# Yutaka Matsushige

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

## Career

Matsushige has appeared in the films such as EM Embalming, Adrenaline Drive, Last Life in the Universe, and Outrage Beyond.
He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Dear Doctor in 2009.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | The Guard from Underground | | |
| 1995 | A Last Note | Daigoro | |
| 1998 | Ring | Yoshino | |
| 1998 | Rasen | Yoshino | |
| 1999 | Adrenaline Drive | | |
| 1999 | Charisma | Nekoshima | |
| 1999 | Godzilla 2000 | | |
| 1999 | EM Embalming | Hiraoka | |
| 2000 | Eureka | Matsuoka | |
| 2000 | Monday | Masaki Kubo | |
| 2001 | Minna no Ie | Tall man | |
| 2001 | Red Shadow | Kamijou Takatora | |
| 2001 | The Princess Blade | Anka | |
| 2002 | Doing Time | Tall man | |
| 2003 | Last Life in the Universe | Yukio | |
| 2003 | Dragon Head | | |
| 2004 | One Missed Call | Ichiro Fujieda | |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones | Nobuyoshi Ko | |
| 2004 | Lady Joker | Nishimura | |
| 2005 | Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers | Ramen Chef | |
| 2005 | Shinobi: Heart Under Blade | Hattori Hanzō | |
| 2006 | Rough | Ami's father | |
| 2006 | Sun Scarred | Katsuya Ozaki | |
| 2007 | Like a Dragon | Makoto Date | |
| 2007 | The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia | Mashima | |
| 2007 | Sukiyaki Western Django | Toshio | |
| 2007 | Adrift in Tokyo | Tomobe | |
| 2007 | Crows Zero | Ushiyama | |
| 2008 | Tokyo! | | |
| 2008 | K-20: Legend of the Mask | | |
| 2009 | Crows Zero 2 | Ushiyama | |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor | | |
| 2010 | Hanamizuki | | |
| 2010 | The Lone Scalpel | | |
| 2011 | Phone Call to the Bar | | |
| 2012 | Outrage Beyond | Shigeta | |
| 2013 | Real | | |
| 2013 | The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai | | |
| 2013 | Detective in the Bar | | |
| 2014 | Seven Weeks | Haruhiko Suzuki | |
| 2015 | Miss Hokusai | Hokusai (voice) | |
| 2015 | Maestro! | | |
| 2016 | Good Morning Show | | |
| 2016 | Lost and Found | | |
| 2016 | Museum | Kozo Sekihata | |
| 2017 | Outrage Coda | Detective Shigeta | |
| 2017 | The Last Shot in the Bar | | |
| 2018 | Killing for the Prosecution | Suwabe | |
| 2018 | Dynamite Graffiti | Detective Morohashi | |
| 2018 | Love At Least | Isoyama | |
| 2018 | Cafe Funiculi Funicula | | |
| 2018 | Flea-picking Samurai | | |
| 2019 | Samurai Shifters | | |
| 2019 | Kono Michi | Tekkan Yosano | |
| 2019 | The Hikita's Are Expecting! | Kunio Hikita | Lead role |
| 2020 | Threads: Our Tapestry of Love | Tomita | |
| 2020 | Good-Bye | | |
| 2020 | Our 30-Minute Sessions | Fujio Yoshii | |
| 2020 | The Voice of Sin | Yōsuke Mizushima | |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan | Fumimaro Konoe | |
| 2021 | What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? | Akira Gotō | |
| 2021 | The Supporting Actors: The Movie | Himself | |
| 2021 | Inu-Oh | Tomona's Father (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | Tanba | |
| 2022 | What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? | Noboru Yamikumo | |
| 2022 | The Last 10 Years | Matsuri's father | |
| 2022 | Tsuyukusa | Gorō Shinoda | |
| 2022 | Drive into Night | Kim | |
| 2023 | Familia | Aoki | |
| 2023 | Dreaming in Between | Ishida | |
| 2024 | 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days | Nakazato | Taiwanese-Japanese film |
| 2024 | Last Mile | Yasuo Kamikura | |
| 2024 | Cloud | | |
| 2024 | Faceless | | |
| 2025 | The Solitary Gourmet | Gorō Inogashira | Lead role and director |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Mōri Motonari | Kikkawa Motoharu | Taiga drama |
| 2001 | Hojo Tokimune | Sha Taro | Taiga drama |
| 2012–2022 | Solitary Gourmet | Gorō Inogashira | Lead role; 10 seasons |
| 2012 | Man of Destiny | Shuichi Tsukasa | |
| 2013 | Yae's Sakura | Yamamoto Gonpachi | Taiga drama |
| 2014 | Ashita, Mama ga Inai | Kawashima | |
| 2014 | Shinigami-kun | Shunin | |
| 2014 | Hero | Kenzaburō Kawajiri | Season 2 |
| 2014 | Zainin no Uso | Kazuya Kamoshita | Miniseries |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintarō | Eisuke Hasumi | |
| 2015 | Death Note | Sōichirō Yagami | |
| 2016 | Sleepeeer Hit! | Yasuki Wada | |
| 2016 | Totto TV | Wang-san | |
| 2016 | Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05 | Yūsuke Yoshinaga | Docudrama |
| 2017 | Hagoku | Ōtasaka | Television film |
| 2017 | The Aristocrat Detective | Yamamoto | |
| 2017 | Tsuribaka Nisshi | Gorō Inogashira | Season 2 |
| 2017 | Akira and Akira | Kōzō Yamazaki | |
| 2017–2021 | The Supporting Actors | Himself | Lead role; 3 seasons |
| 2018 | Unnatural | Yasuo Kamikura | |
| 2019 | Ieyasu, Edo wo Tateru | Ina Tadatsugu | Miniseries |
| 2019 | Shiroi Kyotō | Professor Ugai | Miniseries |
| 2019 | Idaten | Ryotaro Azuma | Taiga drama |
| 2020 | Ashita no Kazoku | Shunsaku | Television film |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Ryūmon | Miniseries |
| 2021–2022 | Come Come Everybody | Kyomuzō Ban | Asadora |
| 2022 | A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki | | Episode 6 |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Ishikawa Kazumasa | Taiga drama |
| 2025 | K-foodie meets J-foodie | himself | Netflix original food show |

### Japanese dub

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