Junichi Kajioka

Junichi Kajioka

actor, producer, writer

Junichi Kajioka was born on Jan 28, 1970 in Japan. Junichi Kajioka's big-screen debut came with Tora-san Confesses directed by Yôji Yamada in 1991, strarring Delivery Boy (uncredited). Junichi Kajioka is known for The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye directed by Kabir Khan, Najmun Nisha stars as Rani and Rajvir Chauhan as Tinka. Junichi Kajioka has got 8 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Junichi Kajioka achieved is International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London. The upcoming new tvshow Junichi Kajioka plays is The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye - Season 1 which will be released on Jan 24, 2020.

Junichi Kajioka (pronounced "June-itchy") is an award-winning Japanese filmmaker and actor based in London. He was born in Japan and graduated from Tokyo Keizai University, with a Business Administration degree. He appeared in TV series such as the long-running soap opera Wataru seken wa oni bakari (1990) in the early 90s in Tokyo while he was learning under his then mentor _Teruyuki Kagawa_, the award-winning film actor turned Kabuki-actor. His first stage appearance was in the Fukuko Ishii production of "Kekkon suru Tetsuduki" in Japan.Junichi's first professional film appearance came in Wen Jiang's Les démons à ma porte (2000) in China where he was studying acting at the Central Academy of Drama. He has also played various Japanese historical figures in Central Chinese Television (CCTV) drama series, such as Monk Fusho in Jianzhen Dongdu (2007) and Aritomo Yamagata in Taiwan 1895 (2008) in leading roles. He was one of the pioneer Japanese actors who went to China to study drama and to work in the Chinese Film and TV industry.In 2012, he was nominated for his roles in King of Life (2012) and Phone Box (2013) at film festivals in the UK and India. Further successes followed and in 2014 he won awards for Imphal 1944 (2014), winning Best Producer and Best Screenplay for Short Drama at the Monaco International Film Festival.Now he works as a writer, director, producer as well as an actor in the film industry. He speaks fluent English, Japanese, and Chinese; and basic Hindi and French. His work spans the UK, Japan, China and India. Junichi has worked actively in television and film. Notable projects include Universal Pictures' 47 Ronin (2013), _Yimou Zhang_'s Sacrifices of War (2011) and _Chuan Lu (I)_'s City of Life and Death (2009).

  • Birthday

    Jan 28, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    Japan
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Awards

8 wins & 12 nominations

International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London
2018
Scientific & Educational Award
Winner - Festival Award
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future (2017)
2018
Best Short FIlm
Winner - Festival Award
Imphal 1944 (2014)
2018
Best Short Documentary Film
Winner - Festival Award
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future (2017)
2018
Best Director of a Short Documentary Film
Winner - Festival Award
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future (2017)
Nice International Film Festival
2018
Best Short Documentary
Winner - Festival Award
Sugihara Survivors: Jewish and Japanese, Past and Future (2017)
2018
Best Director of a Short Film
Winner - Festival Award
Imphal 1944 (2014)
2018
Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film
Winner - Festival Award
Imphal 1944 (2014)
2018
Best Lead Actor in a Short Film
Winner - Festival Award
Imphal 1944 (2014)
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