As Actor
Black Rain
1989
6.6
Yūsaku Matsuda
Acting
Birth Date
September 21, 1949
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Date of Death
November 6, 1989
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Wuthering Heights
1988
6.2
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
A Homance
1986
7.2
As Actor
And Then
1985
7.0
As Actor
Dansen
1983
1.0
As Actor
Detective Story
1983
6.2
As Actor
The Family Game
1983
6.8
As Actor
Kagero-za
1981
6.7
As Actor
Yokohama BJ Blues
1981
7.5
As Actor
The Beast to Die
1980
5.5
As Actor
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1980
3.2
As Actor
The Execution Game
1979
7.2
As Actor
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979
5.8
As Actor
No Grave for Us
1979
6.0
As Actor
The Killing Game
1978
7.4
As Actor
The Most Dangerous Game
1978
6.1
As Actor
Proof of the Man
1977
7.5
As Actor
Murderer!
1976
7.0
As Actor
The Classroom of Terror
1976
6.0
As Actor
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
4.8