Shinsuke Shimada (Actor)

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Works

M-1 Grand Prix

The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.

Release Date2001-12-25

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd

Episode Count[ 9 ]

Vote Count2

Evil Dead Trap

A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.

Release Date1988-05-14

Charactersd TV Producer

Vote Count99

Chie the Brat

Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.

Release Date1981-04-11

Charactersd Masaru (voice)

Vote Count44

Oar

Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted children.

Release Date1985-01-15

Charactersd Takeichi

Vote Count9

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams of a music career, the duo rockets to stardom.

Release Date1985-06-15

Charactersd Chairman of Hyokin Best Ten

Vote Count26

A Story of Modern Chivalry

A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.

Release Date1997-10-08

Charactersd Sasaki

Vote Count2

Granny Gabai

Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.

Release Date2006-06-02

Charactersd Owner of sports shop

Vote Count4

A Madcap Corporation

A yakuza family goes into show business.

Release Date1983-12-17

Charactersd The Man with the Red Tie

Big Magnum Kuroiwa

Kuroiwa, a high school teacher who carries a “Big Magnum 44” gun is sent to a school that is full of violence. Can Kuroiwa reform the students with the gun?

Release Date1985-04-13

Charactersd Tendo

Empire of Kids

Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.

Release Date1981-07-04

Charactersd Ryu

Vote Count5

Slow Down

Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on director Shinsuke Shimada's own book "Kaze, to Suzuka".

Release Date1991-11-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

MacArthur's Children

In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.

Release Date1984-06-23

Vote Count10

The Man from Shimizu

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a gambling den, where he bets the condolence money for his mother's funeral. No surprise to learn he loses the lot. Not the hard-boiled yakuza story it seems, this is a comedy featuring many new artists who were making a name for themselves at the time.

Release Date1982-12-28

Golf Before Dawn

Comedy film.

Release Date1987-12-19

Vote Count1

松本紳助松紳

Release Date2000-10-05

Episode Count2

PAZUZU

Togashi, who runs a small restaurant along the highway and leads a quiet life, finds himself being threatened by debt collector Kido after becoming a guarantor for a friend's debt. One day, a woman named Keiko appears before Togashi.

Release Date2000-01-01

Manzai Taikouki

Animated film.

Release Date1981-11-28

Nogare no machi

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

Release Date1983-10-15