Kyusaku 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.

[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.