Koji Yakusho
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Isahaya, Japan
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
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Filmography
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Movie · as Narrator
The Brightest Sun
Movie
Children Untold
Movie · as Jinbe Yamai / Jinbei
VIVANT
Movie · as ノゴーン・ベキ
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
TV · as Gen Takasegawa / Yorozu Mantaro · 8 eps
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
Movie
Scarlet
Movie · as Claudius (voice)
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Movie · as Self
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
Movie
Hakkenden
Movie · as Bakin Takizawa
Perfect Days
Movie · as Hirayama
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Movie · as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Família
Movie · as Seiji Kamiya
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Movie · as Miyazawa Masajiro
THE DAYS
TV · as Masao Yoshida · 8 eps
Vivant
TV · as Nogōn Beki · 10 eps
Gratitude
Movie
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie · as Kawai Tsugunosuke
Under the Open Sky
Movie · as Mikami Masao
Belle
Movie · as Suzu's Father (voice)
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Movie
Pension Metsä
TV · as Tsuneki · 7 eps
Matrilineal Family
TV · as Kazo Yajima · 2 eps
Whistleblower
Movie
Wings Over Everest
Movie · as Jiang Yuesheng
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
TV · as 嘉納治五郎 · 47 eps
Oh Lucy!
Movie · as Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Blood of Wolves
Movie · as Shogo Ogami
Mirai
Movie · as Grandfather (voice)
The Third Murder
Movie · as Takashi Misumi
Sekigahara
Movie · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Rikuoh
TV · as Koichi Miyazawa · 10 eps
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
TV · as Masayuki Matsushita · 2 eps
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie · as Self - Actor
The Emperor in August
Movie · as General Korechika Anami
The Boy and the Beast
Movie · as Kumatetsu (voice)
The World of Kanako
Movie · as Akikazu Fujishima
I Am Searching For Myself
Movie
A Samurai Chronicle
Movie · as Toda
Back of Father
TV · as Aoki Sosuke · 1 ep
The Kiyosu Conference
Movie · as Katsuie Shibata
The Woodsman and the Rain
Movie · as Katsuhiko
The Terminal Trust
Movie · as Shinzo Egi
Chronicle of My Mother
Movie · as Kosaku
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Movie · as Kageyu
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Movie · as Isoroku Yamamoto
Early Autumn
Movie
The Last Ronin
Movie · as Magozaemon Senoo
13 Assassins
Movie · as Shinzaemon Shimada
Gelatin Silver, Love
Movie · as Client
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Movie · as Morisaku Furuta
Toad's Oil
Movie · as Takuro Yazawa
Ekiro
Movie · as Det. Yobuno
Paco and the Magical Book
Movie · as Onuki
Tokyo Sonata
Movie · as Robber
Retribution
Movie · as Noboru Yoshioka
Silk
Movie · as Hara Jubei
I Just Didn't Do It
Movie · as Masayoshi Arakawa
Argentine Hag
Movie · as Satoru Wakui
The Sin
Movie
Walking My Life
Movie · as Yukihiro Fujiyama
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie · as Self
Babel
Movie · as Yasujiro Wataya
Suite Dreams
Movie · as Heikichi Shindo
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Movie · as Masami Shin'ichi
The Lakeside Murder Case
Movie · as Shunsuke Namiki
Memoirs of a Geisha
Movie · as Nobu
Séance
Movie · as Katsuhiko Sato
University of Laughs
Movie · as Mutsuo Sakisaka
Fireflies: River of Light
Movie · as Mr. Takiguchi
The Hunter and the Hunted
Movie · as Detective Jin
Tokyo: Level One
Movie · as Governor of Tokyo
People Without a Fort
Movie · as Nagasaka Fumio
Doppelgänger
Movie · as Michio Hayasaki
The Choice of Hercules
Movie · as Atsuyuki Sassa
The Life of Bangaku
TV · as Ajigawa Bantake · 10 eps
Pulse
Movie · as Ship Captain
Eureka
Movie · as Makoto Sawai
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Movie · as Yosuke Sasano
Dora-heita
Movie · as Koheita Mochizuki
The Password is Courage
TV · 11 eps
License to Live
Movie · as Fujimori
Charisma
Movie · as Goro Yabuike
Jubaku: Spellbound
Movie · as Hiroshi Kitano
Keijitachi no Natsu
Movie
Making Of Charisma
Movie · as Self
Yukon
Movie · as Takayuki Iwabuchi
Tadon and Chikuwa
Movie
Bonds
Movie · as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
The Eel
Movie · as Takuro Yamashita
Bounce Ko Gals
Movie · as Oshima
Cure
Movie · as Kenichi Takabe
Lost Paradise
Movie · as Shoichiro Kuki
Middle-aged Bachelors
TV · 13 eps
Shall We Dance?
Movie · as Shohei Sugiyama
Sleeping Man
Movie · as Kamimura
Shabu
Movie
History of Jirocho Shimizu
Movie
Kamikaze Taxi
Movie · as Kazumasa Kantake
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
Movie
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
Movie
Hana no Ran
TV · 37 eps
Crimson Lotus
Movie
Dark Society in the East
Movie · as Ryosuke Kano
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
TV · 2 eps
Suzume Iro Doki
Movie
Takeda Shingen
Movie · as Takeda Shingen
サハリンの薔薇
TV · 1 ep
Takeda Shingen
TV · as Takeda Shingen · 2 eps
Under Aurora
Movie · as Genzo
Megumi no Sekai
Movie
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV · 5 eps
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Movie · as Naoto Sekiya
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
TV · 1 ep
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie
Lethal Three
TV · 101 eps
Chotchan
TV · as 神谷容 · 156 eps
New Yotsuya Kaidan
TV · 2 eps
Inochi
TV · as Naohiko Hamamura · 50 eps
Tampopo
Movie · as White Suit Man
The Fox Dancing in the Dusk
Movie
宮本武蔵
TV · as Miyamoto Musashi · 1 ep
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
TV · as 宮本武蔵 · 45 eps
The Fir Trees Remain
Movie
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
TV · 1 ep
Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV · as Oda Nobunaga · 50 eps
The Law of Hell
Movie · as Genzô
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Movie · as Kondo
The Legend of Sayo
Movie · as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Eternal Monument
Movie · as Ootaka
Willful Murder
Movie · as Journalist
Magistrate of the Floating World
Movie
空よ海よ息子たちよ
Movie
Kinagashi Bugyō
TV · 1 ep
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
TV · 8 eps
Twelve Months
Movie · as Young soldier (voice)
Hunter in the Dark
Movie · as Kuwano
Golden Horse Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep