Deceased

How Did Yūsaku Matsuda Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 40

Also known asYusaku Matsuda, Yūsaku MatsudaGenderMaleNationalityJapanBorn21/09/1949Born inShimonoseki, Yamaguchi, JapanDied06/11/1989 (aged 40)Died inMusashinoCausebladder cancerWikidataQ1344415 ↗TMDb#34689 ↗

Yūsaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. In Japan, he was best known for roles in action films and a variety of television series in the 1970s as well as a switch to a wider range of roles in the 1980s. His final film appearance was as the villain Sato in Ridley Scott's Black Rain. He died in 1989 at the age of 40.

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Filmography35 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1989	Black RainMovie	Sato	40
1989	The ChaserMovie	Naoya Kaneshiro	40
1988	Wuthering HeightsMovie	Onimaru	39
1988	A Chaos of FlowersMovie	Takeo Arishima	39
1986	A HomanceMovie	Kaze	37
1985	And ThenMovie	Daisuke Nagai	36
1983	Detective StoryMovie	Shuichi Tsujiyama	34
1983	The Family GameMovie	Sho Yoshimoto	34
1983	DansenMovie	Mitsuo Tajima aka Goro Tomonaga	34
1983	NettaiyaSeries	—	34
1982	Shi no dangaiMovie	—	33
1981	Yokohama BJ BluesMovie	BJ	32
1981	Kagero-zaMovie	Shungo Matsuzaki	32
1980	Zoku zoku jikenSeries	—	31
1980	Rape Hunter: Target WomanMovie	Insurance Salesman	31
1980	The Beast to DieMovie	Kunihiko Date	31
1980	TargetMovie	Yûsaku Matsuda	31
1979	The Resurrection of the Golden WolfMovie	Tetsuya Asakura	30
1979	The Execution GameMovie	Shohei Narumi	30
1979	No Grave for UsMovie	Katsuo Shima	30
1979	Detective StorySeries	Shunsaku Kudo	30
1979	Murder in the Doll HouseMovie	Toshio Katsu	30
1979	Ameyuki-sanMovie	Shinzaburō	30
1978	The Most Dangerous GameMovie	Shouhei Narumi	29
1978	The Killing GameMovie	Shohei Narumi	29
1977	Proof of the ManMovie	Detective Munesue	28
1977	Fushoku no kōzōSeries	Omachi Shinichi	28
1976	Big City: Days of StruggleSeries	—	27
1976	The Classroom of TerrorMovie	—	27
1974	The Assassination of RyomaMovie	Yûta	25
1974	The Four RoughnecksMovie	—	25
1974	TomodachiMovie	—	25
1973	Horror of the WolfMovie	Dō Haguro	24
1972	Bark at the SunSeries	Shibata Jun (Jeapan)	23
1969	Judo IcchokusenSeries	青叶中学柔道部员	20