
Koji Yakusho
Acting
1956-01-01 - Present
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.
Credits

Perfect DaysasHirayama

EurekaasMakoto Sawai

CureasKenichi Takabe

Memoirs of a GeishaasNobu

BelleasSuzu's Father (voice)

The Boy and the BeastasKumatetsu (voice)

13 AssassinsasShinzaemon Shimada

BabelasYasujiro Wataya

PulseasShip Captain

MiraiasGrandfather (voice)

TampopoasWhite Suit Man

SilkasHara Jubei

Tokyo SonataasRobber

Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiasKageyu

The World of KanakoasAkikazu Fujishima

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the WindowasSōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

HakkendenasBakin Takizawa

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfatheras

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to SerenityasMorisaku Furuta

Warm Water Under a Red BridgeasYosuke Sasano

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific OceanasMasami Shin'ichi

Lost ParadiseasShoichiro Kuki

Chronicle of My MotherasKosaku

The EelasTakuro Yamashita

RetributionasNoboru Yoshioka

Oh Lucy!asTakeshi Komori / Tom

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined FleetasIsoroku Yamamoto

I Just Didn't Do ItasMasayoshi Arakawa

Hunter in the DarkasKuwano

The Third MurderasTakashi Misumi

Walking My LifeasYukihiro Fujiyama

Shall We Dance?asShohei Sugiyama

Twelve MonthsasYoung soldier

The Blood of WolvesasShogo Ogami

SéanceasSato

Under the Open SkyasMikami Masao

SekigaharaasTokugawa Ieyasu

Mifune: The Last SamuraiasSelf - Actor

CharismaasGoro Yabuike

The Lakeside Murder CaseasShunsuke Namiki

Wings Over EverestasJiang Yuesheng

Paco and the Magical BookasOnuki

License to LiveasFujimori

The Last RoninasMagozaemon Senoo

The Emperor in AugustasGeneral Korechika Anami

DoppelgangerasMichio Hayasaki

The Woodsman and the RainasKatsuhiko

Father of the Milky Way RailroadasMiyazawa Masajiro

The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiasKawai Tsugunosuke

Dora-heitaasKoheita Mochizuki

University of LaughsasMutsuo Sakisaka

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywoodas

The Terminal TrustasShinzo Egi

Kamikaze TaxiasKazumasa Kantake

The Choice of HerculesasAtsuyuki Sassa

BondsasTakaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

A Samurai ChronicleasToda

The Kiyosu ConferenceasKatsuie Shibata

Aurora BorealisasGenzo

Sleeping ManasKamimura

Tadon and Chikuwaas

Suite DreamsasHeikichi Shindo

FamíliaasSeiji Kamiya

The Brightest Sunas

The Fir Trees Remainas

Shabuas

Jubaku: SpellboundasHiroshi Kitano

Bounce Ko GalsasOshima

Common Ground: Under Construction NotesasSelf

Eternal MonumentasOotaka

Whistlebloweras

Toad's OilasTakuro Yazawa

Argentine HagasSatoru Wakui

Another Way: D-Kikan-Johoas

Willful MurderasJournalist

The Great Department Store Robberyas

EkiroasDet. Yobuno

Crimson Lotusas

Fireflies: River of LightasMr. Takiguchi

Takeda Shingenas武田晴信

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hopeas

Tokyo: Level OneasGovernor of Tokyo

Gelatin Silver, LoveasClient

Keijitachi no Natsuas

The Sinas

People Without a FortasNagasaka Fumio

Suzume Iro Dokias

Gratitudeas

The Law of Hellas

Dark Society in the EastasRyosuke Kano

The Hunter and the HuntedasDetective Jin

Megumi no Sekaias

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevisasNarrator

YukonasTakayuki Iwabuchi

History of Jirocho Shimizuas

The Legend of Sayoas

I Am Searching For Myselfas

Early Autumnas

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidareas