Takeshi Kusaka

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
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

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)^[2]
• 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))^[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

• 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

References

1. Takeshi Kusaka BEHIND THE VOICE ACTORS
2. "天と地と". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
3. "アマデウス". The Cinema. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
4. "アヴァロン". Wowow. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

External links

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