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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9273 |
| Birthday | 1949-09-21 |
| Place of Birth | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Also Known As | Yusaku Matsuda, Yūsaku Matsuda, |
1986
A Homance
7.8/5
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
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A Homance
1981
Yokohama BJ Blues
7.8/8
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a privat...
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Yokohama BJ Blues
1974
The Assassination of Ryoma
4.813/16
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prep...
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The Assassination of Ryoma
1983
The Family Game
6.8/25
A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a mo...
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The Family Game
1979
No Grave for Us
6.25/8
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
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No Grave for Us
1979
Murder in the Doll House
7.667/3
Yūsaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery, full of suspense, thrills and chills.
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Murder in the Doll House
1985
And Then
7.136/22
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and li...
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And Then
1983
Detective Story
6.667/6
A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
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Detective Story
1989
Black Rain
6.58/1246
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to es...
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Black Rain
1979
The Execution Game
7.409/11
The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to tak...
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The Execution Game
1978
The Killing Game
7.5/11
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back h...
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The Killing Game
1977
Proof of the Man
7.8/17
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a Ne...
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Proof of the Man
1980
Target
10/1
Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
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Target
1988
Wuthering Heights
6.7/13
Young orphan Onimaru is adopted by the wealthy Yamabe family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his comp...
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Wuthering Heights
1981
Kagero-za
6.565/31
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
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Kagero-za
1980
The Beast to Die
5.675/20
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the aut...
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The Beast to Die
1983
Dansen
1/2
Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.
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Dansen
1979
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
6.3/10
A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to domi...
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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1973
Horror of the Wolf
7.333/3
Enigmatic teenager Akira Inugami is, by night, a powerful werewolf, who falls for a beautiful young teacher, and copes with a ruthless teen gang leade...
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Horror of the Wolf
1976
The Classroom of Terror
6.3/3
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by...
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The Classroom of Terror
1988
A Chaos of Flowers
7.3/3
Set in the Taisho era, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer,...
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A Chaos of Flowers
1978
The Most Dangerous Game
6.107/14
The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle...
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The Most Dangerous Game
1974
The Four Roughnecks
5/2
Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from...
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The Four Roughnecks
1980
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
3.625/8
Fuyuko, a married woman filled with grief after a miscarriage, has an affair with a younger man and finds herself involved in a robbery plot. For Fuy...
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Rape Hunter: Target Woman
1976
Murderer!
8/3
A cowardly samurai is sent as an official executioner targeting the clan's former sword instructor, a man whose sword and spear skills are second to n...
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Murderer!
1989
The Chaser
8/1
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The Chaser
1982
Cliff of Death
0/0
Ogata is an employee of a securities company. He is selected as the president's secretary because of his ability. However, he has a romantic relations...
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Cliff of Death
1974
Tomodachi
0/0
Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate...
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Tomodachi
1979
Ameyuki-san
0/0
This film focuses on the dramatic life of Waka Yamada, who rose from a prostitute in Seattle, USA to a female critic during the Taisho and Showa eras.
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Ameyuki-san
1988
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
0/0
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