Kyusaku Shimada
Kyūsaku Shimada is a Japanese actor. He was originally part of the Tokyo Grand Guignol Theater group, formed by artist Norimizu Ameya. He stayed with the group until its dissolution in 1986. One of the productions the group undertook was an adaptation of the occult novel Teito Monogatari (Hiroshi Aramata) where Shimada played the lead role Yasunori Kato. He has appeared in films such as Makoto Shinozaki's 0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari and Takahisa Zeze's Pandemic.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1955-04-24 · Totsuka-ku, Japan
Known for
- Shin Godzilla (2016) — Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
- Tokyo! (2008) — Prison Director (segment "Merde")
- Shin Ultraman (2022) — Taishi Okuma
- Memories of Matsuko (2006)
- House of Ninjas (2024) — Kosaku Kuze
- Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) — Lieutenant Suehiro
- Kokuho (2025) — Umeki
- Cutie Honey (2004) — Police Manager
- One Million Yen Girl (2008) — Prison Officer
- No Way Back (1995) — Tetsuro
- Forbidden Siren (2006)
- The Chef of South Polar (2009) — Captain
- K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008) — Designer
- Penance (2013)
- Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011) — Yoshihiro Kurosaki
- The Blood of Wolves (2018) — Takeshi Kako