Real name: 松田優作 (Matsuda Yūsaku)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1997

Yusaku Matsuda (松田優作, Matsuda Yūsaku, September 21, 1949 – November 6, 1989) 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 at 6:45 PM JST on November 6 at the age of 40, at a Tokyo hospital.