Yūsaku Matsuda
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting39
movieThe Chaser
1989
Naoya Kaneshiro
movieA Chaos of Flowers
1988
Takeo Arishima
movieWuthering Heights
1988
Onimaru
movieAnd Then
1985
Daisuke Nagai
movieDansen
1983
Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
movieDetective Story
1983
Shuichi Tsujiyama
movieThe Family Game
1983
Yoshimoto
movieKagero-za
1981
Shungo Matsuzaki
movieThe Beast to Die
1980
Kunihiko Date
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
movieMurderer!
1976
Futago Rokube
tvOur Medal
1975
Nakano Yuji
movieHorror of the Wolf
1973
Dō Haguro
tvBark at the Sun
1972
Shibata Jun (Jeapan)
Writing2
movieA Homance
1986
Screenplay
movieYokohama BJ Blues
1981
Original Concept
Crew1
movieBlack Rain
1989
In Memory Of
Directing1
movieA Homance
1986
Director