Kyūsaku Shimada
Born: 1955-04-24 in Totsuka-ku, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Kokuho as Umeki
- Gosh!!
- Kowloon Generic Romance as Shū
2024
- The Yin Yang Master Zero as Katsuragi Shigetsune
- House of Ninjas as Kosaku Kuze
- I Am... 23 Year Olds
2023
- Neighbor X
- TOMA #2
- SAKANAQUARIUM ADAPT ONLINE
- Our Little Love Story as Master
- Halation Love as Kaga Takashi
2022
- Shin Ultraman as Taishi Okuma
- Pure Japanese
- Nagi's Island as Norio Yamamura
- What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? as Wataru Nakagaichi
- Tonbi as Publishing Company Security Guard
2021
- Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle as Lieutenant Suehiro
- With You Who Wanted to be a Star : Another Story as Washigami Takao
- First Gentleman
- London no Yamamoto Isoroku
- The Blue Danube
- A Madder Red as Narihara
- Avalanche as Masaharu Kuroda
- Welcome to Toei Slaughterhouse as Minagawa
- With You, Who Wanted to be a Star as Takao Washigami
2020
- All the Things We Never Said as Juro Yamada
- Not Quite Dead Yet as Tanabe
- Switch as Oizumi Takataro
- Kashi bōto jū san-gō
- THE LAST GOZE
2019
2018
- The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine as Hanbee Tanaka
- Suits as Koichi Miyashita（宮下 紘一）
- The Blood of Wolves as Takeshi Kako
- 4.50 from Paddington as Masaru Oyama
2017
- The Courier
- Laughing Lucky Cats as Gonda
- CRISIS: Special Security Squad
- Shinjuku Seven as Wan
- Silver and Gold as Atsushi Izawa
- Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion
- Chase
- Gifu Need You as Domon
2016
- Shin Godzilla as Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
- 99.9 Criminal Lawyer as Tohru Nishioka
- Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke as 榊間
- The Ice Ruts as 아키노 유타카
- 64: Part 1 as Azusa
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
- 百日紅の下にて
- シリーズ・横溝正史短編集 as Ichirō Saeki
- Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama? as Daigoro Tokuyama
- Utenai Keikan
2015
- Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment as Ryosuke Kono
- Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion as Ryosuke Kono
- Maestro! as Shuzo Shimaoka
- Teacher and Stray Cat
- Joker Game as Colonel Takeno
- Before The Leaves Fall
- A Fading Summer as Sadatoshi Otsuki
- Candy House as Shimasaki Akira
2014
- Blossoms Bloom
- Cape Nostalgia as Takahashi
- Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
- 25
- Time Trip App as Satsumaya
- The Next Generation: Patlabor as Professor Serisawa
- Blood on the Tracks as Haruhiko Muraoka
- Tenchu: Ninja of Justice as Jukichi Shudo
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded as Hades (voice)
2013
- Time Scoop Hunter
- Columbo of Shinano - Dead Person's Echo as Arai Takashi
- Angel Home as Senba
- Penance
- Farewell for Today as Hiroki Murayama
- Talk to the Dead
- Munashiidake
- Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill as Yoji Nakatsugawa
- The Apology King as Ootoya
- The Road Less Travelled as Jun Shimazu
- The Complex: Prologue as Shinichi Yamasaki
- Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
- Demon Ward as Ogami Tatsuo
- Double Tone: Two Yumi as Isao Tatsuno
- 検事・沢木正夫（寺脇康文版） as 国松敏夫
2012
- Solitary Gourmet
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
- GTO
- Ramo Trip
- The Woodsman and the Rain as Shinoda
- ATARU as Yoji Nakatsugawa
- Penance as Detective Yabe
- RUN60 as Morisawa Yusuke
2011
- Patisserie Coin De Rue as Yokoi Ona
- Rakugo Story
2010
- Abacus and Sword
- Heaven's Story as Lawyer
- Soup Opera as Editor Kuraki
- Shodo Kyouju
2009
- The Code
- The Chef of South Polar as Captain
- Pandemic as Shûji Tachibana
- Dumbeast
2008
- K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces as Designer
- Tokyo! as Prison Director (segment "Merde")
- Naoko
- One Million Yen Girl as Prison Officer
- Orochi - Blood as Shitsuji
- Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War as Ishiyama
- The Clone Returns Home as Kagaeyama
- Bloody Monday as Shimon Kamishima
- Oka wo koete
2007
- Kamen Rider: THE NEXT as Shindou
- Freesia: Bullet Over Tears as Iwatsuru
- Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider-
- Sad Vacation as Sone
- Kissho Tennyo
- The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2006
- Time Limit Investigator as Koremo
- Memories of Matsuko
- Night Time Picnic as Fujimaki
- Forbidden Siren
- Route 225
- Tales of Terror: Final Night 2
- Tales of Terror: Final Night 1
- Silver Mask as Governor Akise
- Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Go Ya
- Damejin as Policeman
- A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
- 殺しのはらわた
- Bird Call
2005
- Dear Hinagon
- Tomie: Revenge as Dr. Togashi
- Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
- Love Is Five Seven Five as Miura
- In the Pool
- Double Suicide Elegy
- Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl as Kyoko's Father
- Engine as Daisuke's father
2004
- Jam Films 2
- Dark Tales of Japan as Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
- Silver Angel as Constable Shiroshita
- Walking With The Dog
- Cutie Honey as Police Manager
- 69 as Aihara
- The Motive
- Nejirin bou as Customer at barber shop
- Half a Confession
2003
- Dragon Head as Minila
- The Battling Angel as Kami
- Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
- Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle as Inugai
- You are my only Madonna as Kazuma Oosugi
- Happiness in August
- Days in the Shade
2002
2001
- The Princess Blade as Byakurai
2000
- Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons as Syuzo
- Ultraman Neos as Gonpachi Minato
1999
- The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe as Takeshi Ikenaga
- One Summer's Day as Masahiro Ooi
- Suna no ue no Koibitotachi
1998
- Sada as Takiguchi
- Murder on D Street as Kogoro Akechi
1997
- Labyrinth of Dreams as Black Kite Customer
1996
1995
- No Way Back as Tetsuro
1994
- A Watcher in the Attic as Kogoro Akechi
- Uneasy Encounters as Hatayama
1993
1991
- Rainbow Kids as Tokyo
- Doomed Megalopolis as Yasunori Katō (voice)
- Happy Ending Story
1990
1989
- Tokyo: The Last War as Yasunori Kato
- Skin #5 Video Mix M.M.M. as Takao Shimada
1988
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Yasunori Kato