Kyusaku Shimada | |
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嶋田 久作 | |
Born | Tetsuo Shimada April 24, 1955 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1988 - present |
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.[1] He stayed with the group until its dissolution in 1986.[2] 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.[3]
He has appeared in films such as Makoto Shinozaki's 0093: Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari[4] and Takahisa Zeze's Pandemic.[5]