Acting credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kotaro Shiga
Acting
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Movies: 46Series: 27
TMDB ID: 237324
IMDb ID: nm0793329
Known for: Acting
Born: August 31, 1948
Died: April 20, 2020
Age: 71
Place of birth: Hyōgo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 7.04
Wikidata: Q11491164
Also known as
Kôtarô Shiga • Kōtarō Shiga • Koutarou Shiga • しが こうたろう • 志賀 廣太郎
Biography
Kotaro Shiga (志賀 廣太郎, Shiga Kōtarō, August 31, 1948 – April 20, 2020) was a Japanese actor and theater educator who was active since the 1990s until around 2020. Kotaro was born in Hyogo, Japan. He was a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. He was a member of Japanese theater company Seinen-dan (青年団). He was affiliated with l'être.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kotaro Shiga.
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2025 Movie
6.5
Summer Blooms
as Yukio Kazama
2018 Movie
Kohaku
2017 Movie
6.8
Gintama
2017 Movie
5.3
Hirugao
as Professor Sakagami
2017 Movie
6.9
Haruta & Chika
as Toshio Iwai
2017 Movie
7.0
Sing My Life
as Jirou Nakata
2016 Movie
6.4
The Curtain Rises
2015 Movie
7.8
Rose Color's Buko
as President of Takahimaya
2014 Movie
6.1
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Zoo Director
2014 Movie
4.0
Kamen Teacher: The Movie
2014 Movie
5.0
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014 Movie
7.2
Judge!
as Karaoke Manager
2014 Movie
Mame Daifuku Monogatari
2013 Movie
6.3
Au revoir l'été
as City Councilor
2013 Movie
6.0
Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
2013 Movie
5.5
Flower of Shanidar
2013 Movie
6.0
Mameshiba Ichirô fûten no shibajirô
2013 Movie
5.7
Odayaka
as Shinji
2012 Movie
5.0
Theatre 1
as Himself
2012 Movie
Love Come
2011 Movie
6.2
Wandering Home
as Ito
2010 Movie
Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
2010 Movie
6.0
When You Love And When You Are Loved
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kotaro Shiga.
7.0
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
as Goro Kakei • 12 eps
2019 Series
6.8
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
as Kazuto Yufuin • 10 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
1 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Rikuoh
as Genzo Tomishima • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Reverse
as Tadashi Hirosawa • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.8
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Nakatsuka • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.0
The God of Risk
as Eiichi Takarabe • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.3
War of Money
as 赤松大介 • 11 eps
2015 Series
6.0
OLカナのおじさん観察日記。
as 矢尾 初 • 5 eps
2013 Series
4.6
Kamen Teacher
as Kentaro Sugahara • 12 eps
2013 Series
7.5
dinner
as Hamaoka Kotaro • 11 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Hana's Lazy Meals
as Hana's Father • 10 eps
2012 Series
8.9
Solitary Gourmet
as 店員1 • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Antarctica
as Kinnosuke Tani • 10 eps
2011 Series
7.6
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
1 eps
2011 Series
Clone Baby
as Hazuki Shoichirou • 11 eps
2010 Series
Steel Frame
5 eps
2010 Series
7.4
Tokyo Dogs
as Mitsuo Suzuki • 10 eps
2009 Series
6.0
幼獣マメシバ
as Shigeo Shiba • 21 eps
2009 Series
ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市
as Narrator (voice) • 9 eps
2008 Series
8.7
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
as Gotaro Naganobu • 6 eps
2007 Series
7.0
Evil People
as Judge • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.7
Time Limit Investigator
as Tanaka-shacho • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.2
Unfair
as Yasumoto Masahiro • 11 eps
2006 Series