Actor and Film Director. Born in Tokyo City Honjo-ku, Mukojima Suzaki-cho . His brother was film director, Eiichi Matsumoto. He started acting in 1923. However, despite his connection to the film industry, Akira had serious bad luck, when it comes to managers and film studios.

First he got into a conflict with Ashiya Film Studio. Subsequently, he was transferred to Kawai Productions, then Tokatsu Film Company, Nihon Eiga Co. , Ltd. to finally start working with Nippon Film Tamagawa Studio. Last company he was working with, went bankrupt just when he started working in it. And all of the previous ones either fell short of their salary contracts or managed the male career poorly.

In 1934 he landed in company named Shin-Shin Kinema. But at the same year, he meet a girl. He was allowed to get married on condition that he retired from the entertainment world, and he did so. However, there were many days when he regretted having stopped acting and drowned in alcohol, and died unfortunately on December 27, 1972 at the age of 71. Edit Biography