Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyusaku Shimada
Kyusaku Shimada
	嶋田久作
Born	Tetsuo Shimada; April 24, 1955; Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor

Kyusaku Shimada (嶋田久作, Shimada Kyūsaku, born April 24, 1955) is a Japanese actor.

History

Shimada was originally part of the Tokyo Grand Guignol Theater group, formed by artist Norimizu Ameya.[1] He stayed with the group until its dissolution in 1986.[2] 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.[3]

He has appeared in films such as Makoto Shinozaki's 0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari[4] and Takahisa Zeze's Pandemic.[5]

Filmography

Film

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) as Yasunori Kato
Tokyo: The Last War (1989) as Yasunori Kato
Rainbow Kids (1991) as Tokyo[6]
A Watcher in the Attic (1992) as Kogoro Akechi
No Way Back (1995) as Tetsuro
Sada (1998)
Murder on D Street (1998) as Kogoro Akechi
Sakuya: Demon Slayer (2000) as Syuzo
The Princess Blade (2001) as Byakurai
Kingdom Hearts (2002) as Hades
Dragon Head (2003) as Minila
Devilman (2004)
69 (2004)
Cutie Honey (2004)
Tomie: Revenge (2005)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) as Hades
In the Pool (2005)
Route 225 (2006)
Udon (2006)
0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari (2007)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (2007) as Hades
Orochi (2008)
The Clone Returns Home (2008) as Dr. Kageyama
Tokyo! (2008)
Masters of Killing (2008)
K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
Pandemic (2009)
Soup Opera (2010)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) as Hades
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010) as Hades
Abacus and Sword (2010)
Heaven's Story (2010)
Kaiji 2 (2011)
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
Library Wars (2013)
Angel Home (2013)
Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion (2015)
Solomon's Perjury Part 2: Judgement (2015)
Maestro (2015)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
64: Part I (2016)
The Lies She Loved (2018)
The Blood of Wolves (2018) as Kakomura
Blue Hour (2019)
Kohaku (2019)
Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)
All the Things We Never Said (2020)
Shin Ultraman (2021)[7]
The Blue Danube (2021)

Television

Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) as Ogasawara Shōsai
Kitaro ga Mita Gyokusai - Mizuki Shigeru no Senso (2007)
Penance (2012)
Yae's Sakura (2013) as Maki Yasuomi
Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) as Ōsawa Mototane
Hanbun, Aoi (2018) as Ichiro Tanabe

Videogames

iron angel of apocalypse(tetsujin returns)(3do)(1994)
Kingdom Hearts III (2019) as Hades

References

"Artist Interview: Norimizu Ameya". The Japan Foundation. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
"Shimada Kyusaku". Cinemassie.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
"Tokyo Grand Guignol". Usumaru Furuya Unofficial Website. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
Schilling, Mark (October 12, 2007). "'0093 Jo Heika no Kusakari Masao'". The Japan Times.
Schilling, Mark (January 23, 2009). "'Kansen Retto'". The Japan Times.
Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
"シン・ウルトラマン". eiga.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

External links

Official Blog
Kyūsaku Shimada at IMDb

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[1] "Artist Interview: Norimizu Ameya". The Japan Foundation. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

[2] "Shimada Kyusaku". Cinemassie.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

[3] "Tokyo Grand Guignol". Usumaru Furuya Unofficial Website. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

[4] Schilling, Mark (October 12, 2007). "'0093 Jo Heika no Kusakari Masao'". The Japan Times.

[5] Schilling, Mark (January 23, 2009). "'Kansen Retto'". The Japan Times.

[6] Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

[7] "シン・ウルトラマン". eiga.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.