Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese actor (born 1963)
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Yutaka Matsushige (松重 豊, Matsushige Yutaka; born 19 January 1963 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese actor.
Yutaka Matsushige | |
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松重 豊 | |
![](#/media/File:Matsushige_Yutaka_from_"The_Solitary_Gourmet"_at_Red_Carpet_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2024_(54578101085).jpg) Matsushige attending the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024 | |
| Born | January 19, 1963 |
| 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]
Since 2012, he has starred in the television drama adaptation of the manga The Solitary Gourmet, and also co-wrote and directed its 2025 feature film version.[6]
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Guard from Underground | |||
| 1995 | A Last Note | Daigoro | ||
| 1998 | Ring | Yoshino | ||
| Spiral | Yoshino | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Bayside Shakedown 3 | Katsushige Mayuta | [7] | ||
| 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 | [8] | |
| 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 | [9] | |
| 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) | [10] | ||
| 2022 | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | Tanba | [11] | |
| What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? | Noboru Yamikumo | [12] | ||
| The Last 10 Years | Matsuri's father | [13] | ||
| Tsuyukusa | Gorō Shinoda | [14] | ||
| Drive into Night | Kim | [15] | ||
| 2023 | Familia | Aoki | [16] | |
| Dreaming in Between | Ishida | [17] | ||
| 2024 | 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days | Nakazato | Taiwanese-Japanese film | [18] |
| Last Mile | Yasuo Kamikura | [19] | ||
| Cloud | [20] | |||
| Faceless | [21] | |||
| 2025 | The Solitary Gourmet | Gorō Inogashira | Lead role and director | [22] |
| Scarlet | Cornelius (voice) | [23] | ||
| 2026 | Bayside Shakedown: N.E.W | Katsushige Mayuta | [24] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Mōri Motonari | Kikkawa Motoharu | Taiga drama | [25] |
| 2001 | Hojo Tokimune | Sha Taro | Taiga drama | [26] |
| 2007 | Byakkotai | Yamamoto Kakuma | Miniseries | [27] |
| 2009–2014 | Midnight Diner | Ryu Kenzaki | 3 seasons | |
| 2012–2022 | Solitary Gourmet | Gorō Inogashira | Lead role; 10 seasons | |
| 2012 | Man of Destiny | Shuichi Tsukasa | [28] | |
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura | Yamamoto Gonpachi | Taiga drama | [29] |
| 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 | [30] | |
| 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 | [19] | |
| 2019 | Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru | Ina Tadatsugu | Miniseries | |
| Shiroi Kyotō | Professor Ugai | Miniseries | ||
| Idaten | Ryotaro Azuma | Taiga drama | [31] | |
| 2020 | Ashita no Kazoku | Shunsaku | Television film | [32] |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Ryūmon | Miniseries | [33] |
| 2021–2022 | Come Come Everybody | Kyomuzō Ban | Asadora | [34] |
| 2022 | A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki | Episode 6 | [35] | |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Ishikawa Kazumasa | Taiga drama | [36] |
| 2025 | K-foodie meets J-foodie | himself | Netflix original food show | [37] |
Japanese dub
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Good Dinosaur | Butch | [38] |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Grimmel the Grisly | [39] |
