Yūsaku Matsuda
Born September 21, 1949 (Age: 76)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
The Chaser
1989
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as Naoya Kaneshiro
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Age: 40
Black Rain
1989
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as Sato
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Age: 40
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
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as Takeo Arishima
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Age: 39
Wuthering Heights
1988
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as Onimaru
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Age: 38
And Then
1985
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as Daisuke Nagai
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Age: 36
Kagero-za
1981
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as Shungo Matsuzaki
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Age: 31
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
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as BJ
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Age: 31
The Beast to Die
1980
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as Kunihiko Date
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Age: 31
Target
1980
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as Yûsaku Matsuda
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Age: 30
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980
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as Insurance Salesman
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Age: 30
The Killing Game
1978
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as Shohei Narumi
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Age: 29
The Most Dangerous Game
1978
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as Shouhei Narumi
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Age: 28
The Four Roughnecks
1974
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as
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Age: 25
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
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as Yûta
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Age: 24
Tomodachi
1974
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as
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Age: 24
Horror of the Wolf
1973
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as Dō Haguro
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Age: 23