Kyusaku Shimada
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Shin Godzilla
2016
as Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
Shin Ultraman
2022
as Taishi Okuma
Kokuho
2025
as Umeki
Memories of Matsuko
2006
Tokyo!
2008
as Prison Director (segment "Merde")
One Million Yen Girl
2008
as Prison Officer
The Blood of Wolves
2018
as Takeshi Kako
Cutie Honey
2004
as Police Manager
The Motive
2004
Not Quite Dead Yet
2020
as Tanabe
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
2015
as Ryosuke Kono
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
2015
as Ryosuke Kono
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008
as Designer
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Yasunori Kato
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022
as Wataru Nakagaichi
Penance
2013
A Madder Red
2021
as Narihara
Patisserie Coin De Rue
2011
as Yokoi Ona
The Promised Land
2019