Personal Info
Birth date
1942-07-23 (83 Years)
Day of death
2017-01-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Kōju Meguro
目黒 浩樹
Matsukata Hiroki
松方弘树
Hiroki Matsukata
Biography
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, Yūki Meguro, 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.
Filmography
Without a Trace
7.247
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.GARO
7.9
Overview:
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.Haken no Hinkaku
7.3
Overview:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.13 Assassins
7.325
Overview:
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.Shogun's Shadow
7
Overview:
A shogun's eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
9.3
Overview:
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7
Overview:
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
NYR
Overview:
The second installment of the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi Miike of "IZO". A hot-blooded yakuza challenges a "holy war" against a company that earns a lot of money in a villainous way. Big actors such as Taishu Kase and Hiroki Matsukata set aside.The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
6.5
Overview:
The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.Shogun's Samurai
7
Overview:
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
6.5
Overview:
Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.Hokuriku Proxy War
6.9
Overview:
In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.Izo
6.082
Overview:
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.Ninja Gangsters: Extorting from the Bad!
NYR
Overview:
The first in Norio Nanjo's "Secret" series. The phantom Sanzo (Hiroki Matsukata) and Yume no Gosuke (Ashiya Gannosuke) are ordered to infiltrated the Echigo Nagaoka Domain.Sword of Solitude
NYR
Overview:
Yasu, the son of an exiled man, discovered his passion for swordsmanship and went to Edo, where he trained under the name Ito Yagoro. Yagyu Sekishusai, fearing Yagoro's skill, sent his disciples to kill him.The Boss' Wife
5
Overview:
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
5
Overview:
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.Agitator
6.488
Overview:
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
NYR
Overview:
A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.The Fall of Ako Castle
6.6
Overview:
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
NYR
Overview:
The meeting of the two greatest legends in Japan - Magistrate Toyama, the crime-fighting official with the cherry blossom tattoo on his shoulder, and Kunisada Chuji, the yakuza protector of the common man! When a local magistrate is murdered by a group of vagabonds, Toyama is ordered to arrest Kunisada Chuji. In his investigation, he meets Kunisada's wife, who is all too familiar to Toyama, and casts doubt on his guilt. Furthermore, there seems to be a larger conspiracy being carried out...Hanzo: The Razor
NYR
Overview:
A pair of black-robed thieves who robbed many wealthy merchants in Edo one after another. One of them is a young woman who is called "Aoi no Kozo" because she always takes off her skin to show the tattoo on her back. The target of the robbers was the Kogi, and in particular, the big stores that were under the control of Hotta Bizen. Itami Hanzo, a Doshin known as "Kamisori Hanzo" discovers when he tracks down the Aoi no Kozo! What is the truth?!Nichiren
NYR
Overview:
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?Acting
TBA十七才の逆襲 暴力をぶっ潰せ as Unknown
2015Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay as Unknown
2015Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World as Unknown
2015Sono otoko, ishiki takai kei (8 Episodes) as Myoichi Gondo
2015Men of the Underworld as Unknown
2014Uzumasa Limelight as Unknown
2013The Lost 15 Boys: The Big Adventure on Pirates' Island as Pirate Anion (voice)
2012Soup as Tsutomu Ishida
2011Samurai Angel Wars as Oda Nobunaga
2011Valley of Dreams as Unknown
2011Ninja Kids!!! as Unknown
201013 Assassins as Kuranaga
2010Gang Connection as Unknown
2010Gang Connection - Conclusion as Unknown
2009Tajomaru: Avenging Blade as Unknown
2009Unification of Shura as Unknown
2009The Code as SHINA
2008Yokohama Underworld Kyouka as Unknown
2008ICHI as Unknown
2008The Yagyu Conspiracy as Unknown
2008Otokotachi no uta as Unknown
2008Shinjuku Gangster Hanabi 2 as Unknown
2008Sorrowful Hitman as Takaoka
2008Emperor of the Underworld The Man Called Capone as Unknown
2008Kekkon shiyou yo as Unknown
2008Lady Yakuza: Final as Unknown
2008Yokohama Underworld Kaen as Unknown
2007Shinjuku Gangster Hanabi as Unknown
2007Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Nobunaga Oda
2007Lady Yakuza as Unknown
2007検事霞夕子スペシャル「豪華客船殺人クルージング」 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Haken no Hinkaku (10 Episodes) as Toshirō Kirishima
2006修羅のみち12 完結篇 as Unknown
2006Shin Japan's Don: FINAL CHAPTER as Unknown
2006Shin Japan's Don 8 as Unknown
2005Shin Japan's Don 7 as Unknown
2005Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū as Unknown
2005GARO (1 Episode) as Shimada
2005Shin Japan's Don 6 as Unknown
2005Shin Japan's Don 5 as Unknown
2005Shibuya Story as Unknown
2005Dog Fighter Thug Detective as Unknown
