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.
Filmography
The Chaser
1989 · Movie
Black Rain
1989 · Movie
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988 · Movie
A Chaos of Flowers
1988 · Movie
Wuthering Heights
1988 · Movie
A Homance
1986 · Movie
追う男
1986 · Series
And Then
1985 · Movie
Dansen
1983 · Movie
Nettaiya
1983 · Series
Detective Story
1983 · Movie
The Family Game
1983 · Movie
Cliff of Death
1982 · Movie
Kagero-za
1981 · Movie
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981 · Movie
The Beast to Die
1980 · Movie
Zoku zoku jiken
1980 · Series
Target
1980 · Movie
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980 · Movie
The Execution Game
1979 · Movie
Detective Story
1979 · Series
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979 · Movie
No Grave for Us
1979 · Movie
Murder in the Doll House
1979 · Movie
Ameyuki-san
1979 · Movie
The Killing Game
1978 · Movie
The Most Dangerous Game
1978 · Movie
Fushoku no kōzō
1977 · Series
Proof of the Man
1977 · Movie
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976 · Series
Murderer!
1976 · Movie
The Classroom of Terror
1976 · Movie
Our Medal
1975 · Series
The Four Roughnecks
1974 · Movie
Red Maze
1974 · Series
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974 · Movie
Tomodachi
1974 · Movie
Horror of the Wolf
1973 · Movie
Roar At The Sun!
1972 · Series
Judo Icchokusen
1969 · Series