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Kyusaku Shimada
Kyusaku Shimada
嶋田久作
Born	Tetsuo Shimada; April 24, 1955 (age 69); Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988 - present

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]
Doomed Megalopolis (1991) as Yasunori Kato^[7]
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
Vengeance for Sale (2002)
Dragon Head (2003) as Minila
Devilman (2004)
69 (2004)
Cutie Honey (2004)
Tomie: Revenge (2005)
In the Pool (2005)
Route 225 (2006)
Forbidden Siren (2006) as Policeman
Udon (2006)
0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari (2007)
Sad Vacation (2007)
Kamen Rider: The Next (2007) as Shindou
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)
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)
The Blue Danube (2021)
First Gentleman (2021)^[8]
A Madder Red (2021)^[9]
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)^[10]
Pure Japanese (2022)^[11]
Tombi: Father and Son (2022)^[12]
What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) as the Minister for Foreign Affairs^[13]
Shin Ultraman (2022), the prime minister of Japan^[14]
Nagi's Island (2022)^[15]
Refugee X (2023) as Koike^[16]
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie (2025)^[17]
National Treasure (2025) as Umeki^[18]

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
Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? (2016) as Daigoro Tokuyama
Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) as Ōsawa Mototane
Hanbun, Aoi (2018) as Ichiro Tanabe
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021)^[19]
Isoroku Yamamoto in London (2021) as Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu^[20]
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Momochi Tanba^[21]
House of Ninjas (2024) as Kosaku Kuze^[22]

Video games

Iron Angel of the Apocalypse (1994)
Kingdom Hearts (2002) as Hades^[7]
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) as Hades
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (2007) as Hades
Inazuma Eleven (2008) as Kageyama Reiji
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) as Hades^[7]
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010) as Hades
Kingdom Hearts III (2019) as Hades^[7]

Dubbing

Hercules (1997) as Hades^[23]

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Kyusaku Shimada (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved February 22, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "田中圭×中谷美紀「総理の夫」の公開日決定、新キャスト9人や映像も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "茜色に焼かれる". eiga.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ "「ONODA」に仲野太賀、松浦祐也、井之脇海、諏訪敦彦、イッセー尾形ら12名". Natalie. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ "Pure Japanese". eiga.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
^ "阿部寛×北村匠海『とんび』、薬師丸ひろ子、杏ら父子を見守る豪華キャスト発表". Crank-in!. 19 October 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
^ "大怪獣のあとしまつ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^ "シン・ウルトラマン". eiga.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
^ "凪の島". eiga.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
^ "隣人X 疑惑の彼女". eiga.com. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
^ "THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "国宝". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮". Natalie. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ "香取慎吾主演『倫敦ノ山本五十六』追加キャストに高良健吾&片岡愛之助らメインビジュアルも公開". Oricon. December 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
^ "『どうする家康』"正信"松山ケンイチ再登場 "家康"松本潤を救う活躍に称賛続々". Crank-in!. 31 July 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
^ "賀来賢人が主演・原案「忍びの家」に吉岡里帆、田口トモロヲ、柄本時生ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
^ "ヘラクレス". The Cinema. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

External links

Official Blog
Kyusaku Shimada at IMDb

[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.

[btva-7] "Kyusaku Shimada (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved February 22, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[8] "田中圭×中谷美紀「総理の夫」の公開日決定、新キャスト9人や映像も解禁". Natalie. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[9] "茜色に焼かれる". eiga.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

[10] "「ONODA」に仲野太賀、松浦祐也、井之脇海、諏訪敦彦、イッセー尾形ら12名". Natalie. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[11] "Pure Japanese". eiga.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[12] "阿部寛×北村匠海『とんび』、薬師丸ひろ子、杏ら父子を見守る豪華キャスト発表". Crank-in!. 19 October 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

[13] "大怪獣のあとしまつ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

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

[15] "凪の島". eiga.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

[16] "隣人X 疑惑の彼女". eiga.com. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

[17] "THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[18] "国宝". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

[19] "オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮". Natalie. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[20] "香取慎吾主演『倫敦ノ山本五十六』追加キャストに高良健吾&片岡愛之助らメインビジュアルも公開". Oricon. December 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.

[21] "『どうする家康』"正信"松山ケンイチ再登場 "家康"松本潤を救う活躍に称賛続々". Crank-in!. 31 July 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.

[22] "賀来賢人が主演・原案「忍びの家」に吉岡里帆、田口トモロヲ、柄本時生ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved February 27, 2024.

[23] "ヘラクレス". The Cinema. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

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