Jai West
Jai Tatsuto West | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990 - Present |
Jai West (ジェイ・ウエスト) is an actor, poet of French Canadian and Japanese descent born in Vancouver, British Columbia and currently based in Tokyo, Japan. He is best known for his work on screen as manic Japanese American gangster Lee in Sion Sono's "Hazard" (2005), a thief grappling with his sexual identity in Gen Sekiguchi's "Survive Style 5+" (2004), and portraying Beethoven in the popular Tokyo Gas commercials. He has appeared in numerous films and television series, from "21 Jump Street" (1990) to Takashi Shimizu's "The Great Horror Family" (2004) and Takashi Miike's "Big Bang Love, Juvenile A" (2006). West has released two spoken word poetry albums in Japanese and English under the pseudonym Lotus Chamelion.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | 21 Jump Street | Young Ioki | TV series |
1993 | Highlander | The Kid | TV series |
1992-94 | The Odyssey | Spook / Feelgood | TV series |
1995 | The Surrogate | Matt | TV movie |
1995 | Once in a Blue Moon | Mexican Bandito | |
2000 | Worst Contact | Kerara | Short film |
2001 | Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Aki no tokubetsu hen | Jack the Rabbit | TV movie |
2001 | Bus Panic!!! | The Busjacker | Short film |
2002 | Mike Hama, the Private Detective | Jake the Bellhop | TV series |
2004 | The Lost Samurai | Bob | Short film |
2004 | The Great Horror Family | Tonaka Kyoojoorou | TV series |
2004 | Hazard | Lee | |
2004 | Survive Style 5+ | J | |
2005 | Tameiki no riyû | Tetsuya Ihara | |
2006 | Hachimitsu to Clover | Man at party | |
2006 | 13 no tsuki | Mori | |
2006 | Big Bang Love, Juvenile A | Deranged Prisoner | |
2006 | Cherry Girl | Joji | Video |
2007 | Ojisan Sensei | Nakategawa | TV series |
2007 | Tokyo no uso | Tamura | |
2007 | Tengu Gaiden | Louis | Short film |
2008 | Love Exposure | Bosozoku Leader | |
2010 | King Game | Johnny B. | |
2014 | Pancakes | Billy | |
2016 | The People Garden | Mak |
References
- Interview with Japanese Canadian actor Jai West for Nikkei Voice
- Interview with director Nadia Litz and actor Jai West by Katherine Monk
- The People Garden review Toronto Film Scene
- BAFICI film festival review of The People Garden
- Row Three "HAZARD" review
- Fantasia Fest "HAZARD" review
- E Film Critic "Survive Style 5+" review
- DVD Active "Survive Style 5+" review
- Nippon Cinema "King Game" announcement
- All About interview (in Japanese)
- Japanese Wikipedia
External links
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