Yusaku Matsuda
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Yusaku Matsuda (Japanese: 松田 優作, Matsuda Yūsaku) (born September 21, 1949, died November 6, 1989) was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki city in Yamaguchi Prefecture. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.
He became an actor when he was 23 as a rookie police officer, the "Jeans Detective", for a TV show called "Taiyō ni hoero!" (Bark at the sun) in Japan. Apart from this role, his other defining role on television was in "Tantei Monogatari" (detective story), in which he starred as an incompetent private detective. He featured in many other TV shows and movies. 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 (including Ryuhei And Shota, both of whom became actors). He was buried in Nishitama cemetery, Akiruno, Tokyo (Article in Japanese)).
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Television
- Taiyō ni hoero!
- Akai meiro
- Oretachi no kunsyo
- Daitokai (Guest)
- Saraba Ronin (Guest)
- Daitokai PART Ⅱ
- Daitsuiseki (Guest)
- Ameyukisan
- Tantei Monogatari
- Haru ga kita
- Shi no dangai
- Shin・Jiken Dr.stop
- Home sweet home (Guest)
- Anchan (Guest)
- Nettai ya
- Dansen
- Shin・Yumechiyo nikki
- Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
- Ou otoko
- Sakurako wa warau
- Karei naru tsuiseki
[edit] Film
- Ookami no monsyo
- Abayo dachi kou
- Tomodachi (film)
- Ryoma ansatsu
- Bouryoku kyoushitsu
- Hito goroshi
- Ningen no syomei
- Mottomo kiken na yugi
- Satsujin yugi
- Midare karakuri
- Oretachi ni haka wa nai
- Yomigaeru kinrou
- Syokei yugi
- Yaju shisu beshi
- Bara no hyouteki (Guest)
- Rape hunter nerawareta onna (Guest)
- Yokohama bj blues
- Kagerou za
- The Family Game:Kazoku Game
- Tantei Monogatari
- Sorekara
- A homansu
- Wuthering Heights:Arashi ga oka
- Han no ran
- Black Rain
[edit] Characters modeled after him
"Aokiji", the role of an enemy in "One Piece" (comics).
"Yagyu Jubei (柳生十兵衛)", the protagonist in "Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny" (video game).
"Spike Spiegel", the main character in the series "Cowboy Bebop"
"Jinpei Matsuda", a detective from the manga and anime "Case Closed"
[edit] Honours
The asteroid 79333 Yusaku was named in his honour on 1 June 2007.
