Yūsaku Matsuda
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Black Rain
as Sato 1989
Kagero-za
as Shungo Matsuzaki 1981
The Family Game
as Yoshimoto 1983
And Then
as Daisuke Nagai 1985
The Beast to Die
as Kunihiko Date 1980
Proof of the Man
as Detective Munesue 1977
The Assassination of Ryoma
as Yûta 1974
The Most Dangerous Game
as Shouhei Narumi 1978
Wuthering Heights
as Onimaru 1988
The Execution Game
as Shohei Narumi 1979
The Killing Game
as Shohei Narumi 1978
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
as Tetsuya Asakura 1979
No Grave for Us
as Katsuo Shima 1979
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
as Insurance Salesman 1980
Yokohama BJ Blues
as BJ 1981
Detective Story
as Shuichi Tsujiyama 1983
A Homance
as Kaze 1986