Biography
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Ryuhei Matsuda (松田龍平, Matsuda Ryuhei) (b. May 9, 1983) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his lead role as a samurai in Taboo.
Matsuda is the son of Yusaku Matsuda (Tanteoi Monogatari ), an actor who died at a young age, and Miyuki Matsuda (Audition ). He has followed in his parent's footsteps by becoming an actor himself.
Matsuda lost his father when he was six. When he was fifteen, he was approached by Nagisa Oshima to act in a controversial samurai movie titled ‘Gohatto’. At first, he turned down the role when he learned it was a gay samurai. He later changed his mind, and trained in kendo for two months in preperation.
After his success in ‘Gohatto’, Matsuda switched gears to play a student in ‘Blue Spring’. He has starred in many movies since.
Real name: Matsuda Ryuhei
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: Japanese. He is from Tokyo Metropolis
Height: 183 cm (6' 0)
Weight: 63 kg
Birthday: May 9, 1983. the Taurus
Blood type: Type B
Partial filmography
Movies:
Gohatto (Taboo (1999 film) (director Nagisa Oshima, 1999)
Shibito no koiwazurai(Kazuyuki Sibuya, 2001)
Hashire! Ichiro (Kazuki Omori, 2001)
Aoi Haru (Blue spring) (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2002)
Collage of Our Life (Yukihiko Tsutsumi, 2003)
17 sai (Seventeen) (Houka Kinoshita, 2003)
9 souls (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2003)
Hachigatsu no kariyushi (Iwao Takahashi, 2003)
Showa kayo daizenshu (Tetsuo Shinohara, 2003)
Cutie Honey (Hideaki Anno, 2004)
IZO (Takasshi Miike, 2004)
Koi no Mon (Suzuki Matsuo, 2004 )
夜叉ヶ池 (Miike Takashi, 2004)
NANA (Nana (manga) (Tentaro Otani, 2005)
Gimme Heaven (Tororu Matsuura, 2005)
Ranpo Jigoku 2005
46億年の恋 (Big Bang Love: Juvenile A) (Miike Takashi, 2006)
長州ファイブ (Takumi Igarashi, 2006)
Dramas:
San oku-yen jiken Fuji TV, 2000
Prize
GOHATTO:
-The 42nd Blue ribbon Award /newcomer prize.
-The 37th Golden arrow Award/ movie newcomer prize.
-The 23rd Japanese Academy Award /newcomer prize.
-The 9th movie critic prize /newcomer prize.
-The 74th Cinema junpo the best 10/ newcomer prize.
-The 55th Mainichi film compettition/ newcomer prize.
-The 22th Yokohama Film festival/ newcomer prize.
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