Takeshi Kusaka (日下 武史, Kusaka Takeshi, February 24, 1931 – May 15, 2017[1]) 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.
Takeshi Kusaka | |
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Born | |
Died | May 15, 2017 | (aged 86)
Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1954–2017 |
Roles
editLive action films
edit- 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
edit- Ten to Chi to (1969) (Sanjōnishi Sanezumi)[2]
- Naruto Hichō (1977–78) (Zeami)
- Ōoku (1983) (Ryūkō)
- Ōedo Sōsamō (1984) (Narrator)
- Sanga Moyu (1984)
Anime television
edit- Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (Document voiceover (episode 56))
Theater
edit- 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
editDubbing roles
editLive-action
edit- 99 and 44/100% Dead (Harry Crown (Richard Harris))
- Amadeus (Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham))[3]
- Avalon (Game Master (Władysław Kowalski))[4]
- 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
edit- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (speaking voice))
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Dr. Harley Street)
Honors
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Profile
- Takeshi Kusaka at IMDb
- Takeshi Kusaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia