Ryuhei Matsuda
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is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in Japanese films such as Taboo
and Nana
.
, a Japanese
actor, and Miyuki Matsuda
(née
Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two siblings, one of whom is Japanese actor Shota Matsuda
. His father died from bladder cancer
in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old. He attended Horikoshi High School, a Japanese high school that caters to celebrity students, but did not graduate.
Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima
's 1999 film Gohatto. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star.
Since appearing in Gohatto, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film Blue Spring
to the rock star Ren Honjo in the 2005 film Nana
.
Taboo (1999 film)
is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It shows life in a samurai training school during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century, specifically concentrating on the issue of homosexuality in the shudō tradition in the partially-closed environment.-Plot...
and Nana
Nana (2005 film)
Nana is a 2005 Japanese film adaption of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarō Ōtani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....
.
Early life
Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo to Yusaku MatsudaYusaku Matsuda
was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi to a Zainichi Korean mother. His father is not known. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.-Career:...
, a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
actor, and Miyuki Matsuda
Miyuki Matsuda
is a Japanese actress and the widow of Yusaku Matsuda.She starred as Ryo Ishibashi's dead wife and the sister of Mami Kumagai in the movie Audition...
(née
NEE
NEE is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.The NEE party was founded in 2005 in Antwerp...
Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two siblings, one of whom is Japanese actor Shota Matsuda
Shota Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda and Miyuki Matsuda, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.Matsuda has...
. His father died from bladder cancer
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer is any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine; it is located in the pelvis...
in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old. He attended Horikoshi High School, a Japanese high school that caters to celebrity students, but did not graduate.
Career
At the age of 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samuraiSamurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Oshima
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature A Town of Love and Hope in 1959....
's 1999 film Gohatto. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star.
Since appearing in Gohatto, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film Blue Spring
Blue Spring (film)
is a Japanese film directed by Toshiyaki Toyada, released in 2001. It is based on a manga by Taiyō Matsumoto. The Japanese title can be translated as "blue spring", or as "inexperienced years", i.e., teenage.-Plot:...
to the rock star Ren Honjo in the 2005 film Nana
Nana (2005 film)
Nana is a 2005 Japanese film adaption of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarō Ōtani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....
.
Personal life
On 11 January 2009, Matsuda married , a Russian-Japanese model. Their first child, a baby girl, was born on 4 July 2009.Films
- TabooTaboo (1999 film)is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It shows life in a samurai training school during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century, specifically concentrating on the issue of homosexuality in the shudō tradition in the partially-closed environment.-Plot...
(Gohatto) (1999) - Shibito no Koiwazurai (2001)
- Hashire! Ichiro (2001)
- Blue SpringBlue Spring (film)is a Japanese film directed by Toshiyaki Toyada, released in 2001. It is based on a manga by Taiyō Matsumoto. The Japanese title can be translated as "blue spring", or as "inexperienced years", i.e., teenage.-Plot:...
(2002) - Collage of Our Life (Renai Shashin) (2003)
- 17 Sai (2003)
- 9 Souls (2003)
- Hachigatsu no kariyushi (2003)
- Showa Kayo Daizenshu (2003)
- Cutie HoneyCutie Honey (film)is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu film adaptation, produced by Gainax, of the 1970s manga and anime series Cutie Honey.The film stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the hyperactive Honey. Directed by Hideaki Anno, the film loosely retells the classic story of Cutie Honey's battle to defend...
(2004) - IzoIzoIZO is a 2004 Japanese film, directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada , the historical samurai and assassin in 19th century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa....
(2004) - Koi no Mon (2004)
- Yasha no Ike (2004)
- NanaNana (2005 film)Nana is a 2005 Japanese film adaption of the manga by Ai Yazawa, directed by Kentarō Ōtani. The film was released on September 3, 2005. It stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi ....
(2005) - Gimmy Heaven (2005)
- Ranpo Jigoku (2005)
- Big Bang Love, Juvenile ABig Bang Love, Juvenile ABig Bang Love, Juvenile A is a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike.-Plot:An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. The story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case...
(2006) - Nightmare DetectiveNightmare Detectiveis a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Ando and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo.Nightmare...
(2006) - Chosyu Five (2006)
- Sekai ha Tokidoki Utsukushii (2007)
- Purukogi (2007)
- Koisuru Madori (2007)
- Ahiru Kamo (2007)
- Densen UtaDensen Utais a 2007 Japanese satiric Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by Masato Harada.- Synopsis :Anzu Natsuno , an ordinary student at an all-girls high school, is walking in the hallway when she is attracted by a mysterious melody coming from the auditorium...
(2007) - Nightmare Detective 2Nightmare Detective 2is a 2008 Japanese horror film and sequel, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, to the 2007 film Nightmare Detective, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as Kyoichi Kaganuma.-Plot:...
(2008) - Tsurugidake: Ten no Ki (2009)
- The Cannery Ship (Kanikosen) (2009)
- Hagetaka: The Movie (The Vulture) (2009)
TV dramas
- San Oku-Yen Jiken (2000)
- Hagetaka (2007)
- Ashita no Kita Yoshio (2008)