Takeshi Kusaka  | |
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| Born | February 24, 1931 | 
| Died | May 15, 2017 (aged 86) | 
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor | 
| Years active | 1954–2017 | 
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.
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
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
External links
- Profile
 - Takeshi Kusaka at IMDb
 - Takeshi Kusaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
 
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