Koji Yakusho
Actor · Director · ProducerKōji 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR104
The Brightest Sun
2026
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2025
Scarlet
2025
Claudius (voice)
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
2025
Self
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
Hakkenden
2024
Bakin Takizawa
Perfect Days
2023
Hirayama
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
2023
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Família
2023
Seiji Kamiya
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
2023
Miyazawa Masajiro
Gratitude
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Under the Open Sky
2021
Mikami Masao
Belle
2021
Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021
Whistleblower
2019
Wings Over Everest
2019
Jiang Yuesheng
Oh Lucy!
2018
Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Shogo Ogami
Mirai
2018
Grandfather (voice)
The Third Murder
2017
Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
2017
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
2015
General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
2015
Kumatetsu (voice)
The World of Kanako
2014
Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Toda
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
Katsuie Shibata
The Woodsman and the Rain
2012
Katsuhiko
The Terminal Trust
2012
Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Kosaku
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011
Kageyu
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011
Isoroku Yamamoto
Early Autumn
2011
The Last Ronin
2010
Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
2010
Shinzaemon Shimada
Gelatin Silver, Love
2009
Client
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
2009
Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro
2009
Det. Yobuno
Paco and the Magical Book
2008
Onuki
Tokyo Sonata
2008
Robber
Retribution
2007
Noboru Yoshioka
Silk
2007
Hara Jubei
I Just Didn't Do It
2007
Masayoshi Arakawa
Argentine Hag
2007
Satoru Wakui
The Sin
2007
Walking My Life
2007
Yukihiro Fujiyama
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
Self
Babel
2006
Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
2006
Heikichi Shindo
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005
Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case
2005
Shunsuke Namiki
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Nobu
Séance
2004
Sato
University of Laughs
2004
Mutsuo Sakisaka
Fireflies: River of Light
2004
Mr. Takiguchi
The Hunter and the Hunted
2004
Detective Jin
Tokyo: Level One
2004
Governor of Tokyo
People Without a Fort
2004
Nagasaka Fumio
Doppelgänger
2003
Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
2002
Atsuyuki Sassa
Pulse
2001
Ship Captain
Eureka
2001
Makoto Sawai
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Yosuke Sasano
Dora-heita
2000
Koheita Mochizuki
Charisma
1999
Goro Yabuike
License to Live
1999
Fujimori
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999
Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Yukon
1998
Takayuki Iwabuchi
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Bonds
1998
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Eel
1997
Takuro Yamashita
Bounce Ko Gals
1997
Oshima
Cure
1997
Kenichi Takabe
Lost Paradise
1997
Shoichiro Kuki
Shall We Dance?
1996
Shohei Sugiyama
Sleeping Man
1996
Kamimura
Shabu
1996
History of Jirocho Shimizu
1995
Kamikaze Taxi
1995
Kazumasa Kantake
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1994
- 39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994
Crimson Lotus
1993
Dark Society in the East
1993
Ryosuke Kano
Suzume Iro Doki
1992
Takeda Shingen
1991
Takeda Shingen
Aurora Borealis
1990
Genzo
Megumi no Sekai
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Tampopo
1985
White Suit Man
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
1984
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
The Law of Hell
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Eternal Monument
1982
Ootaka
Willful Murder
1981
Journalist
Twelve Months
1980
Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Kuwano
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
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