Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 24, 1955 (age 71)
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 - Movies
Shin Godzilla
as Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
Kokuho
as Umeki
Shin Ultraman
as Taishi Okuma
Tokyo!
as Prison Director (segment "Merde")
The Apology King
as Ootoya
Memories of Matsuko
Cutie Honey
as Police Manager
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Yasunori Kato
One Million Yen Girl
as Prison Officer
