Yūsaku Matsuda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1949
- Died
- November 6, 1989
- Birthplace
- Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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, In Memory Of
- Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana 1988
Actor
A Chaos of Flowers 1988
as Takeo Arishima
Wuthering Heights 1988
as Onimaru
A Homance 1986
as Kaze, Director, Screenplay
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
Actor
Kagero-za 1981
as Shungo Matsuzaki
Yokohama BJ Blues 1981
as BJ, Original Concept
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
Murderer! 1976
as Futago Rokube
The Classroom of Terror 1976
Actor
The Four Roughnecks 1974
Actor
The Assassination of Ryoma 1974
as Yûta
Tomodachi 1974
Actor
Horror of the Wolf 1973
as Dō Haguro
Credits from TMDB.