Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka
Born	(1931-02-24)February 24, 1931 Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Died	May 15, 2017(2017-05-15) (aged 86) Spain
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1954–2017

Takeshi Kusaka (日下 武史, Kusaka Takeshi, February 24, 1931 – May 15, 2017) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Toshima, Tokyo. He was the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. He remarried with actress Fujiko Kimura in 2010.

Roles

Live action films

• Assassination (1964) (Narahara Shigeru)
• Honoo to onna (Flame and Women) (1967)
• The Petrified Forest (1973)
• Fumō Chitai (1976) (Koide)
• Tempo suikō-den (1976)
• Antarctica (1983) (Hokkaidō University professor)
• Deaths in Tokimeki (1984)
• Those Swell Yakuza (1988)
• Teito Taisen (1989) (Fumimaro Konoe)
• Noh Mask Murders (1991)
• Mr. Moonlight (1991)
• Maadadayo (1993) (Doctor Kobayashi)
• Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjiro (1993)
• Shin sarariiman senka (1997)
• Mars Sweet Home (2000)

Live action television

• Ten to Chi to (1969) (Sanjōnishi Sanezumi)
• Naruto Hichō (1977–78) (Zeami)
• Ōoku (1983) (Ryūkō)
• Ōedo Sōsamō (1984) (Narrator)
• Sanga Moyu (1984)

Anime television

• Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (Document voiceover (episode 56))

Theater

• The Cherry Orchard
• Hamlet
• The Merchant of Venice
• Alderle or a saint
• Antigone
• Troy war will not happen
• Orphe and Yuriddis
• lark
• Understand and accumulate!
• Whose life？
• Equus
• Sluice
• Hikarigoke
• Yuriddis
• Ondine
• A man who sells memories
• Rokumeikan
• Anne of Green Gables
• Beauty and the Beast
• Devil and God’'

Theatrical animation

• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Vega)
• Twilight of the Cockroaches

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• 99 and 44/100% Dead (Harry Crown (Richard Harris))
• Amadeus (Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham))
• Avalon (Game Master (Władysław Kowalski))
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (Major Clipton (James Donald))
• The Cassandra Crossing (Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain (Richard Harris))
• Columbo (Milo Janus (Robert Conrad); episode "An Exercise in Fatality")
• Hannibal (TV Asahi edition) (Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins))
• Les Misérables (Inspector Javert (Anthony Perkins))
• Sitting Bull (Major Robert Parrish (Dale Robertson))
• The Thief of Paris (Georges Randal (Jean-Paul Belmondo))
• The Untouchables (Eliot Ness (Robert Stack))

Animation

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (speaking voice))
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Dr. Harley Street)

Honors

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1996)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2002)
• Art Festival Award- Incentive award
• Arts Reward - Minister of Education Award
• Kinokuniya Theater Award

External links

• Profile
• Takeshi Kusaka at IMDb
• Takeshi Kusaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia