
Koji Yakusho
January 1, 1956 (69 years old) in Isahaya, Japan
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
Credits
- 2024 · Hakkenden as Bakin Takizawa
- 2023 · Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
- 2023 · Perfect Days as Hirayama
- 2023 · Vivant as Nogōn Beki
- 2023 · THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida
- 2021 · Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao
- 2021 · Pension Metsä as Tsuneki
- 2019 · Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
- 2018 · Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
- 2018 · The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami
- 2017 · Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
- 2017 · The Third Murder as Misumi
- 2017 · Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 2017 · Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita
- 2017 · Oh Lucy! as Komori / Tom
- 2016 · Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
- 2015 · The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
- 2015 · The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
- 2014 · Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
- 2014 · The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima
- 2011 · Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Isoroku Yamamoto
- 2011 · Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Kageyu
- 2010 · 13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
- 2009 · Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
- 2008 · Tokyo Sonata as Robber
- 2007 · Silk as Hara Jubei
- 2007 · Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
- 2007 · I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa
- 2006 · Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
- 2006 · Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
- 2005 · Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
- 2005 · Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi
- 2002 · The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake
- 2001 · Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano
- 2001 · Pulse as Ship Captain
- 2000 · The Password is Courage as
- 2000 · Eureka as Makoto Sawai
- 1997 · Cure as Kenichi Takabe
- 1997 · Middle-aged Bachelors as
- 1997 · The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
- 1997 · Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki
- 1996 · Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
- 1994 · Hana no Ran as
- 1993 · Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi as
- 1991 · サハリンの薔薇 as
- 1991 · Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- 1990 · Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as
- 1987 · Lethal Three as
- 1987 · New Yotsuya Kaidan as
- 1987 · Chotchan as 神谷容
- 1985 · Tampopo as White Suit Man
- 1984 · 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 宮本武蔵
- 1984 · 宮本武蔵 as Miyamoto Musashi
- 1983 · Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin as
- 1983 · Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga
- 1982 · Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1981 · The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? as
- 1962 · Golden Horse Awards as Self
- Future · 顔に降りかかる雨 as
- 2025 · The Brightest Sun as
- 2025 · Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope as
- 2023 · Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Masajiro
- 2023 · Família as Seiji Kamiya
- 2022 · The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke
- 2022 · Gratitude as
- 2019 · Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng
- 2019 · Whistleblower as
- 2014 · A Samurai Chronicle as Toda
- 2014 · I Am Searching For Myself as
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata
- 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi
- 2012 · Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku
- 2012 · The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko
- 2010 · The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta
- 2009 · Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
- 2009 · Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
- 2008 · Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
- 2007 · Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
- 2007 · The Sin as
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2007 · Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
- 2004 · University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka
- 2004 · People Without a Fort as Nagasaka Fumio
- 2004 · Fireflies: River of Light as Mr. Takiguchi
- 2004 · Tokyo: Level One as Governor of Tokyo
- 2004 · The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki
- 2004 · The Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin
- 2003 · Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki
- 2002 · The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa
- 2000 · Séance as Sato
- 2000 · Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki
- 1999 · Charisma as Goro Yabuike
- 1999 · Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
- 1999 · Keijitachi no Natsu as
- 1999 · License to Live as Fujimori
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
- 1998 · Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
- 1997 · Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
- 1996 · Shabu as
- 1996 · Sleeping Man as Kamimura
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake
- 1995 · History of Jirocho Shimizu as
- 1994 · Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare as
- 1993 · Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano
- 1993 · Crimson Lotus as
- 1991 · Takeda Shingen as 武田晴信
- 1990 · Aurora Borealis as Genzo
- 1990 · Megumi no Sekai as
- 1988 · Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho as
- 1988 · 「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− as
- 1987 · The Great Department Store Robbery as
- 1983 · The Fir Trees Remain as
- 1982 · The Legend of Sayo as
- 1982 · The Law of Hell as
- 1982 · Eternal Monument as Ootaka
- 1981 · Willful Murder as Journalist
- 1980 · Twelve Months as Young soldier
- 1979 · Hunter in the Dark as Kuwano
- Future · Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Narrator
- Future · Suzume Iro Doki as