About

Known credits:
82
Birthday:
1983-05-09
Place of birth:
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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Ryuhei Matsuda

Overview

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
2025 Sai: Disaster Actor N/A
N/A
2025 Sai Actor Shinichiro Kuramoto 69
Fair
2025 Transcending Dimensions Actor Shinno 58
Average
2025 Asura Actor Shizuo Katsumata 72
Good
2025 Tokyo Salad Bowl Actor Ryo Arikino 70
Good
2024 Who Were We? Actor Ao N/A
N/A
2023 Give My Regards to Kenshirō Actor Numakura Koichi 69
Fair
2023 0.5 Man Actor Tachibana Masaharu 71
Good
2023 Ichigeki Actor Shimada Konosuke 58
Average
2022 Uzukawamura Incident Actor Iwamori Akira 69
Fair
2021 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 Actor 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku 70
Good
2021 My Dear Exes Actor Hassaku Tanaka 72
Good
2021 ZOKKI Actor Fujimura 58
Average
2021 Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord Actor Shibata Katsuie 58
Average
2020 The Day of Destruction Actor Mr. Shinno 58
Average
2020 Beneath the Shadow Actor Hiasa Norihiro 58
Average
2019 A Stranger in Shanghai Actor Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 58
Average
2019 歪んだ波紋 Actor N/A
N/A
2019 Wolf's Calling Actor Samurai 58
Average
2018 Weakest Beast Actor Kosei Nemoto 67
Fair
2018 The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan Actor Shoji Segawa 58
Average
2018 Smoking Actor Sakakibara Masayuki 69
Fair
2018 Isle of Dogs Actor Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice) 76
Good
2018 The Scythian Lamb Actor Ichirō Miyakoshi 58
Average
2017 The Last Shot in the Bar Actor Takada 58
Average
2017 Before We Vanish Actor Shinji Kase 59
Average
2017 Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter Actor Zenjiro Ikeda 58
Average
2017 The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue Actor Tomoyuki 59
Average
2017 Quartet Actor Tsukasa Beppu 74
Good
2016 My Uncle Actor Uncle 58
Average
2016 Natsuko Kira Actor Keisuke Takagi 69
Fair
2016 The Magnificent Nine Actor Moku Kayaba 58
Average
2016 The Mohican Comes Home Actor Eikichi Tamura 58
Average
2015 A Farewell to Jinu Actor Takeharu Takami 58
Average
2014 Disconcerto Actor Haruhiko Gyoten 58
Average
2014 The Raid 2 Actor Keiichi 73
Good
2013 My Little Sweet Pea Actor Norio Koiwa 58
Average
2013 Detective in the Bar 2 Actor Takada 58
Average
2013 The Great Passage Actor Mitsuya Majime 60
Fair
2013 Amachan Actor Takuma Mizuguchi 71
Good
2013 Tada's Do-It-All House Actor Gyoten Haruhiko 70
Good
2012 A Chorus of Angels Actor Isamu 58
Average
2012 I'm Flash! Actor Bodyguard 58
Average
2011 Phone Call to the Bar Actor Takada 59
Average
2011 Tada's Do-It-All House Actor Haruhiko Gyoten 58
Average
2010 Boys on the Run Actor Aoyama 58
Average
2009 Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi Actor N/A
N/A
2009 SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda Actor N/A
N/A
2009 Kanikôsen Actor Shinjo 59
Average
2009 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Actor Ikuta 58
Average
2009 The Vulture Actor Osamu Nishino 58
Average
2009 Nobody To Watch Over Me Actor Shogo Mishima 58
Average
2009 Can't Protect Anyone Actor N/A
N/A
2008 Nightmare Detective 2 Actor Kyoichi Kagenuma 59
Average
2008 Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow Actor Yashiro Heita 69
Fair
2007 Life Can Be So Wonderful Actor Shuichi 58
Average
2007 The Suicide Song Actor Riku Nagase 58
Average
2007 Tokyo Serendipity Actor Takashi Ohno 58
Average
2007 The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker Actor Kawasaki 58
Average
2007 The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi Actor Tatsuji 59
Average
2007 Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth Actor Osamu Nishino 70
Good
2007 Nightmare Detective Actor Kyoichi Kagenuma 58
Average
2006 Chosyu Five Actor Yozo Yamao N/A
N/A
2006 Big Bang Love, Juvenile A Actor Jun Ariyoshi 59
Average
2005 Nana Actor Ren Honjou 60
Fair
2005 Demon Pond Actor 59
Average
2005 Rampo Noir Actor Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar") 58
Average
2005 Synesthesia Actor Kaoru Homura 58
Average
2004 Otakus in Love Actor Mon Aoki 58
Average
2004 Izo Actor His Highness 59
Average
2004 Cutie Honey Actor NSA Client 59
Average
2003 Karaoke Terror Actor Ishihara 58
Average
2003 Happiness in August Actor N/A
N/A
2003 9 Souls Actor Michiru Kaneko 59
Average
2003 Age 17 Actor Book Boy N/A
N/A
2003 Collage of Our Lives Actor Masato Segawa 59
Average
2001 Making of Blue Spring Actor self N/A
N/A
2001 Blue Spring Actor Kujo 60
Fair
2001 Run Ichiro Run Actor Ryu Mochizuki 58
Average
2001 Love Ghost Actor Shibayama Ryuske 58
Average
2000 The 300 million yen robbery Actor N/A
N/A
1999 Taboo Actor Sozaburo Kano 59
Average