2005New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter as Sarutobi Sasuke
2005New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji as Sarutobi Sasuke
2005Shin Japan's Don 4 as Unknown
2005Hachiro (9 Episodes) as Unknown
2005Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter as Unknown
2004最後の神農 as Unknown
2004New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2 as Sarutobi Sasuke
2004Izo as Yakuza Boss
2004Shin Japan's Don 3: Ferocious Battle as Unknown
2004Big Time Gambling Boss as Unknown
2004Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2 Episodes) as Lord Estair (voice)
2004Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless as Unknown
2004極道甲子園 as Unknown
2004Shin Japan's Don: Waves as Unknown
2004Shura's Blood as Unknown
2004修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇 as Unknown
2004Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio as Unknown
2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter as Unknown
2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter as Unknown
2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter as Unknown
2003修羅のみち8 大阪最終血戦 as Unknown
2003修羅のみち6 血染めの海峡 as Unknown
2003Yumemiru Budo (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2003New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1 as Sarutobi Sasuke
2003修羅のみち7 暴力金融列島 as Unknown
2003Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game (1 Episode) as Guest
2003New Shadow Warriors II as Sarutobi Sasuke
2003The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion as Unknown
2003The Man in White as Unknown
2003実録 柳川組 柳川次郎伝説 －完結－ as Unknown
2003New Shadow Warriors as Sarutobi Sasuke
2003Okite as Unknown
2002Shura Group Part 2 as Unknown
2002True Account: The Last Gurentai as Unknown
2002Mafia Family Yanagawa - Part 2 as Unknown
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Hitoshi Asakawa
2002Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang as Unknown
2002Gokudô seisen: Jihaado as Unknown
2002Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II as Unknown
2002Gokudô seisen: Jihaado III as Unknown
2002The Private Detective Mike (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002修羅のみち4 北九州代理戦争 as Unknown
2002Shura Group as Unknown
2002修羅のみち3 広島・四国全面戦争 as Unknown
2002Shura Group Part 1 as Unknown
2002Shura Group Part 3 as Unknown
2002修羅のみち5 東北殺しの軍団 as Unknown
2001The Legend of Ando Family: The Road to Hell as Unknown
2001Agitator as Kaito
2001修羅のみち2 関西頂上決戦 as Unknown
2001Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2 as Unknown
2001Salaryman Kintaro as Unknown
2000Gedo as Suematsu
2000Robbery as Unknown
2000PAZUZU as Unknown
1999Zankyo as Unknown
1999Salaryman Kintaro (11 Episodes) as Teruo Yajima
1998Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most (13 Episodes) as Sanada Yukimura
1997Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief (41 Episodes) as Unknown
1997The Seven Chefs as Ryuji Rindo
1996結婚しようよ (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Kura as Izou Tanouchi
1995Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties as Ramen Shop Customer (Uncredited)
1995The Lowly Ronin: Hanayama Daikichi as Unknown
1995Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon's Love and Ambition as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1994犯罪心理分析官 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994The Man Who Shot the Don as Unknown
1992Heavenly Sin as Unknown
1992名奉行 遠山の金さん 江戸城転覆！覗かれた赤毛の女 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992Taira no Kiyomori as Unknown
1991The Great Shogunate Battle as Unknown
1991名奉行 遠山の金さん 江戸城転覆！女忍者の復讐 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991The Man Who Became The Don as Unknown
1991Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit as Unknown
1991Takeda Shingen as Unknown
1991Takeda Shingen (2 Episodes) as Imagawa Yoshimoto
1990Minamoto Yoshitsune as Musahibo Benkei
1990Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu as Unknown
1990刑事貴族 (103 Episodes) as Unknown
1990HOTEL (85 Episodes) as Tohdo katsuo
1989Four Days of Snow and Blood as Kanenobu Ijuin
1989Sensei as Kan Yoshii
1989坂本龍馬 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Shogun's Shadow as Abe Shigetsugu
1988The Boss' Wife as Junichi Konno, Boss
1988Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special as Unknown
1988The Famous Magistrate Tōyama no Kin-san (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988Tokugawa Ieyasu (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Taikoki as Unknown
1985The Last True Yakuza as Masayuki Aratani
1984The Story of a Man Among Men as Unknown
1984The Black Cat Mansion of Hatred as Unknown
1984Hanzo: The Razor as Hanzo Itami
1983Ninja Gangsters IV: The Mysterious Golden Castle as Unknown
1983Kanei Command Performance as Unknown
1983Storm of Falling Petals: Banner of a Fireman in the Flames as Unknown
1983Curse of the Seven flutes as Unknown
1983Ninja Gangsters III: The Missing Daimyo Procession as Unknown
1983Theater Of Life as Unknown
1982Ninja Hunt as Wadakuro
1982Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell as Unknown
1981Ninja Gangsters: Extorting from the Bad! as Unknown
1980Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai as Katsura Kogorou
1980映画村殺人事件 as Unknown
