YUSAKU MATSUDA

'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 is survived by his wife and three young children(include Ryuhei And Shota) . He was buried in Nishitama cemetery, Akiruno, Tokyo (Article in Japanese)).

Contents

Timeline

Appearances

Television

Film

Family

Character (that makes him model)

Honours

External links

Timeline

★ 1949

★ 1983

★ 1985

★ 1989

Appearances

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

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

Family

★ First Son: Matsuda Ryuhei 松田龍平

★ Second Son: Matsuda Shota 松田翔太

Character (that makes him model)

"'Aokiji'", the role of an enemy in "One Piece" (comics).
"'Yagyu Jubei (柳生十兵衛)'", the protagonist in "" (video game).
"'Spike Spiegel'", the main character in the series "Cowboy Bebop"
"'Jinpei Matsuda'", a detective from the manga and anime "Case Closed"

Honours

The asteroid 79333 Yusaku was named in his honour on 1 June 2007.

External links

★ Article about Matsuda's works and legacy

★ Official Website of Yusaku Matsuda (in Japanese)

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