Kyūsaku Shimada

Personal Info

Birthday

April 24, 1955

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Totsuka-ku, Japan

Also Known As

嶋田久作

しまだきゅうさく

Shima-ku

Kyusaku Shimada

Shimada Kyūsaku

Kyūsaku Shimada

Biography

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

House of Ninjas

Time Limit Investigator

Suits

Shin Godzilla

The Next Generation: Patlabor

Shin Ultraman

Avalanche

ATARU

Filmography

2025
Kowloon Generic Romance
as Shū
2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Katsuragi Shigetsune
2022
Nagi's Island
as Norio Yamamura
Shin Ultraman
as Taishi Okuma
Tonbi
as Publishing Company Security Guard
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
as Wataru Nakagaichi
2021
Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse
as Minagawa
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
as Lieutenant Suehiro
A Madder Red
as Narihara
With You Who Wanted to be a Star : Another Story
as Washigami Takao
2020
All the Things We Never Said
as Juro Yamada
Switch
as Oizumi Takataro
Not Quite Dead Yet
as Tanabe
2019
Blue Hour
as The Star
2018
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
as Hanbee Tanaka
The Blood of Wolves
as Takeshi Kako
4.50 from Paddington
as Masaru Oyama
2017
Laughing Lucky Cats
as Gonda
2016
The Ice Ruts
as 아키노 유타카
Shin Godzilla
as Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
64: Part 1
as Azusa
Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke
as 榊間
2015
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
as Ryosuke Kono
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
as Ryosuke Kono
Joker Game
as Colonel Takeno
Maestro!
as Shuzo Shimaoka
2014
Cape Nostalgia
as Takahashi
Time Trip App
as Satsumaya
2013
Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo
as Arai Takashi
The Apology King
as Ootoya
The Road Less Travelled
as Jun Shimazu
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
as Yoji Nakatsugawa
Farewell for Today
as Hiroki Murayama
Angel Home
as Senba
2012
The Woodsman and the Rain
as Shinoda
2011
Patisserie Coin De Rue
as Yokoi Ona
2010
Soup Opera
as Editor Kuraki
Heaven's Story
as Lawyer
2009
The Chef of South Polar
as Captain
Pandemic
as Shûji Tachibana
2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
as Designer
The Clone Returns Home
as Kagaeyama
Orochi - Blood
as Shitsuji
Tokyo!
as Prison Director (segment "Merde")
One Million Yen Girl
as Prison Officer
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
as Ishiyama
2007
Sad Vacation
as Sone
Kamen Rider: THE NEXT
as Shindou
Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
as Iwatsuru
2006
Die Silbermaske
as Governor Akise
Night Time Picnic
as Fujimaki
2005
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl
as Kyoko's Father
Tomie: Revenge
as Dr. Togashi
Love Is Five Seven Five
as Miura
2004
Silver Angel
as Constable Shiroshita
Nejirin bou
as Customer at barber shop
Dark Tales of Japan
as Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
69
as Aihara
Cutie Honey
as Police Manager
Prayer Beads
as (segment "Real")
2003
The Battling Angel
as Kami
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
as Inugai
Dragon Head
as Minila
2002
Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
as Inugai
Vengeance for Sale
as Enemy
2001
The Princess Blade
as Byakurai
2000
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
as Syuzo
1999
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as Takeshi Ikenaga
One Summer's Day
as Masahiro Ooi
1998
Murder on D Street
as Kogoro Akechi
Sada
as Takiguchi
1997
Labyrinth of Dreams
as Black Kite Customer
1995
No Way Back
as Tetsuro
1994
Uneasy Encounters
as Hatayama
A Watcher in the Attic
as Kogoro Akechi
1993
Saiyūki
as 沙悟净
1991
Rainbow Kids
as Tokyo
1990
Let's Go to the Hospital
as Anzai
1989
Tokyo: The Last War
as Yasunori Kato
Skin #5 Video Mix M.M.M.
as Takao Shimada
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Yasunori Kato