Yūsaku Matsuda
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.
Filmography
The Chaser
1989
as Naoya Kaneshiro
Black Rain
1989
as Sato
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Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
as Takeo Arishima
Wuthering Heights
1988
as Onimaru
A Homance
1986
as Kaze
And Then
1985
as Daisuke Nagai
Dansen
1983
as Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga
Detective Story
1983
as Shuichi Tsujiyama
The Family Game
1983
as Sho Yoshimoto
Cliff of Death
1982
Kagero-za
1981
as Shungo Matsuzaki
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
as BJ
The Beast to Die
1980
as Kunihiko Date
Target
1980
as Yûsaku Matsuda
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980
as Insurance Salesman
The Execution Game
1979
as Shohei Narumi
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979
as Tetsuya Asakura
No Grave for Us
1979
as Katsuo Shima
Murder in the Doll House
1979
as Toshio Katsu
Ameyuki-san
1979
as Shinzaburō
The Killing Game
1978
as Shohei Narumi
The Most Dangerous Game
1978
as Shouhei Narumi
Proof of the Man
1977
as Detective Munesue