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
2025
2024
- Hakkenden as Bakin Takizawa
2023
- Perfect Days as Hirayama
- 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
- THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida
- Vivant as Nogōn Beki
2022
- The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke
- Gratitude
2021
- Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)
- Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao
- The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
- Pension Metsä as Tsuneki
2019
- Whistleblower
- Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng
- Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
2018
- Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
- Oh Lucy! as Takeshi Komori / Tom
- The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami
- Black Baby as Det. Kenichi Takabe (archive footage)
2017
- The Third Murder as Takashi Misumi
- Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
- Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita
2016
- Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
2015
- The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
- The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
2014
- The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima
- I Am Searching For Myself
- A Samurai Chronicle as Toda
- Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
2013
- The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata
2012
- Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku
- The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko
- The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi
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
- Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
- Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
- Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
2008
- Tokyo Sonata as Robber
- Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
2007
- Silk as Hara Jubei
- Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
- Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
- Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
- I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa
- The Sin
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2006
- Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
- Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
2005
- Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
- The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi
2004
- Fireflies: River of Light as Mr. Takiguchi
- University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka
- Tokyo: Level One as Governor of Tokyo
- People Without a Fort as Nagasaka Fumio
- The Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin
2003
- Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki
2002
- The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa
- The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake
2001
- Pulse as Ship Captain
- Eureka as Makoto Sawai
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano
2000
- Séance as Sato
- Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki
- The Password is Courage
1999
- License to Live as Fujimori
- Charisma as Goro Yabuike
- Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
- Keijitachi no Natsu
1998
- Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
- Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
- Tadon and Chikuwa
1997
- Cure as Kenichi Takabe
- The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
- Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki
- Middle-aged Bachelors
- Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
1996
- Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
- Sleeping Man as Kamimura
- Shabu
1995
- Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake
- History of Jirocho Shimizu
1993
- Crimson Lotus
- Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
- Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano
1992
1991
- Takeda Shingen as 武田晴信
- Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- サハリンの薔薇
1985
- Tampopo as White Suit Man
1984
- 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 宮本武蔵
- 宮本武蔵 as Miyamoto Musashi
1983
- The Fir Trees Remain
- Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga
- Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1981
1980
- Twelve Months as Young soldier (voice)
1979
- Hunter in the Dark as Kuwano
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self