Nationality Japanese Name Ken Shimura | Role comedian Music group The Drifters | |
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Birth name Yasunori Shimura (志村康徳) Born February 20, 1950 (age 70) , Higashimurayama, Tokyo (1950-02-20) Movies and TV shows Shimura Ken no Bakatonosama, Kato‑chan Ken‑chan Gokigen, Poppoya, Dorifu daibakusho, Hakkutsu! Aruaru daijiten Similar People Cha Kato, Yuka, Masashi Tashiro, Yoko Ishino, Chosuke Ikariya Died 29 March 2020 (aged 70) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Profiles |
Comedy Beatiful and scared wife in Japan Ken Shimura
Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 - 29 March 2020) in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) was a Japanese comedian and actor. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama. The "bakatono-sama" shtick by Shimura is unusual among Japanese comedians, in that he could satirize the deeds of current guardians of the contemporary society (a company president, a politician, a family head, a school principal, the head of a Japanese yakuza gang) under the garb of a foolish king who lived in the country a long time ago. Another popular shtick of Shimura in the same show is "Henna Oji-san" [an obnoxious uncle character] who entertains himself in the company of nubile girls. After being caught for his pranks, the character regularly ends the shtick with a song 'Sou desu. Watashi wa Henna Oji-san desu'.
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Shimura is most famous for starring in Hachiji Da Yo! Zen'in Shugo! with the comedy group The Drifters and Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan with Cha Kato, another former member of The Drifters.

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