Yutaka Matsushige

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

Yutaka Matsushige
Matsushige in Beijing, China, in 2019
Born	(1963-01-19) January 19, 1963 (age 61) Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

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

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
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
	Monday	Masaki Kubo
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
	The Lone Scalpel
2011	Phone Call to the Bar
2012	Outrage Beyond	Shigeta
2013	Real
	The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
	Detective in the Bar
2014	Seven Weeks	Haruhiko Suzuki		[6]
2015	Miss Hokusai	Hokusai (voice)
	Maestro!
2016	Good Morning Show
	Lost and Found
	Museum	Kozo Sekihata
2017	Outrage Coda	Detective Shigeta
	The Last Shot in the Bar
2018	Killing for the Prosecution	Suwabe
	Dynamite Graffiti	Detective Morohashi
	Love At Least	Isoyama
	Cafe Funiculi Funicula
	Flea-picking Samurai
2019	Samurai Shifters
	Kono Michi	Tekkan Yosano
	The Hikita's Are Expecting!	Kunio Hikita	Lead role	[7]
2020	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Tomita
	Good-Bye
	Our 30-Minute Sessions	Fujio Yoshii
	The Voice of Sin	Yōsuke Mizushima
	Independence of Japan	Fumimaro Konoe
2021	What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?	Akira Gotō
	The Supporting Actors: The Movie	Himself
	Inu-Oh	Tomona's Father (voice)		[8]
2022	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero	Tanba		[9]
	What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?	Noboru Yamikumo		[10]
	The Last 10 Years	Matsuri's father		[11]
	Tsuyukusa	Gorō Shinoda		[12]
	Drive into Night	Kim		[13]
2023	Familia	Aoki		[14]
	Dreaming in Between	Ishida		[15]
2024	18×2 Beyond Youthful Days	Nakazato	Taiwanese-Japanese film	[16]
	Last Mile	Yasuo Kamikura		[17]
	Cloud			[18]
	Faceless			[19]
2025	The Solitary Gourmet	Gorō Inogashira	Lead role and director	[20]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1997	Mōri Motonari	Kikkawa Motoharu	Taiga drama	[21]
2001	Hojo Tokimune	Sha Taro	Taiga drama
2012–2022	Solitary Gourmet	Gorō Inogashira	Lead role; 10 seasons
2013	Yae's Sakura	Yamamoto Gonpachi	Taiga drama	[22]
2014	Ashita, Mama ga Inai	Kawashima
	Shinigami-kun	Shunin
	Hero	Kenzaburō Kawajiri	Season 2
	Zainin no Uso	Kazuya Kamoshita	Miniseries
2015	Dr. Rintarō	Eisuke Hasumi
	Death Note	Sōichirō Yagami
2016	Sleepeeer Hit!	Yasuki Wada		[23]
	Totto TV	Wang-san
	Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05	Yūsuke Yoshinaga	Docudrama
2017	Hagoku	Ōtasaka	Television film
	The Aristocrat Detective	Yamamoto
	Tsuribaka Nisshi	Gorō Inogashira	Season 2
	Akira and Akira	Kōzō Yamazaki
2017–2021	The Supporting Actors	Himself	Lead role; 3 seasons
2018	Unnatural	Yasuo Kamikura		[17]
2019	Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru	Ina Tadatsugu	Miniseries
	Shiroi Kyotō	Professor Ugai	Miniseries
	Idaten	Ryotaro Azuma	Taiga drama	[24]
2020	Ashita no Kazoku	Shunsaku	Television film	[25]
2021	Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses	Ryūmon	Miniseries	[26]
2021–2022	Come Come Everybody	Kyomuzō Ban	Asadora	[27]
2022	A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki		Episode 6	[28]
2023	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Ishikawa Kazumasa	Taiga drama	[29]

Japanese dub

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2016	The Good Dinosaur	Butch	[30]
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Grimmel the Grisly	[31]

References

1. Mark Schilling (17 August 1999). "Aoyama offers a stiff little mystery". The Japan Times.
2. Scott Tobias (April 19, 2002). "Adrenaline Drive - DVD - HomeVideo Review". The A.V. Club.
3. Stephen Holden (6 August 2004). "FILM REVIEW; Asians With Nothing to Lose in Translation". The New York Times.
4. David Rooney (4 September 2012). "Outrage Beyond: Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
5. 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.
6. "野のなななのか". eiga.com. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
7. "松重豊"妊活モノ"で映画初主演！ 北川景子と24歳差夫婦役に". eiga.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
8. "犬王". eiga.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
9. "江口洋介"赤星"再登場、松重豊＆角野卓造ら『コンフィデンスマンJP 英雄編』第1弾キャスト". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
10. "山田涼介主演「大怪獣のあとしまつ」に菊地凛子、二階堂ふみ、染谷将太、松重豊が参加". Natalie. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
11. "「余命10年」に山田裕貴、奈緒、King Gnu井口理、黒木華、松重豊ら出演". Natalie. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
12. "小林聡美主演・松重豊共演、平山秀幸監督の新作映画『ツユクサ』公開決定". Oricon. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
13. "夜を走る". eiga.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
14. "役所広司と吉沢亮が父子に「ファミリア」公開！松重豊、MIYAVI、佐藤浩市ら共演". Natalie. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
15. "逃げきれた夢". eiga.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
16. "青春18×2 君へと続く道". eiga.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
17. "「ラストマイル」に石原さとみ・井浦新らドラマ「アンナチュラル」メンバー集結". Natalie. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
18. "Cloud クラウド". eiga.com. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
19. "正体". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
20. "劇映画 孤独のグルメ". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
21. "毛利元就". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
22. "八重の桜の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
23. TBS drama "Jūhan Shuttai!" (a.k.a. "Sleepeeer Hit!") official website (in Japanese)
24. "19年大河『いだてん』に星野源、松坂桃李、松重豊ら10人出演決定". Oricon. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
25. "宮崎あおい＆永山瑛太＆松坂慶子＆松重豊の織りなす"家族の物語"…新春ドラマ特別企画「あしたの家族」". Cinema Cafe. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
26. "オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮". Natalie. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
27. "「カムカムエヴリバディ」京都編に松重豊、本郷奏多、三浦透子、新川優愛ら11名". Natalie. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
28. "『神木隆之介の撮休』、新たな共演キャストに仲野太賀、井之脇海、松重豊ら". Crank-in!. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
29. "大河ドラマ『どうする家康』"チーム家康"発表 服部半蔵役に山田孝之". Oricon. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
30. "アーロと少年". Fukikaeru. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
31. "ヒックとドラゴン 聖地への冒険". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 8, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Yutaka Matsushige at IMDb
• Yutaka Matsushige at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)