Known for Acting
Yoji Matsuda (松田 洋治, Matsuda Yōji, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University. After studying at Aoyama Gakuin High School, he dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University's Faculty of Letters and Department of Education. Among his classmates is a member of the Diet and the House of Councilors Renhō (his classmate from high school to university). He joined the Himawari Theatre Group at age five and made his child debut in the TV drama Mother's Suzu in 1974. He gained attention as an actor in the 1983 TBS television drama Family Game (as Shigeyuki Numata). He appeared in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984, and, in 1987, portrayed the main character Shuna in Shuna's Journey. In 1997, he voiced Ashitaka in the anime movie Princess Mononoke, and voiced Leonardo DiCaprio's role Jack Dawson in the American film Titanic to raise his profile. In 2006, he taught acting as a lecturer at Tokyo Animation College. He became active around the stage, working with directors such as Yukio Ninagawa and Yoji Aoi. He appeared in the drama From the North Country.
Born
October 19, 1967 (age 58)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
24 films, 10 shows


Character
2021 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.


Ninsho
2017 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
Ninsho becomes a monk, following his mother’s wish who died when he was little. His father devotes his fortune for Ninsho to become a great monk. Ninsho helps with relief effort to save people who suffer from famine and disease. One day, he meets a woman with problems with her legs. She makes a living by begging. Ninsho carries her on his back everyday.


The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.


The Motive
2004 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.


The Hidden Blade
2004 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.


The Stupid Teacher
2000 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.


The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.


The Old Man and the Sea
1999 · 21m
country: Russia
An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.


Princess Mononoke
1997 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.


Scan Doll
1996 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
After running out of hobbies, a wealthy recluse takes to peeping on his neighbors with high-tech hidden cameras. When he crosses paths with the mysterious girl who regularly visits the salaryman next door, the young voyeur’s disaffected curiosity turns into an obsession.


Turning Point
1994 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.


Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · 2h 45m
country: Japan
Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.


Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze
1992 · 54m
country: Japan
A dramatization of veteran actor Ryo Ikebe's essay of the same name about his parents' eccentric marriage.


Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
1990 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
This is a humorous depiction of the escapades between a young lady who is forced into a political marriage and a university student who falls in love with her.


Binetsu MY LOVE
1990 · 1h 27m
country: Japan
Based on the comic book series by Mio Murao.


Dogra Magra
1988 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A young man murders his new bride and goes insane. He wakes in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity.


The Discarnates
1988 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.


The Glorious Asuka Gang!
1988 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is further complicated by the appearance of a mysterious girl named Asuka.


Kyoufu no Yacchan
1987 · 1h 30m
country: Japan


Warriors of the Wind
1984 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.


Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen
1978 · 1h 15m
country: Japan


Blood Type: Blue
1978 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.


Ghost Train
1978 · 1h 24m
country: Japan
After seven people vanish from a train, a bumbling police detective teams up with a female college student to solve the mystery.


Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
1975 · 24m
country: Japan
The Kamen Rider Amazon movie is a theatrical version of episode 16, Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!!, depicting Gengoro Beastman's attempt to execute Garanda's Tokyo Sea of Flame plan.