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Yūsaku Matsuda

Sep 21, 1949 - Nov 06, 1989 (40 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Zoku zoku jiken
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Akai Meiro
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Black Rain
Sato
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Detective Story
Shunsaku Kudo
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The Beast to Die
Kunihiko Date
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Nettaiya
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Bark at the Sun
Shibata Jun (Jeapan)
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追う男
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The Family Game
Yoshimoto
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Proof of the Man
Detective Munesue

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