Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyusaku Shimada (嶋田 久作, Shimada Kyūsaku, born April 24, 1955) is a Japanese actor.

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.

Film

• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) as Yasunori Kato
• Tokyo: The Last War (1989) as Yasunori Kato
• Rainbow Kids (1991) as Tokyo
• A Watcher in the Attic (1992) as Kogoro Akechi
• No Way Back (1995) as Tetsuro
• Sada (1998)
• Murder on D Street (1998) as Kogoro Akechi
• Sakuya: Demon Slayer (2000) as Syuzo
• The Princess Blade (2001) as Byakurai
• Kingdom Hearts (2002) as Hades
• Dragon Head (2003) as Minila
• Devilman (2004)
• 69 (2004)
• Cutie Honey (2004)
• Tomie: Revenge (2005)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005) as Hades
• In the Pool (2005)
• Route 225 (2006)
• Udon (2006)
• 0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari (2007)
• Sad Vacation (2007)
• Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (2007) as Hades
• Orochi (2008)
• The Clone Returns Home (2008) as Dr. Kageyama
• Tokyo! (2008)
• Masters of Killing (2008)
• K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
• Pandemic (2009)
• Soup Opera (2010)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) as Hades
• Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010) as Hades
• Abacus and Sword (2010)
• Heaven's Story (2010)
• Kaiji 2 (2011)
• The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
• Library Wars (2013)
• Angel Home (2013)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)

Television

• Kitaro ga Mita Gyokusai - Mizuki Shigeru no Senso (2007)
• Penance (2012)

• Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.