- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Died
- November 6, 1989
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.
Filmography
movieThe Chaser
1989 · Naoya Kaneshiro
movieBlack Rain
1989 · Sato, In Memory Of
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
movieSakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988
movieA Chaos of Flowers
1988 · Takeo Arishima
movieWuthering Heights
1988 · Onimaru
movieA Homance
1986 · Kaze, Director, Screenplay
追う男
tv追う男
1986
movieAnd Then
1985 · Daisuke Nagai
movieDansen
1983 · Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
tvNettaiya
1983
movieDetective Story
1983 · Shuichi Tsujiyama
movieThe Family Game
1983 · Yoshimoto
movieCliff of Death
1982
movieKagero-za
1981 · Shungo Matsuzaki
movieYokohama BJ Blues
1981 · BJ, Original Concept
movieThe Beast to Die
1980 · Kunihiko Date
tvZoku zoku jiken
1980
movieTarget
1980 · Yûsaku Matsuda
movieRape Hunter: Target Woman
1980 · Insurance Salesman
movieThe Execution Game
1979 · Shohei Narumi
tvDetective Story
1979 · Shunsaku Kudo
movieThe Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979 · Tetsuya Asakura
movieNo Grave for Us
1979 · Katsuo Shima
movieMurder in the Doll House
1979 · Toshio Katsu
movieAmeyuki-san
1979 · Shinzaburō
movieThe Killing Game
1978 · Shohei Narumi
movieThe Most Dangerous Game
1978 · Shouhei Narumi
movieProof of the Man
1977 · Detective Munesue
tvFushoku no kōzō
1977 · Omachi Shinichi
tvBig City: Days of Struggle
1976
movieMurderer!
1976 · Futago Rokube
movieThe Classroom of Terror
1976
tvOur Medal
1975 · Nakano Yuji
movieThe Four Roughnecks
1974
tvRed Maze
1974
movieThe Assassination of Ryoma
1974 · Yûta
movieTomodachi
1974
movieHorror of the Wolf
1973 · Dō Haguro
tvBark at the Sun
1972 · Shibata Jun (Jeapan)