Yusaka Matsuda stars as a seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salary man who leads a double life Read More »
Tag Archives: Yûsaku Matsuda
Detective Story / Tantei monogatari (1983) Kichitarô Negishi
Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week Read More »
The Execution Game (1979) Shokei yugi
Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured Read More »
The Killing Game / Satsujin yugi (1978) Tôru Murakawa, Kei Satô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima
After making a sensational hit, Narumi has gone into hiding for 5 years. Read More »
Yokohama BJ Blues / Yokohama BJ burûsu (1981) Eiichi Kudô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Mari Henmi, Toby Kadoguchi
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game / Mottomo kiken na yuugi (1978) Tôru Murakawa, Yûsaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Ichirô Araki
Assassin Narumi is asked to rescue a kidnapped businessman involved in an air defense project. Read More »
Wuthering Heights (1988) Yoshishige Yoshida, Yûsaku Matsuda, Yûko Tanaka, Rentarô Mikuni
This erotic and violent story taken from Emily Bronte’s classic novel, and Georges Bataille’s analyzes Read More »
The Beast to Die (1980) Tôru Murakawa, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi, Yoshirô Aoki
A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Read More »
Kazoku gêmu / The Family Game (1983) Yoshimitsu Morita, Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Comedy, Drama
A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife Read More »
Kagerô-za / Heat-Haze Theatre (1981) Seijun Suzuki, Yûsaku Matsuda, Michiyo Ohkusu, Mariko Kaga, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Playwright Matsuzaki (Yusaku Matsuda) crosses paths with a beautiful woman on her way to the hospital who tells him a friend is dying. Frightened of a mysterious older woman who sells the fruit of the Chinese Lantern Plant – rumored to be distaff souls – she implores Matsuzaki to accompany her.
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