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Yūsaku Matsuda
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Died November 6, 1989 (40 years)
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
Filmography
| 1989 | Black Rain · as Sato |
| 1988 | A Chaos of Flowers · as Takeo Arishima |
| 1988 | Wuthering Heights · as Onimaru |
| 1986 | A Homance · as Kaze |
| 1985 | And Then · as Daisuke Nagai |
| 1983 | Detective Story · as Shuichi Tsujiyama |
| 1983 | The Family Game · as Yoshimoto |
| 1981 | Kagero-za · as Shungo Matsuzaki |
| 1981 | Yokohama BJ Blues · as Bj |
| 1980 | The Beast to Die · as Kunihiko Date |
| 1980 | Bara no hyôteki · as Yûsaku Matsuda |
| 1980 | Rape Hunter: Target Woman · as Insurance Salesman |
| 1979 | The Execution Game · as Shohei Narumi |
| 1979 | Detective Story (TV Series) · as Shunsaku Kudo |
| 1979 | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf · as Tetsuya Asakura |
| 1979 | No Grave for Us · as Katsuo Shima |
| 1979 | Midare karakuri · as Toshio Katsu |
| 1978 | The Killing Game · as Shohei Narumi |
| 1978 | The Most Dangerous Game · as Shouhei Narumi |
| 1977 | Proof of the Man · as Detective Munesue |
| 1976 | Hito goroshi · as Futago Rokube |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Megapolis: Days Of Fight (TV Series) · as Isao Tokuyoshi |
| 1974 | The Assassination of Ryoma · as Yûta |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | Horror of the Wolf · as Dō Haguro |