Koji Yakusho
Born: 1956-01-01 in Isahaya, Japan
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? as Gen Takasegawa
- The Brightest Sun
- Children Untold as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
2025
2024
- Hakkenden as Bakin Takizawa
2023
- Perfect Days as Hirayama
- Vivant as Nogōn Beki
- THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida
- Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
- Família as Seiji Kamiya
- Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Masajiro
2022
- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke
- Gratitude
2021
- Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)
- Pension Metsä as Tsuneki
- The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
- Matrilineal Family as Kazo Yajima
- Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao
2019
- Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
- Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng
- Whistleblower
2018
- Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
- Oh Lucy! as Takeshi Komori / Tom
- The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami
2017
- Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
- The Third Murder as Takashi Misumi
- Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita
2016
- Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
2015
- The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
- The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
2014
- Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
- The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima
- A Samurai Chronicle as Toda
- I Am Searching For Myself
2013
- The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata
2012
- The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko
- The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi
- Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku
2011
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Kageyu
- Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Isoroku Yamamoto
- Early Autumn
2010
- 13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
- The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo
2009
- The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta
- Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
- Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
- Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
2008
- Tokyo Sonata as Robber
- Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
2007
- I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa
- Silk as Hara Jubei
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
- Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
- Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
- The Sin
2006
- Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
- Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
2005
- Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi
- The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki
2004
- Séance as Sato
- Fireflies: River of Light as Mr. Takiguchi
- People Without a Fort as Nagasaka Fumio
- University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka
- The Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin
- Tokyo: Level One as Governor of Tokyo
2003
- Doppelgänger as Michio Hayasaki
2002
- The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake
- The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa
2001
- Pulse as Ship Captain
- Eureka as Makoto Sawai
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano
2000
- The Password is Courage
- Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki
1999
- Charisma as Goro Yabuike
- Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
- License to Live as Fujimori
- Keijitachi no Natsu
- Making Of Charisma as Self
1998
- Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
- Tadon and Chikuwa
- Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
1997
- Cure as Kenichi Takabe
- The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
- Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki
- Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
- Middle-aged Bachelors
1996
- Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
- Sleeping Man as Kamimura
- Shabu
1995
- Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake
- History of Jirocho Shimizu
1993
- Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
- Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano
- Crimson Lotus
1992
1991
- Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- サハリンの薔薇
1988
- Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as Naoto Sekiya
- 「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1986
- Inochi as Naohiko Hamamura
1985
- Tampopo as White Suit Man
1984
- 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 宮本武蔵
- The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
- 宮本武蔵 as Miyamoto Musashi
1983
- Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga
- Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
- The Fir Trees Remain
1982
- Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as Kondo
- The Law of Hell as Genzô
- Eternal Monument as Ootaka
- The Legend of Sayo as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
1981
1980
- Twelve Months as Young soldier (voice)
1979
- Hunter in the Dark as Kuwano
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self