Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige
Born	January 19, 1963 Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Yutaka Matsushige (松重 豊 Matsushige Yutaka, born 19 January 1963 in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Matsushige has appeared in the films such as EM Embalming,^[1] Adrenaline Drive,^[2] Last Life in the Universe,^[3] and Outrage Beyond.^[4]

He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Dear Doctor in 2009.^[5]

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
1992	The Guard from Underground
1995	A Last Note	Daigoro
1998	Ring	Yoshino
	Rasen
1999	Adrenaline Drive
	Charisma	Nekoshima
	Godzilla 2000
	EM Embalming	Hiraoka
2000	Eureka	Matsuoka
2001	Minna no Ie	Tall man
	Red Shadow	Kamijou Takatora
	The Princess Blade	Anka
2002	Doing Time	Tall man
2003	Last Life in the Universe	Yukio
	Dragon Head
2004	One Missed Call	Ichiro Fujieda
	Blood and Bones	Nobuyoshi Ko
	Lady Joker	Nishimura
2005	Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers	Ramen Chef
	Shinobi: Heart Under Blade	Hattori Hanzō
2006	Rough	Ami's father
	Sun Scarred	Katsuya Ozaki
2007	Like a Dragon	Makoto Date
	The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia	Mashima
	Sukiyaki Western Django	Toshio
	Adrift in Tokyo	Tomobe
	Crows Zero	Ushiyama
2008	Tokyo!
	K-20: Legend of the Mask
2009	Crows Zero 2	Ushiyama
	Dear Doctor
2010	Hanamizuki
2011	Tantei wa Bar ni Iru
2012	Outrage Beyond	Shigeta
2013	Real
	The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
2015	Miss Hokusai	Hokusai (voice)
	Death Note (2015 TV series)	Soichiro Yagami
2016	Good Morning Show
	Hoshigaoka Wonderland

Television

Year	Title	Role
1997	Mōri Motonari	Kikkawa Motoharu
2012	Kodoku no Gourmet	Gorō Inogashira
2013	Yae no Sakura	Yamamoto Gonpachi
2014	Ashita, Mama ga Inai	Kawashima
	Shinigami-kun	Shunin
	Hero	Kenzaburō Kawajiri
	Zainin no Uso	Kazuya Kamoshita
2015	Dr.Rintarō	Eisuke Hasumi
	Death Note	Sōichirō Yagami
2016	Totto TV	Wang-san
References Mark Schilling (17 August 1999). "Aoyama offers a stiff little mystery". The Japan Times. Scott Tobias (April 19, 2002). "Adrenaline Drive - DVD - HomeVideo Review". The A.V. Club. Stephen Holden (6 August 2004). "FILM REVIEW; Asians With Nothing to Lose in Translation". The New York Times. David Rooney (4 September 2012). "Outrage Beyond: Venice Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 第３１回ヨコハマ映画祭 ２００９年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 13 December 2010. External links Official website Yutaka Matsushige at the Internet Movie Database Yutaka Matsushige at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)