Yūsaku Matsuda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Died
- November 6, 1989 (aged 40)
- Birthplace
- Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Biography
Yūsaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. He was born in Shimonoseki, to a Japanese father and a Zainichi Korean mother. He became an actor when he was 23 as a rookie police officer for the 1970s Japanese TV detective drama called Taiyō ni hoero! Apart from this role, his other defining role on television was in Tantei monogatari. He featured in many other TV shows and movies. He won the award for best actor at the 8th Hochi Film Award for Detective Story and The Family Game. He specialized in physical action movies. The 1989 movie Black Rain — directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia— opened the door for Matsuda as an international actor. However, shortly after he made this movie, he died due to bladder cancer. He was survived by his second wife and three young children.
Known For
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Filmography
Black Rain
Movie · as Sato
The Chaser
Movie · as Naoya Kaneshiro
A Chaos of Flowers
Movie · as Takeo Arishima
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Onimaru
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
Movie
A Homance
Movie · as Kaze
追う男
TV · 1 ep
And Then
Movie · as Daisuke Nagai
The Family Game
Movie · as Sho Yoshimoto
Dansen
Movie · as Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
Detective Story
Movie · as Shuichi Tsujiyama
Nettaiya
TV · 1 ep
Cliff of Death
Movie
Kagero-za
Movie · as Shungo Matsuzaki
Yokohama BJ Blues
Movie · as BJ
Target
Movie · as Yûsaku Matsuda
The Beast to Die
Movie · as Kunihiko Date
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
Movie · as Insurance Salesman
Zoku zoku jiken
TV · 4 eps
No Grave for Us
Movie · as Katsuo Shima
Murder in the Doll House
Movie · as Toshio Katsu
The Execution Game
Movie · as Shohei Narumi
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Movie · as Tetsuya Asakura
Ameyuki-san
Movie · as Shinzaburō
Detective Story
TV · as Shunsaku Kudo · 27 eps
The Most Dangerous Game
Movie · as Shouhei Narumi
The Killing Game
Movie · as Shohei Narumi
Proof of the Man
Movie · as Detective Munesue
Fushoku no kōzō
TV · as Omachi Shinichi · 1 ep
The Classroom of Terror
Movie
Murderer!
Movie · as Futago Rokube
Big City: Days of Struggle
TV · 2 eps
Our Medal
TV · as Nakano Yuji · 1 ep
The Assassination of Ryoma
Movie · as Yûta
The Four Roughnecks
Movie
Tomodachi
Movie
Red Maze
TV · 26 eps
Horror of the Wolf
Movie · as Dō Haguro
Roar At The Sun!
TV · as Shibata Jun (Jeapan) · 20 eps
Judo Icchokusen
TV · as Aoba Chugaku Judo Buin · 92 eps