Yūsaku Matsuda

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.

Casted

Black Rain

Played Sato

Average Rating

6.6

1172 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1989

37 years ago
Kagero-za

Played Shungo Matsuzaki

Average Rating

6.5

27 votes

Release Date

Aug 21, 1981

45 years ago
The Family Game

Played Yoshimoto

Average Rating

6.8

24 votes

Release Date

May 04, 1983

43 years ago
And Then

Played Daisuke Nagai

Average Rating

7.0

20 votes

Release Date

Nov 09, 1985

41 years ago
The Beast to Die

Played Kunihiko Date

Average Rating

5.2

18 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 1980

46 years ago
Proof of the Man

Played Detective Munesue

Average Rating

7.5

15 votes

Release Date

Oct 08, 1977

49 years ago
The Assassination of Ryoma

Played Yûta

Average Rating

4.6

14 votes

Release Date

Aug 03, 1974

52 years ago
The Most Dangerous Game

Played Shouhei Narumi

Average Rating

6.0

13 votes

Release Date

Apr 07, 1978

48 years ago
Wuthering Heights

Played Onimaru

Average Rating

6.5

11 votes

Release Date

May 28, 1988

38 years ago
The Execution Game

Played Shohei Narumi

Average Rating

7.2

9 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1979

47 years ago
The Killing Game

Played Shohei Narumi

Average Rating

7.4

9 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1978

48 years ago
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

Played Tetsuya Asakura

Average Rating

5.8

8 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1979

47 years ago
No Grave for Us

Played Katsuo Shima

Average Rating

6.0

7 votes

Release Date

May 26, 1979

47 years ago
Rape Hunter: Target Woman

Played Insurance Salesman

Average Rating

3.1

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 02, 1980

46 years ago
Yokohama BJ Blues

Played BJ

Average Rating

7.5

6 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 1981

45 years ago
Detective Story

Played Shuichi Tsujiyama

Average Rating

6.2

5 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 1983

43 years ago
A Homance

Played Kaze

Average Rating

7.2

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 1986

40 years ago
Murder in the Doll House

Played Toshio Katsu

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1979

47 years ago
Dansen

Played Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 03, 1983

42 years ago
Horror of the Wolf

Played Dō Haguro

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 09, 1973

53 years ago
The Classroom of Terror

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1976

50 years ago
A Chaos of Flowers

Played Takeo Arishima

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1988

38 years ago
The Four Roughnecks

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 22, 1974

52 years ago
Murderer!

Played Futago Rokube

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1976

50 years ago
The Chaser

Played Naoya Kaneshiro

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1989

37 years ago
Target

Played Yûsaku Matsuda

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1980

46 years ago
Shi no dangai

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 26, 1982

44 years ago
Tomodachi

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 24, 1974

52 years ago

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