Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Born 1983-05-09 (age 43) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs

2018

as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)

The Raid 2
The Raid 2

2014

as Keiichi

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Blue Spring
Blue Spring

2001

as Kujo

Taboo
Taboo

1999

as Sozaburo Kano

Izo
Izo

2004

as His Highness

Before We Vanish
Before We Vanish

2017

as Shinji Kase

Nana
Nana

2005

as Ren Honjou

I'm Flash!
I'm Flash!

2012

as Bodyguard

The Scythian Lamb
The Scythian Lamb

2018

as Ichirō Miyakoshi

Cutie Honey
Cutie Honey

2004

as NSA Client

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Unreachable
The Great Passage
The Great Passage

2013

as Mitsuya Majime

Rampo Noir
Rampo Noir

2005

as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")

The Magnificent Nine
The Magnificent Nine

2016

as Moku Kayaba

Tada's Do-It-All House
Tada's Do-It-All House

2011

as Haruhiko Gyoten

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror

2003

as Ishihara