Yūsaku Matsuda
Acting
1949-09-21 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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.
movieThe Chaser
as Naoya Kaneshiro · 1989 · 8.0
movieBlack Rain
as Sato · 1989 · 6.6
movieSakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
as · 1988 · 0.0
movieA Chaos of Flowers
as Takeo Arishima · 1988 · 7.3
movieWuthering Heights
as Onimaru · 1988 · 6.7
movieA Homance
as Kaze · 1986 · 7.8
tv追う男
as · 1986 · 0.0
movieAnd Then
as Daisuke Nagai · 1985 · 7.1
movieDansen
as Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga · 1983 · 1.0
tvNettaiya
as · 1983 · 0.0
movieDetective Story
as Shuichi Tsujiyama · 1983 · 6.7
movieThe Family Game
as Yoshimoto · 1983 · 6.8
movieCliff of Death
as · 1982 · 0.0
movieKagero-za
as Shungo Matsuzaki · 1981 · 6.6
movieYokohama BJ Blues
as BJ · 1981 · 7.8
movieThe Beast to Die
as Kunihiko Date · 1980 · 5.7
tvZoku zoku jiken
as · 1980 · 0.0
movieTarget
as Yûsaku Matsuda · 1980 · 10.0
movieRape Hunter: Target Woman
as Insurance Salesman · 1980 · 3.6
movieThe Execution Game
as Shohei Narumi · 1979 · 7.4
tvDetective Story
as Shunsaku Kudo · 1979 · 7.0
movieThe Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as Tetsuya Asakura · 1979 · 6.3
movieNo Grave for Us
as Katsuo Shima · 1979 · 6.3
movieMurder in the Doll House
as Toshio Katsu · 1979 · 7.7