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Yūsaku Matsuda

Acting
Known For

40 Years Old

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.

Born

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan on 21st September 1949

Died

6th November 1989

All Credits

Detective Story Image
Detective Story
Shunsaku Kudo
Bark at the Sun Image
Bark at the Sun
Shibata Jun (Jeapan)
Big City: Days of Struggle Image
Big City: Days of Struggle
Akai Meiro Image
Akai Meiro
Nettaiya Image
Nettaiya
No Image
追う男
Black Rain Image
Black Rain
Sato
Zoku zoku jiken Image
Zoku zoku jiken
腐蝕の構造 Image
腐蝕の構造
Omachi Shinichi
Kagero-za Image
Kagero-za
Shungo Matsuzaki
Yokohama BJ Blues Image
Yokohama BJ Blues
BJ
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf Image
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Tetsuya Asakura
Proof of the Man Image
Proof of the Man
Detective Munesue
The Beast to Die Image
The Beast to Die
Kunihiko Date
The Most Dangerous Game Image
The Most Dangerous Game
Shouhei Narumi
The Killing Game Image
The Killing Game
Shohei Narumi
The Family Game Image
The Family Game
Yoshimoto
The Assassination of Ryoma Image
The Assassination of Ryoma
Yûta
Detective Story Image
Detective Story
Shuichi Tsujiyama
The Execution Game Image
The Execution Game
Shohei Narumi
No Grave for Us Image
No Grave for Us
Katsuo Shima
Wuthering Heights Image
Wuthering Heights
Onimaru
The Four Roughnecks Image
The Four Roughnecks
Tomodachi Image
Tomodachi
And Then Image
And Then
Daisuke Nagai
The Classroom of Terror Image
The Classroom of Terror
Target Image
Target
Yûsaku Matsuda
Rape Hunter: Target Woman Image
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
Insurance Salesman
Dansen Image
Dansen
Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
A Chaos of Flowers Image
A Chaos of Flowers
Takeo Arishima
Horror of the Wolf Image
Horror of the Wolf
Dō Haguro
A Homance Image
A Homance
Kaze
Murderer! Image
Murderer!
Futago Rokube
Shi no dangai Image
Shi no dangai
Murder in the Doll House Image
Murder in the Doll House
Toshio Katsu
The Chaser Image
The Chaser
Naoya Kaneshiro