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Tetsuya Sakai
1979Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police as Unknown
1979The Shogun Assassins as Sanada Yukimura
1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Yasuharu Ikenaga
1979The 47 Ronins of Ako (36 Episodes) as Unknown
1979Nichiren as Unknown
1978The Fall of Ako Castle as Denhachiro Tamon
1978Never Give Up as Unknown
1978The Okinawa War of Ten Years as Unknown
1978Shogun's Samurai as Iemitsu Tokugawa (Older Prince)
1977Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Shiro Matsugae
1977Gambling Code and Feuds as Denkichi Umino
1977Doberman Cop as Kaiji Hidemori
1977Hokuriku Proxy War as Kawada Noboru
1977Japan's Don as Shiro Matsugae
1976The Yakuza Code Still Lives as Hiroshi Jinno
1976The Great Okinawa Yakuza War as Hideo Nakazato
1976Festival Champ as Unknown
1976The Racketeer Ishimatsu as Ishimatsu
1976Operation Plazma in Osaka as Unknown
1975Evil Doers as Unknown
1975Company Buggers as Unknown
1975Gambling Den Heist as Unknown
1975Shimane Prison Riot as Tamotsu Sawamoto
1975Cops vs. Thugs as Kenji Hirotani
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Masaru Seki
1974The Rapacious Jailbreaker as Ueda
1974Father of the Kamikaze as Unknown
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Ichioka
1974The Tattooed Hitman as Shoichi Gunji
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Shoichi Fujita
1974Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown as Matsumoto
1974Katsu Kaishu (52 Episodes) as Katsu Kaishu (young)
1973Yokosuka Navy Prison as Unknown
1973Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle as Ryuji Yoshioka
1973The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers as Unknown
1973Dangerous Trade in Kobe as Sadao Ise
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Tetsuya Sakai
1972The Pledge as Unknown
1972Modern Lady Gambler as Tatsumi
1972Delinquent Street as Unknown
1972Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty as Unknown
1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor as Ryuzo Maekawa
1971Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love as Bunzo Kazama
1971A Modern Yakuza: Broken Code as Unknown
1971The Path of the King as Unknown
1970The Killer's Killer as Takeshi Ijuin
1970The Angry Sword as Unknown
1970Born Fighter as Unknown
1970Mission: Iron Castle as Yoshiro
1969Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay as Nemuri Kyoshiro
1969Second Generation Young Boss as Takeshi Nanjo
1969Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman as Kyoshiro Nemuri
1969Prison Break as Unknown
1969Broken Swords as Tenzen Tange
1969Nagasaki Blues as Unknown
1968Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza as Unknown
1968The Bandits as Shinji Miki
1968Ooku (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Blackmail Is My Life as Muraki
1968Human Torpedoes as Unknown
1967Black Ninja as Unknown
1967Classmates as Second Sublieutenant Shiratori
1966Golden Ninja as Inazuma no Denji
1966Judo vs. Karate as Unknown
1966Yakuza Hooligans as Jiro Taniguchi
1966Code Between Brothers as Yukichi
1966The Magic Serpent as Ikazuchi-Maru / Jiraiya
1966Seventeen Ninja 2: The Great Battle as Unknown
1965Yakuza G-Men as Shuntaro Hibiki
1965Brutal Tales of Chivalry as Masa
1965Three Yakuza as Unknown
1964Gamblers and Racketeers as Unknown
1964間諜 as Unknown
1964The Domain as Unknown
1964Gambler as Unokichi
1964Shingo's Final Duel as Unknown
1964Edo Crime Book: Black Claws as Takakura Mitsugu
1964The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 as Unknown
1963The Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja as Unknown
1963Moonshadow Ninja Scroll: Twenty-One Eyes as Shinbei
1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 as Unknown
1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 as Unknown
1963Sword of Wind and Clouds as Unknown
1963The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy as Unknown
1963Kagemaru of the Iga Clan as Iga no Kagemaru
1963The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List as Shimazu Mitsuhisa
1963Edo Ninja Scroll: Seven Shadows as Unknown
1963Sword of Solitude as 弥五郎
1963Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption as Unknown
196353 Stages of Action as Unknown
1963Tokaido Fullhouse as Unknown
1962Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady as Unknown
1962Waka zakura kenka matoi as Unknown
1962Lion Festival of Echigo as Unknown
1962The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman as Unknown
1962The Warrior from Kishu as Tokugawa Genrokuro
1962Keepers of Order as Unknown
1962The Sentencer as Unknown
1962The Bandits as Unknown
1962Kisaragi Sword as Unknown
1962Knightly Advice as Unknown
1962In Search of Mother as Kanamachi no Hanjiro
1961Young Lord and Second Son as Unknown
1961Whistling Drifter as Unknown
1961Law in Ghost Island as Isakichi
1961Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku as Unknown
1961The South Sea Wolf as Nidekawa Kirimaru
1961Traveling of Two Young Men as Sanjiro
1961Kirimaru Kirigakure as Unknown
1961The Ako Retainers as Unknown
1961Daigaku buyū-den as Unknown
1961Darling Escape as Unknown
1961Lord of Steel Heart as Unknown
1961Botchan yarō seizoroi as Unknown
Directing
2003Okite ... Director