I love trivia. I enjoy exploring for patterns, whether it’s in an actor’s routines and casting or discovering I tend to prefer something specific, such as a season or broadcaster. With a body of work as large as Yajima’s, there are bound to be patterns.
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Channel Surfing
In the earliest years, Yajima was most often working for TBS and NHK. Over the years, it’s become quite diversified. Is there one broadcaster he’s worked for more than others?
Seasons Come, Seasons Go
With four distinct broadcast seasons, when might I most likely expect to get a chance to watch him?
Crazy or Not
Yajima plays a lot of crazies… also a lot of doctors, detectives and lawyers. What else has he portrayed? Is he typecast? And, just how many are crazy?
The Big Boss
Directors are known for preferring to work with specific actors and one, Harada Masato, clearly counts Yajima among his preferences. Who else has he taken direction from?
Also Starring…
A rather subjective list. There are many actors whose work I also follow… many of them after I’ve watched something because Yajima was among the cast. Of those actors, how many times have they worked in the same production as him and are there others he’s frequently cast with?
