Kyusaku Shimada

Known for: Acting
Born: April 24, 1955, Totsuka-ku, Japan
Movies: 149

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

Shin Godzilla

2016

6.9

Tokyo!

2008

7.5

Shin Ultraman

2022

7.8

Memories of Matsuko

2006

7.1

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021

7.9

Kokuho

2025

6.4

Cutie Honey

2004

7.2

One Million Yen Girl

2008

4.8

No Way Back

1995

5.2

Forbidden Siren

2006

Filmography

2026	Wash Away
2026	The Secret Battlefield
2026	Period
2026	The Ogre's Bride	Usui
2025	Gosh!!
2025	Kowloon Generic Romance	Shū
2025	Kokuho	Umeki
2024	The Yin Yang Master Zero	Katsuragi Shigetsune
2023	Neighbor X
2023	TOMA #2
2023	SAKANAQUARIUM ADAPT ONLINE
2022	Nagi's Island	Norio Yamamura
2022	Shin Ultraman	Taishi Okuma
2022	Tonbi	Publishing Company Security Guard
2022	What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?	Wataru Nakagaichi
2022	Pure Japanese
2021	London no Yamamoto Isoroku
2021	First Gentleman
2021	Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse	Minagawa
2021	Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle	Lieutenant Suehiro
2021	A Madder Red	Narihara
2021	The Blue Danube
2021	With You Who Wanted to Be a Star: Another Story	Washigami Takao
2020	THE LAST GOZE
2020	All the Things We Never Said	Juro Yamada
2020	Switch	Oizumi Takataro
2020	Not Quite Dead Yet	Tanabe
2020	Kashi bōto jū san-gō
2019	The Promised Land
2019	Amber Light	Sakumoto
2019	Blue Hour	The Star
2018	The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine	Hanbee Tanaka
2018	The Blood of Wolves	Takeshi Kako
2018	4.50 from Paddington	Masaru Oyama
2018	Dynamite Graffiti
2017	The Courier
2017	Laughing Lucky Cats	Gonda
2016	百日紅の下にて
2016	The Ice Ruts	아키노 유타카
2016	Shin Godzilla	Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
2016	64: Part 1	Azusa
2016	Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke	榊間
2015	Before The Leaves Fall
2015	Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment	Ryosuke Kono
2015	Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion	Ryosuke Kono
2015	Maestro!	Shuzo Shimaoka
2015	Joker Game	Colonel Takeno
2015	Teacher and Stray Cat
2014	25
2014	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded	Hades (voice)
2014	Cape Nostalgia	Takahashi
2014	Time Trip App	Satsumaya
2014	Blossoms Bloom
2014	Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2013	Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo	Arai Takashi
2013	The Road Less Travelled	Jun Shimazu
2013	The Apology King	Ootoya
2013	Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill	Yoji Nakatsugawa
2013	Time Scoop Hunter
2013	Farewell for Today	Hiroki Murayama
2013	Talk to the Dead
2013	Munashiidake
2013	Penance
2013	Angel Home	Senba
2012	Ramo Trip
2012	The Woodsman and the Rain	Shinoda
2011	Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler	Yoshihiro Kurosaki
2011	Rakugo Story
2011	Patisserie Coin De Rue	Yokoi Ona
2010	Abacus and Sword
2010	Heaven's Story	Lawyer
2010	Soup Opera	Editor Kuraki
2010	Future Past Perfect Pt. 03 (U_08-1)
2010	Shodo Kyouju
2009	The Chef of South Polar	Captain
2009	Dumbeast
2009	The Code
2009	Pandemic	Shûji Tachibana
2008	K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces	Designer
2008	The Clone Returns Home	Kagaeyama
2008	Orochi - Blood	Shitsuji
2008	Naoko
2008	Tokyo!	Prison Director (segment "Merde")
2008	One Million Yen Girl	Prison Officer
2008	Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War	Ishiyama
2008	Oka wo koete
2007	Sad Vacation	Sone
2007	Kamen Rider: THE NEXT	Shindou
2007	Kissho Tennyo
2007	The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007	Freesia: Bullet Over Tears	Iwatsuru
2007	Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider-
2006	Silver Mask	Governor Akise
2006	Masters of Killing
2006	Night Time Picnic	Fujimaki
2006	Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya	Takuro Sato
2006	Tales of Terror: Final Night 2	Takuro Sato
2006	Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
2006	Damejin	Policeman
2006	Memories of Matsuko
2006	A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
2006	Bird Call
2006	Route 225
2006	Forbidden Siren
2005	Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl	Kyoko's Father
2005	Dear Hinagon
2005	Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005	In the Pool
2005	Tomie: Revenge	Dr. Togashi
2005	Love Is Five Seven Five	Miura
2005	Double Suicide Elegy
2004	Jam Films 2
2004	Silver Angel	Constable Shiroshita
2004	The Motive
2004	Nejirin bou	Customer at barber shop
2004	Dark Tales of Japan	Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
2004	69	Aihara
2004	Cutie Honey	Police Manager
2004	Walking With The Dog
2004	Half a Confession
2003	The Battling Angel	Kami
2003	Days in the Shade
2003	Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle	Inugai
2003	Happiness in August
2003	Dragon Head	Minila
2003	Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
2002	Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
2002	Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet	Inugai
2002	Vengeance for Sale	Enemy
2001	The Princess Blade	Byakurai
2000	Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons	Syuzo
1999	The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe	Takeshi Ikenaga
1999	One Summer's Day	Masahiro Ooi
1998	Murder on D Street	Kogoro Akechi
1998	Sada	Takiguchi
1997	Labyrinth of Dreams	Black Kite Customer
1995	No Way Back	Tetsuro
1994	Uneasy Encounters	Hatayama
1994	A Watcher in the Attic	Kogoro Akechi
1993	Wandering Brain
1993	Saiyūki	沙悟净
1993	We Are Not Alone
1992	Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1991	Happy Ending Story
1991	Rainbow Kids	Tokyo
1990	Let's Go to the Hospital	Anzai
1989	Tokyo: The Last War	Yasunori Kato
1989	Skin #5 Video Mix M.M.M.	Takao Shimada
1988	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis	Yasunori Kato

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