Ryuhei Matsuda

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-05-09 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Ryuhei Matsuda

Biography

Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana. At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Festival" Awards for the "Best New Actor". Since appearing in Taboo, 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. In February 2013, it was revealed that Matsuda would play the part of a Japanese gangster in the sequel to the 2012 Indonesian film The Raid, named Berandal. In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.

Known For

  • Amachan

    Amachan

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • The Raid 2

    The Raid 2

  • Tokyo Serendipity

    Tokyo Serendipity

  • Transcending Dimensions

    Transcending Dimensions

  • The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

    The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

  • My Dear Exes

    My Dear Exes

  • Izo

    Izo

  • Sai: Disaster

    Sai: Disaster

  • Nobody To Watch Over Me

    Nobody To Watch Over Me

  • Cutie Honey

    Cutie Honey

  • Taboo

    Taboo

  • A Chorus of Angels

    A Chorus of Angels

  • Life Can Be So Wonderful

    Life Can Be So Wonderful

  • Disconcerto

    Disconcerto

  • Boys on the Run

    Boys on the Run

  • Nana

    Nana

  • The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

  • My Uncle

    My Uncle

  • The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

    The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

  • Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

  • The Great Passage

    The Great Passage

  • Before We Vanish

    Before We Vanish

  • Demon Pond

    Demon Pond

  • My Little Sweet Pea

    My Little Sweet Pea

  • The Magnificent Nine

    The Magnificent Nine

  • Otakus in Love

    Otakus in Love

  • The Day of Destruction

    The Day of Destruction

  • Ichigeki

    Ichigeki

  • 9 Souls

    9 Souls

  • Love Ghost

    Love Ghost

  • The Vulture

    The Vulture

  • A Farewell to Jinu

    A Farewell to Jinu

  • A Stranger in Shanghai

    A Stranger in Shanghai

  • Synesthesia

    Synesthesia

  • The Mohican Comes Home

    The Mohican Comes Home

  • Blue Spring

    Blue Spring

  • Asura

    Asura

  • The Scythian Lamb

    The Scythian Lamb

  • Collage of Our Lives

    Collage of Our Lives

  • Who Were We?

    Who Were We?

  • Kanikôsen

    Kanikôsen

  • Nightmare Detective

    Nightmare Detective

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Rampo Noir

    Rampo Noir

  • Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord

    Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord

  • Nightmare Detective 2

    Nightmare Detective 2

  • Beneath the Shadow

    Beneath the Shadow

  • Run Ichiro Run

    Run Ichiro Run

  • The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

  • Age 17

    Age 17

  • Chosyu Five

    Chosyu Five

  • ZOKKI

    ZOKKI

  • The Suicide Song

    The Suicide Song

  • Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • Wolf's Calling

    Wolf's Calling

  • Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

    Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

  • Can't Protect Anyone

    Can't Protect Anyone

  • Detective in the Bar 2

    Detective in the Bar 2

  • The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

    The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

  • Tokyo Salad Bowl

    Tokyo Salad Bowl

  • The Last Shot in the Bar

    The Last Shot in the Bar

  • Uzukawamura Incident

    Uzukawamura Incident

  • Smoking

    Smoking

  • 0.5 Man

    0.5 Man

  • Natsuko Kira

    Natsuko Kira

  • Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

    Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

  • Weakest Beast

    Weakest Beast

  • Give My Regards to Kenshirō

    Give My Regards to Kenshirō

  • Sai

    Sai

  • Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow

    Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow

  • I'm Flash!

    I'm Flash!

  • チェインストーリー 大豆田とわ子を知らない三人の男たち

    チェインストーリー 大豆田とわ子を知らない三人の男たち

  • 歪んだ波紋

    歪んだ波紋

  • Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

  • Phone Call to the Bar

    Phone Call to the Bar

  • Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

    Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

  • Happiness in August

    Happiness in August

  • SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

    SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

  • The 300 million yen robbery

    The 300 million yen robbery