Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1949-09-21
Day of Death
1989-11-06
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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 (30)
The Chaser
1989
Black Rain
1989Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
Wuthering Heights
1988
A Homance
1986
And Then
1985
Dansen
1983
Detective Story
1983
The Family Game
1983
Shi no dangai
1982
Kagero-za
1981
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
The Beast to Die
1980
