Ryuhei Matsuda
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.9141 |
| Birthday | 1983-05-09 |
| Place of Birth | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | 松田龙平, Ryûhei Matsuda, ریوهی ماتسودا, ریوهای ماتسودا, |
2004
Cutie Honey
6.3/90
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Me...
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Cutie Honey
1999
Taboo
6.573/124
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interperso...
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Taboo
2007
The Suicide Song
5.2/4
Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea...
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The Suicide Song
2023
Ichigeki
6/2
The drama depicts the exploits of the “Ichigeki Hishikkitai”, a special combat unit formed by farmers to deal with the "Imperial Robbers" and the "Imp...
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Ichigeki
2005
Demon Pond
6.6/5
The modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken...
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Demon Pond
2004
Izo
6.118/102
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Inst...
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Izo
2001
Blue Spring
7.153/108
Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desp...
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Blue Spring
2024
Who Were We?
2/1
On Sado Island, Kii works as a cleaner at a gold mine. One day, she finds a collapsed woman in the facility and takes the woman to her home. The woman...
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Who Were We?
2005
Nana
6.7/106
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Desp...
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Nana
2007
Nightmare Detective
6/82
When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.
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Nightmare Detective
2003
Karaoke Terror
5.923/13
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and...
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Karaoke Terror
2010
Boys on the Run
5/14
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
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Boys on the Run
2011
Phone Call to the Bar
7.2/16
In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite...
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Phone Call to the Bar
2008
Nightmare Detective 2
6/35
A story of the unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave victims psychologically devastated.
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Nightmare Detective 2
2006
Chosyu Five
6/1
Fictionalised account of the story of the he Chōshū Five (長州五傑 Chōshū Goketsu) who travelled to and studied in Britain in 1863 while Japan was sti...
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Chosyu Five
2005
Synesthesia
4.75/4
Shin is a professional voyeur who provides live camera feeds of everything from the street corner to the public toilet. He is also afflicted freakish...
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Synesthesia
2003
Collage of Our Lives
6.167/12
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumor...
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Collage of Our Lives
2007
Tokyo Serendipity
5.9/11
Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbo...
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Tokyo Serendipity
2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
6.4/9
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2012
I'm Flash!
6.3/11
Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a ca...
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I'm Flash!
2013
The Great Passage
7.2/61
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage....
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The Great Passage
2012
A Chorus of Angels
7/14
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later fo...
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A Chorus of Angels
2013
Detective in the Bar
7.7/10
A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for in...
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Detective in the Bar
2009
Nobody To Watch Over Me
6.1/10
A 15-year-old girl forced into police protection to escape from the journalistic hordes after her brother is arrested for murder.
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Nobody To Watch Over Me
2014
The Raid 2
7.607/2563
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goe...
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The Raid 2
2011
Tada's Do-It-All House
6.5/21
In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both...
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Tada's Do-It-All House
2013
My Little Sweet Pea
6.2/10
It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes w...
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My Little Sweet Pea
2007
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
6.8/20
A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl...
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The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2014
Disconcerto
6.4/7
Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school cl...
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Disconcerto
2025
Transcending Dimensions
7.8/5
Rosuke, a monk, has gone missing. His lover, Nonoka, takes the assassin Shinno to a religious facility in search of Rosuke. There, they meet a sorcere...
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Transcending Dimensions
2009
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
0/0
Army surveying team attempted to scale Mount Tsurugi, a peak never before reached by humans, in order to map Japan. This behind-the-scenes documentary...
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Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2003
9 Souls
6.462/52
After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner...
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9 Souls
2009
Kanikôsen
6.2/6
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not co...
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Kanikôsen
2001
Run Ichiro Run
8.5/2
Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the peopl...
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Run Ichiro Run
2005
Rampo Noir
5.8/35
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
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Rampo Noir
2001
Love Ghost
6/11
Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there....
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Love Ghost
2003
Age 17
0/0
Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, sh...
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Age 17
2003
Happiness in August
0/0
Teru, a 17-year-old high school student, goes to live at a relative's house in Okinawa after the death of his mother. He becomes aware of a mysterious...
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Happiness in August
2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
7/2
Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.
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Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
5.5/2
Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly s...
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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2009
The Vulture
8/2
A Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Jap...
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The Vulture
2000
The 300 million yen robbery
0/0
The 300 million yen robbery (San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or incident,was the single largest heist in Japanese history...
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The 300 million yen robbery
2021
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
8/3
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, no...
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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2015
A Farewell to Jinu
5.8/8
Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a...
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A Farewell to Jinu
2004
Otakus in Love
6/9
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
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Otakus in Love
2009
Can't Protect Anyone
0/0
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Can't Protect Anyone
2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
0/0
Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yus...
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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2016
The Mohican Comes Home
5.9/14
Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to...
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The Mohican Comes Home
2016
The Magnificent Nine
5.5/13
Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future o...
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The Magnificent Nine
2018
The Scythian Lamb
6.1/21
Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town Uobuka, where 6 former criminals were sent to live there by...
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The Scythian Lamb
2017
Before We Vanish
6.48/98
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally...
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Before We Vanish
2016
My Uncle
6.4/7
Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy part-time at an university. His uncle leeches off his family....
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My Uncle
2017
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
6.8/25
Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction...
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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
7/5
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tou...
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2017
The Last Shot in the Bar
7.6/8
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
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The Last Shot in the Bar
2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
8.1/10
Oei, later known as Katsushika Oi, was born the third daughter of Edo’s talented painter Katsushika Hokusai and his second wife Koto. Although Oei bec...
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Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2018
Isle of Dogs
7.847/5367
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must...
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Isle of Dogs
2019
Beneath the Shadow
5.5/11
From coworkers to close friends, Konno and Hiasa drift apart. When Hiasa goes missing, Konno must face what he didn’t say in time.
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Beneath the Shadow
2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
6.427/55
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, th...
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2020
The Day of Destruction
5.5/20
Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a plague spread through the small town, and people ex...
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The Day of Destruction
2019
Wolf's Calling
6.6/6
A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai (a stellar cast of actors joined by the 20-perso...
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Wolf's Calling
2019
A Stranger in Shanghai
8.5/4
China is tumultuous in 1921 when the famed Japanese author of "Rashōmon", Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, visits Shanghai as a correspondent. Here he encounters...
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A Stranger in Shanghai
2021
ZOKKI
7.3/7
Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' dai...
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ZOKKI
2026
Sai: Disaster
7/2
Four people lead ordinary lives in different places, their paths never crossing. A mysterious man appears in each story, always as someone else. One m...
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Sai: Disaster
2025
Unreachable
8.545/11
Three young women live together in an old house in a corner of Tokyo. They are not related by blood, but they have been bound together by a strong bon...
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Unreachable
2009
大パルコ人①メカロックオペラ「R2C2～サイボーグなのでバンド辞めます！～」
0/0
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2026
BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる
0/0
In a changing Sapporo, a detective and his eccentric partner continue solving cases while struggling to adapt to a modernizing world.
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