Kajihara at IMDb
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