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Name
  
Zen Kajihara


Role
  
Theatre actor

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Movies and TV shows
  
A Ghost of a Chance, The Kiyosu Conference, Welcome Back - Mr McDonald, Ousama no restoran, My Little Chef

Similar People
  
Kenji Anan, Kazuyuki Asano, Koki Mitani, Keishi Nagatsuka, Leo Morimoto

Zen Kajihara (梶原 善 Kajihara Zen; born 25 February 1966 in Okayama, Japan), is a Japanese theatre actor. Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe, he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe.

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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.

Films

  • 12 Gentle Japanese (1991)
  • Radio no Jikan: Welcome Back Mr. McDonald (1997)
  • Minna no Ie (2001)
  • The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
  • Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
  • Black Widow Business (2016)
  • Television

  • Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993)
  • Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99)
  • Oosama no Restaurant (1995)
  • The Emperor's Cook (2015) – Emperor Hirohito
  • Asa ga Kita (2015) – Genkichi Miyabe
  • References

    Zen Kajihara Wikipedia