Jai West
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| Jai Tatsuto West | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 21 Jump Street | Young Ioki | TV series |
| 1993 | Highlander | The Kid | TV series |
| 1992-94 | The Odyssey | Spook / Feelgood | TV series |
| 1995 | Surrogate, TheThe 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 | Lost Samurai, TheThe Lost Samurai | Bob | Short film |
| 2004 | Great Horror Family, TheThe Great Horror Family | Tonaka Kyoojoorou | TV series |
| 2004 | Hazard | Lee | |
| 2004 | Survive Style 5+ | J - Burglar | |
| 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 | George | Video |
| 2007 | Ojisan Sensei | Jay | TV series |
| 2007 | Tokyo no uso | Tamura | |
| 2007 | Tengu Gaiden | Louis | Short film |
| 2008 | Love Exposure | Bosozoku Leader | |
| 2010 | King Game | Johnny B. | |
References
- "HAZARD" North American distribution
- Japan Times "HAZARD" review
- Passion for Cinema "HAZARD" review
- Row Three "HAZARD" review
- Dream Logic "HAZARD" review
- Fantasia Fest "HAZARD" review
- "Survive Style 5+" at the New York Asian Film Festival
- E Film Critic "Survive Style 5+" review
- DVD Active "Survive Style 5+" review
- DVD Outsider "Survive Style 5+" review
- Nippon Cinema "King Game" announcement
- Sony's "Tokyo no Uso" website
- "Hachimitsu to Clover" official website
- "Big Bang Love, Juvenile A" official Japanese website
- "Big Bang Love, Juvenile A" English information from Shochiku
- Adeyaka magazine Haiku poetry
- Theme magazine interview
- All About interview (in Japanese)
- Japanese Wikipedia
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