Koji Yakusho
Biography
Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), known professionally as Kōji Yakusho (役所 広司, Yakusho Kōji), is a Japanese actor. He is known internationally for his starring roles in Shall We Dance? (1996), 13 Assassins (2010), The Third Murder (2017), The Blood of Wolves (2018), Under the Open Sky (2020) and The Days (2023). For his performance in Perfect Days (2023), he was awarded the Best Actor award in the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
127
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-01-01 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Isahaya, Japan
Acting
2024
Hakkenden as Bakin Takizawa2023
Perfect Days as Hirayama2023
THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida2023
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)2023
Vivant as Nogōn Beki2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke2021
Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)2021
Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao2021
Pension Metsä as Tsuneki2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as Not available2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎2019
Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng2018
Mirai as Grandfather (voice)2018
The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami2017
Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa2017
The Third Murder as Misumi2017
Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu2017
Oh Lucy! as Komori / Tom2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor2015
The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)2015
The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami2014
Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke2014
The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima2012
Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Kageyu2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Isoroku Yamamoto2010
13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada2010
The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo2008
Tokyo Sonata as Robber2007
Silk as Hara Jubei2007
Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka2006
Babel as Yasujiro Wataya2005
Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu2004
University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka2002
The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake2001
Pulse as Ship Captain2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano2000
The Password is Courage as Not available2000
Eureka as Makoto Sawai2000
Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki1999
Charisma as Goro Yabuike1997
Cure as Kenichi Takabe1997
Middle-aged Bachelors as Not available1997
The Eel as Takuro Yamashita1997
Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki1997
Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima1996
Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama1994
Hana no Ran as Not available1993
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi as Not available1991
Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as Not available1987
Chotchan as 神谷容1987
Lethal Three as Not available1985
Tampopo as White Suit Man1984
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 宮本武蔵1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin as Not available1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as Not available1981
Kinagashi Bugyō as Not available1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? as Not available1962
Golden Horse Awards as SelfNaN
顔に降りかかる雨 as Not available2025
The Brightest Sun as Not available2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope as Not available2023
Família as Seiji Kamiya2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Masajiro2022
Gratitude as Not available2019
Whistleblower as Not available2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita2014
A Samurai Chronicle as Toda2014
I Am Searching For Myself as Not available2013
The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata2012
The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko2012
The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta2009
Gelatin Silver, Love as Client2009
Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa2009
Ekiro as Det. Yobuno2008
Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki2007
Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama2007
I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self2007
Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui2007
The Sin as Not available2006
Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo2005
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi2004
The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki2004
The Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin2004
Tokyo: Level One as Governor of Tokyo2004
Fireflies: River of Light as Mr. Takiguchi2004
People Without a Fort as Nagasaka Fumio2003
Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki2002
The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa2000
Séance as Sato1999
License to Live as Fujimori1999
Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano1999
Keijitachi no Natsu as Not available1998
Tadon and Chikuwa as Not available1998
Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga1998
Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi1996
Sleeping Man as Kamimura1996
Shabu as Not available1995
Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu as Not available1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare as Not available1993
Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano1993
Crimson Lotus as Not available1991
サハリンの薔薇 as Not available1991
Takeda Shingen as 武田晴信1990
Aurora Borealis as Genzo1990
Megumi no Sekai as Not available1988
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− as Not available1988
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as Not available1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan as Not available1987
The Great Department Store Robbery as Not available1984
宮本武蔵 as Miyamoto Musashi1983
The Fir Trees Remain as Not available1982
The Law of Hell as Not available1982
The Legend of Sayo as Not available1982
Eternal Monument as Ootaka1981
Willful Murder as Journalist1980
Twelve Months as Young soldier1979
Hunter in the Dark as KuwanoNaN
Suzume Iro Doki as Not availableNaN
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Narrator