Hiroki Matsukata
| Hiroki Matsukata | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kōju Meguro July 23, 1942 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | January 21, 2017 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–2016 |
| Spouse(s) | Akiko Nishina (1979 - 1998) |
Kōju Meguro (Japanese: 目黒 浩樹 Hepburn: Meguro Kōju?, July 23, 1942 – January 21, 2017), better known by his stage name Hiroki Matsukata (松方 弘樹 Matsukata Hiroki), was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Jūshirō Konoe and actress Yaeko Mizukawa and has a younger brother who is also an actor. With ex-wife actress Akiko Nishina he had two children; son Masaki Nishina and daughter Hitomi Nishina are both in the entertainment industry.
As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut while still in high school. His first film was 1960's Jūnanasai no Gyakushū: Bōryoku o Buttsubuse (十七歳の逆襲・暴力をぶっ潰せ) for Tōei, where his father worked. He specialized in romantic leads in jidaigeki and yakuza films. But he soon switched to modern yakuza for films such as Bakuto (1964) and Showa Zankyoden (1965), and starred in Kinji Fukasaku's Blackmail Is My Life (1968).
In 1969 he switched to Daiei as a replacement for Ichikawa Raizo VIII, starring in many films. On returning to Tōei he would appear in many more films by Fukasaku in the following decade, including three installments in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, Cops vs. Thugs (1975), Hokuriku Proxy War (1977), The Doberman Cop (1977), Shogun's Samurai (1978) and The Fall of Ako Castle (1978). Starring opposite Bunta Sugawara in the first four and opposite Sonny Chiba in the last four.
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