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

Shin Godzilla

as Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim

Tokyo!

as Prison Director (segment "Merde")

Shin Ultraman

as Taishi Okuma

Memories of Matsuko

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

as Lieutenant Suehiro

House of Ninjas

as Kosaku Kuze

Cutie Honey

as Police Manager

No Way Back

as Tetsuro

One Million Yen Girl

The Chef of South Polar

as Captain