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Yūsaku Matsuda
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 34689
IMDb ID: nm0557929
Known for: Acting
Born: September 21, 1949
Died: November 6, 1989
Age: 40
Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 1989
Years active: 18
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q1344415
Also known as
Yusaku Matsuda • Yūsaku Matsuda
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Director (1)In Memory Of (1)Original Concept (1)
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.
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6.6
Black Rain
In Memory Of
1989 Movie
6.7
Wuthering Heights
as Onimaru
1988 Movie
6.5
Kagero-za
as Shungo Matsuzaki
1981 Movie
5.2
The Beast to Die
as Kunihiko Date
1980 Movie
7.6
Proof of the Man
as Detective Munesue
1977 Movie
6.1
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as Tetsuya Asakura
1979 Movie
6.8
The Family Game
as Yoshimoto
1983 Movie
7.5
The Killing Game
as Shohei Narumi
1978 Movie
7.9
Yokohama BJ Blues
Original Concept
1981 Movie
1.0
Dansen
as Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
1983 Movie
7.1
And Then
as Daisuke Nagai
1985 Movie
6.0
The Classroom of Terror
1976 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Yūsaku Matsuda.
Big City: Days of Struggle
2 eps
1976 Series
6.5
Detective Story
as Shunsaku Kudo • 27 eps
1979 Series
9.0
Bark at the Sun
as Shibata Jun (Jeapan) • 20 eps
1972 Series
Zoku zoku jiken
4 eps
1980 Series
Nettaiya
1 eps
1983 Series
Red Maze
26 eps
1974 Series
Fushoku no kōzō
as Omachi Shinichi • 1 eps
1977 Series
Our Medal
as Nakano Yuji • 1 eps
1975 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Yūsaku Matsuda.
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Yūsaku Matsuda.
8.0
The Chaser
as Naoya Kaneshiro
1989 Movie
6.6
Black Rain
as Sato
1989 Movie
7.5
A Chaos of Flowers
as Takeo Arishima
1988 Movie
6.7
Wuthering Heights
as Onimaru
1988 Movie
7.2
A Homance
as Kaze
1986 Movie
7.1
And Then
as Daisuke Nagai
1985 Movie
1.0
Dansen
as Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
1983 Movie
6.2
Detective Story
as Shuichi Tsujiyama
1983 Movie
6.8
The Family Game
as Yoshimoto
1983 Movie
Shi no dangai
1982 Movie
6.5
Kagero-za
as Shungo Matsuzaki
1981 Movie
7.9
Yokohama BJ Blues
as BJ
1981 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Yūsaku Matsuda.
Nettaiya
1 eps
1983 Series
Zoku zoku jiken
4 eps
1980 Series
6.5
Detective Story
as Shunsaku Kudo • 27 eps
1979 Series
Fushoku no kōzō
as Omachi Shinichi • 1 eps
1977 Series
Big City: Days of Struggle
2 eps
1976 Series
Our Medal
as Nakano Yuji • 1 eps
1975 Series
Red Maze
26 eps
1974 Series
9.0
Bark at the Sun
as Shibata Jun (Jeapan) • 20 eps
1972 Series