is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of

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. At the age of 17 she appeared in a television series, '' Tantei Monogatari'', starring Yūsaku Matsuda, who was then married. They started a relationship and, after Masuda divorced his first wife, Michiko, they married in 1983. Their son Ryuhei Matsuda was born that year. They had two more children: a second son,

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, born in 1985, and a daughter, Yūki Matsuda, born in 1988. She appeared as

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's dead wife in the movie ''

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'' (1999). In 2009 she was the executive producer for the documentary ''Soul Red: Yusaku Matsuda'' about her husband's life and death. In 2008, she published a book of photographs of the model Hitomi Katayama, ''Watakushi no suki na kodoku''.

Filmography

Film

*''Kindaichi Kosuke no Boken'' (1979) (as Miyuki Kumagai) *''Elephant Song'' (1994) *''Genki no Kamisama '' (1997) *''Nodo Jiman'' (1998) *'' Rebirth of Mothra III'' (1998) *''Yomigaeru yusaku: Tantei monogatari tokubetsu hen '' (1999) *''Ano natsu no hi'' (1999) *''

'' (1999) as Ryoko Aoyama *''Kuroe'' (2001) *''Pakodate-jin ''(2002) *'' Boutaoshi!'' (2003) *''Riyu'' (2004) *''Zoo'' (2005) *''Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushii'' (2007) *'' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) *''Hannin ni tsugu'' (2007) *''Shibuya'' (2010) *'' Made in Japan: Kora!'' (2011) *''

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'' (2014) *'' Hot Road'' (2014) *'' Love & Peace'' (2015) *'' Chihayafuru Part 1'' (2016) as Taeko Miyauchi *'' Chihayafuru Part 2'' (2016) as Taeko Miyauchi *'' Chihayafuru Part 3'' (2018) as Taeko Miyauchi *''Blind Witness'' (2019)

Television

* '' Tokyo Vice'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda, Miyuki 1961 births Japanese film actresses Living people Actresses from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese photographers 21st-century Japanese photographers 20th-century Japanese women photographers 21st-century Japanese women photographers