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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.

Zen Kajihara
Born	(1966-02-25) 25 February 1966 (age 56)
Nationality	Japanese
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.

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]
• The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022)[5]
• Do Unto Others (2023)[6]

Television

• Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
• Oosama no Restaurant (1995)[7]
• The Emperor's Cook (2015) – Emperor Hirohito[1]
• Here Comes Asa! (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe[1]
• The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) – Zenji[8]
• DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022) – Hideki Bando (Ep. 2)[9]

Notes

External links

Zen Kajihara at IMDb

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