Zen Kajiwara

, is a Japanese theatre actor. Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe, he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen 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.

Filmography

Films The Gentle 12 (1991), Juror 7 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) Minna no Ie (2001) The Grudge 2 (2006) The Uchoten Hotel (2006) The Kiyosu Conference (2013), Koichirō Galaxy Turnpike (2015) Black Widow Business (2016) Masquerade Hotel (2019) Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019) Masquerade Night (2021) The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero (2022) Do Unto Others (2023) We're Broke, My Lord! (2023) Nightmare Resort (2023) Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023) What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024), Keiichi Morimoto House of Sayuri (2024) All About Suomi (2024) Hey, Dazai: The Movie (2025), Jiro Darai

Television Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru (1993) Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–99) Oosama no Restaurant (1995) The Waste Land (2009) The Emperor's Cook (2015), Emperor Hirohito DCU: Deep Crime Unit (2022), Hideki Bando (Ep. 2) Hayabusa Fire Brigade (2023), Yōsuke Morino Hey, Dazai (2025), Jiro Darai