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 (39 titles)
8.0MovieThe Chaser
Naoya Kaneshiro · 1989
6.6MovieBlack Rain
Sato · 1989
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988
7.3MovieA Chaos of Flowers
Takeo Arishima · 1988
6.7MovieWuthering Heights
Onimaru · 1988
7.8MovieA Homance
Kaze · 1986
追う男
1986
7.1MovieAnd Then
Daisuke Nagai · 1985
1.0MovieDansen
Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga · 1983
ShowNettaiya
1983
6.7MovieDetective Story
Shuichi Tsujiyama · 1983
6.8MovieThe Family Game
Yoshimoto · 1983
MovieCliff of Death
1982
6.6MovieKagero-za
Shungo Matsuzaki · 1981
7.8MovieYokohama BJ Blues
BJ · 1981
5.7MovieThe Beast to Die
Kunihiko Date · 1980
ShowZoku zoku jiken
1980
10.0MovieTarget
Yûsaku Matsuda · 1980
3.6MovieRape Hunter: Target Woman
Insurance Salesman · 1980
7.4MovieThe Execution Game
Shohei Narumi · 1979
7.0ShowDetective Story
Shunsaku Kudo · 1979
6.3MovieThe Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Tetsuya Asakura · 1979
6.3MovieNo Grave for Us
Katsuo Shima · 1979
7.7MovieMurder in the Doll House
Toshio Katsu · 1979
MovieAmeyuki-san
Shinzaburō · 1979
7.5MovieThe Killing Game
Shohei Narumi · 1978
6.1MovieThe Most Dangerous Game
Shouhei Narumi · 1978
7.8MovieProof of the Man
Detective Munesue · 1977
ShowFushoku no kōzō
Omachi Shinichi · 1977
ShowBig City: Days of Struggle
1976