![Yūsaku Matsuda](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p8WaE0rEF6i5MNEf1Fj2yDpPCPz.jpg)
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 |
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Most Rating | 4.508 |
Birthday | 1949-09-21 |
Place of Birth | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
Also Known As | 松田優作, Yusaku Matsuda, 松田优作, |
![Black Rain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/funhGWt9ee3Uwb6Ar8SGCCvbJdV.jpg)
1989
![Black Rain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/funhGWt9ee3Uwb6Ar8SGCCvbJdV.jpg)
Black Rain
6.595/1041
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Black Rain
![A Chaos of Flowers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/529qioRg5DdKCnPw11Cr80bVMeO.jpg)
1988
![A Chaos of Flowers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/529qioRg5DdKCnPw11Cr80bVMeO.jpg)
A Chaos of Flowers
8/1
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![Wuthering Heights](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nciJ8NuvlaE1D6SfTogUkD2sJ8W.jpg)
1988
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Wuthering Heights
6.3/9
Young Kinu Yamabe is drawn to low-born Onimaru, who is vital and charismatic, but viewed by his father as a demon. After her first period, Kinu suffer...
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Wuthering Heights
![A Homance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sxl1kEafNJjlLK4PBXOVg1wF2lK.jpg)
1986
![A Homance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sxl1kEafNJjlLK4PBXOVg1wF2lK.jpg)
A Homance
7.2/4
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
![And Then](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6ZkbhnnQBzi2WLBiWiOohTiJItF.jpg)
1985
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And Then
6.941/17
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![Dansen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cN0ilH6JzXtAEi9QDcR9hbQr3fD.jpg)
1983
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Dansen
1/0
Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.
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Dansen
![Detective Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8JzXsCBSuEvWdgu01w5pjkMBNh4.jpg)
1983
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Detective Story
6.2/5
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard h...
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![The Family Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9znuGejLUDldMZNM2F0wSEu4zQn.jpg)
1983
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The Family Game
6.7/22
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![Kagero-za](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i4grrfMCctzJhnASZmakLw3OTA.jpg)
1981
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Kagero-za
6.5/23
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
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![Yokohama BJ Blues](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3uSLlyJQ109v0FtAyPmxeIfYfPv.jpg)
1981
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Yokohama BJ Blues
7.2/6
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1980
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The Beast to Die
5/15
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The Beast to Die
![Target](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aPnzrbtK6pEqMYmbL6qUIvnGRnA.jpg)
1980
![Target](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aPnzrbtK6pEqMYmbL6qUIvnGRnA.jpg)
Target
0/0
Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
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Target
![The Execution Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bim17V6SWcFv1LLUkkyAa0VG8z6.jpg)
1979
![The Execution Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bim17V6SWcFv1LLUkkyAa0VG8z6.jpg)
The Execution Game
7.1/5
The third movie in Tôru 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
![The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6o13sZLkwlwpRrqqD0UCZccoXOU.jpg)
1979
![The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6o13sZLkwlwpRrqqD0UCZccoXOU.jpg)
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
5.8/8
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![No Grave for Us](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7wHSJXgUgA2DcFasYuOAhtDuP4e.jpg)
1979
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No Grave for Us
5.8/5
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![Murder in the Doll House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1bOhNG6LfvbbYXzzwVze2zp7nS0.jpg)
1979
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Murder in the Doll House
6.5/2
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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![The Killing Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2hAqw3q1pSx9ZTmdV2xKJMyk70G.jpg)
1978
![The Killing Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2hAqw3q1pSx9ZTmdV2xKJMyk70G.jpg)
The Killing Game
7.5/5
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
![The Most Dangerous Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zuPkdMIXqBDuh30knGwOc4GI6iN.jpg)
1978
![The Most Dangerous Game](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zuPkdMIXqBDuh30knGwOc4GI6iN.jpg)
The Most Dangerous Game
5.5/7
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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![Horror of the Wolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rmW46zYcK8RbLI4qhyaxMRvI2YB.jpg)
1973
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Horror of the Wolf
7/2
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
![The Assassination of Ryoma](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6sjNz4wtI0C0Cuc3rLiSJXKzt5r.jpg)
1974
![The Assassination of Ryoma](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6sjNz4wtI0C0Cuc3rLiSJXKzt5r.jpg)
The Assassination of Ryoma
5/11
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared...
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![The Classroom of Terror](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bXuq1rDyPqN4fNHpJAVMLWkUrbe.jpg)
1976
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The Classroom of Terror
6/1
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
![Proof of the Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nuwOF9mwHLSpJjFH6klXdniMg49.jpg)
1977
![Proof of the Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nuwOF9mwHLSpJjFH6klXdniMg49.jpg)
Proof of the Man
7.3/13
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
![The Four Roughnecks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/witwW6MCFrOJhliZOW4B5H44pmf.jpg)
1974
![The Four Roughnecks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/witwW6MCFrOJhliZOW4B5H44pmf.jpg)
The Four Roughnecks
5/1
Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! The late legendary actor, Yusaku Matsuda, stars in th...
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The Four Roughnecks
![Rape Hunter: Target Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3subD7wsRTMNaFTgtrkyAH6VoXq.jpg)
1980
![Rape Hunter: Target Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3subD7wsRTMNaFTgtrkyAH6VoXq.jpg)
Rape Hunter: Target Woman
3.2/5
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
![Murderer!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hepmVx1AXNi2uik9VL4OD6Hxm0f.jpg)
1976
![Murderer!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hepmVx1AXNi2uik9VL4OD6Hxm0f.jpg)
Murderer!
7/2
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!
![The Chaser](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8XMZUlhScZMpt7m2XY4ZSGUMuDT.jpg)
1989
![The Chaser](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8XMZUlhScZMpt7m2XY4ZSGUMuDT.jpg)
The Chaser
8/1
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![Shi no dangai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/h1PfcaNYLDUImJwBkXXy2GbYy8k.jpg)
1982
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Shi no dangai
0/0
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![Tomodachi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ykiDKZdqLDNGTyFqReQT8kodhL8.jpg)
1974
![Tomodachi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ykiDKZdqLDNGTyFqReQT8kodhL8.jpg)
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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