Kyūsaku Shimada

is a Japanese actor.

History Shimada 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 Film

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988), Yasunori Kato Tokyo: The Last War (1989), Yasunori Kato Rainbow Kids (1991), Tokyo Doomed Megalopolis (1991), Yasunori Kato A Watcher in the Attic (1992), Kogoro Akechi No Way Back (1995), Tetsuro Sada (1998) Murder on D Street (1998), Kogoro Akechi Sakuya: Demon Slayer (2000), Syuzo The Princess Blade (2001), Byakurai Vengeance for Sale (2002) Dragon Head (2003), Minila Devilman (2004) 69 (2004) Cutie Honey (2004) Tomie: Revenge (2005) In the Pool (2005) Route 225 (2006) Forbidden Siren (2006), Policeman Udon (2006) 0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari (2007) Sad Vacation (2007) Kamen Rider: The Next (2007), Shindou Orochi (2008) The Clone Returns Home (2008), 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), 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) A Madder Red (2021) Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) Pure Japanese (2022) Tombi: Father and Son (2022) What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022), the Minister for Foreign Affairs Shin Ultraman (2022), the prime minister of Japan Nagi's Island (2022) Refugee X (2023), Koike Gosh!! (2025) Kokuho (2025), Umeki Kowloon Generic Romance (2025), Zhou The Ogre's Bride (2026), Usui The Secret Battlefield (2026), Teiichi Suzuki Period (2026)

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 Half Blue Sky (2018) as Ichiro Tanabe Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021) Isoroku Yamamoto in London (2021) as Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Momochi Tanba House of Ninjas (2024) as Kosaku Kuze Unbound (2025) as Shibano Ritsuzan Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941 (2025), Teiichi Suzuki

Video games

Kingdom Hearts (2002) as Hades