 He continued to give performances all the way up until his death in 1987, also directing his own silent film, "Jigoku no Mushi" (Maggots of Hell) in 1979 and producing "Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no Shogai" (Bantsuma - The Life and Times of Bando Tsumasaburo) in 1980.He can also be seen in full flow providing the narration for the silent film fragment in Kaizo Hayashi's homage to this golden age, To Sleep So As To Dream ("Yume Miruyoni Nemuritai", 1986).In 1984, Matsuda received an invitation from the Frankfurt Museum of Cinema and he gave his first "Benshi" performance in Europe.