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Kyūsaku Shimada
Acting
Born: April 24, 1955
Totsuka-ku, Japan
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

Shin Ultraman
as Taishi Okuma

The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Katsuragi Shigetsune

Memories of Matsuko

Tokyo!
as Prison Director (segment "Merde")

Talk to the Dead

No Way Back
as Tetsuro

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
as Inugai

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as Aihara

One Million Yen Girl
as Prison Officer