Koji Yakusho
Actor

Koji Yakusho

2 Movies
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday January 1, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Isahaya, Japan
Also Known As 橋本広司, Koji Hashimoto, Kôji Yakusho, Kouji Yakusho
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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.

Filmography (132)

The Brightest Sun 2026
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope 2025
Scarlet 2025
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende 2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special 2025
Hakkenden 2024
Perfect Days 2023
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2023
Família 2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad 2023
THE DAYS 2023
Vivant 2023
Gratitude 2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai 2022
Under the Open Sky 2021
Belle 2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021
Pension Metsä 2021
Whistleblower 2019
Wings Over Everest 2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story 2019
Oh Lucy! 2018
The Blood of Wolves 2018
Mirai 2018
The Third Murder 2017
Sekigahara 2017
Rikuoh 2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt 2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai 2016
The Emperor in August 2015
The Boy and the Beast 2015
The World of Kanako 2014
I Am Searching For Myself 2014
A Samurai Chronicle 2014
Back of Father 2014
The Kiyosu Conference 2013
The Woodsman and the Rain 2012
The Terminal Trust 2012
Chronicle of My Mother 2012
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet 2011
Early Autumn 2011
The Last Ronin 2010
13 Assassins 2010
Gelatin Silver, Love 2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity 2009
Toad's Oil 2009
Ekiro 2009
Paco and the Magical Book 2008
Tokyo Sonata 2008
Retribution 2007
Silk 2007
I Just Didn't Do It 2007
Argentine Hag 2007
The Sin 2007
Walking My Life 2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes 2007
Babel 2006
Suite Dreams 2006
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2005
The Lakeside Murder Case 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
Séance 2004
University of Laughs 2004
Fireflies: River of Light 2004
The Hunter and the Hunted 2004
Tokyo: Level One 2004
People Without a Fort 2004
Doppelgänger 2003
The Choice of Hercules 2002
The Life of Bangaku 2002
Pulse 2001
Eureka 2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge 2001
Dora-heita 2000
The Password is Courage 2000
License to Live 1999
Charisma 1999
Jubaku: Spellbound 1999
Keijitachi no Natsu 1999
Yukon 1998
Tadon and Chikuwa 1998
Bonds 1998
The Eel 1997
Bounce Ko Gals 1997
Cure 1997
Lost Paradise 1997
Middle-aged Bachelors 1997
Shall We Dance? 1996
Sleeping Man 1996
Shabu 1996
History of Jirocho Shimizu 1995
Kamikaze Taxi 1995
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare 1994
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" 1994
Hana no Ran 1994
Crimson Lotus 1993
Dark Society in the East 1993
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi 1993
Suzume Iro Doki 1992
Takeda Shingen 1991
サハリンの薔薇 1991
Takeda Shingen 1991
Aurora Borealis 1990
Megumi no Sekai 1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen 1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho 1988
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− 1988
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987
Lethal Three 1987
Chotchan 1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan 1987
Inochi 1986
Tampopo 1985
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk 1984
宮本武蔵 1984
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 1984
The Fir Trees Remain 1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin 1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu 1983
The Law of Hell 1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather 1982
The Legend of Sayo 1982
Eternal Monument 1982
Willful Murder 1981
Kinagashi Bugyō 1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? 1981
Twelve Months 1980
Hunter in the Dark 1979
Golden Horse Awards 1962
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?