
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
- 2025 · Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope as
- 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
- 2023 · Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Masajiro
- 2022 · The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke
- 2021 · Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)
- 2021 · Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao
- 2018 · Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
- 2018 · The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami
- 2018 · Oh Lucy! as Takeshi Komori / Tom
- 2017 · The Third Murder as Takashi Misumi
- 2017 · Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 2015 · The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
- 2015 · The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
- 2014 · A Samurai Chronicle as Toda
- 2014 · Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata
- 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi
- 2012 · The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko
- 2011 · Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Kageyu
- 2011 · Early Autumn as
- 2010 · The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo
- 2010 · 13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
- 2008 · Tokyo Sonata as Robber
- 2008 · Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
- 2007 · Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
- 2007 · Silk as Hara Jubei
- 2007 · Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
- 2007 · Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
- 2007 · I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa
- 2006 · Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
- 2005 · Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
- 2005 · Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi
- 2004 · University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka
- 2004 · The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki
- 2003 · Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki
- 2001 · Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano
- 2001 · Pulse as Ship Captain
- 2000 · Eureka as Makoto Sawai
- 2000 · Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki
- 1999 · Charisma as Goro Yabuike
- 1999 · Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
- 1997 · Cure as Kenichi Takabe
- 1997 · Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki
- 1996 · Shabu as
- 1996 · Sleeping Man as Kamimura
- 1994 · Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare as
- 1993 · Crimson Lotus as
- 1990 · Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen as
- 1990 · Aurora Borealis as Genzo
- 1987 · The Great Department Store Robbery as
- 1987 · Chotchan as 神谷容
- 1985 · Tampopo as White Suit Man
- 1983 · Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga
- 1982 · Eternal Monument as Ootaka
- 1982 · Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather as
- 1981 · Willful Murder as Journalist
- 1962 · Golden Horse Awards as Self
- Future · Suzume Iro Doki as
- 2025 · Scarlet as Claudius (voice)
- 2025 · The Brightest Sun as
- 2023 · Família as Seiji Kamiya
- 2022 · Gratitude as
- 2021 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 2021 · Pension Metsä as Tsuneki
- 2019 · Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng
- 2019 · Whistleblower as
- 2019 · Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
- 2017 · Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
- 2017 · Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita
- 2016 · Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
- 2014 · The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima
- 2014 · I Am Searching For Myself as
- 2012 · Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku
- 2011 · Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Isoroku Yamamoto
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta
- 2009 · Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
- 2009 · Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
- 2009 · Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
- 2007 · The Sin as
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2006 · Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
- 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 Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin
- 2002 · The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa
- 2002 · The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake
- 2000 · Séance as Sato
- 2000 · The Password is Courage as
- 1999 · Keijitachi no Natsu as
- 1999 · License to Live as Fujimori
- 1998 · Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
- 1997 · Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
- 1997 · Middle-aged Bachelors as
- 1997 · The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
- 1996 · Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
- 1995 · Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake
- 1995 · History of Jirocho Shimizu as
- 1994 · 39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame" as
- 1994 · Hana no Ran as
- 1993 · Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi as
- 1993 · Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano
- 1991 · サハリンの薔薇 as
- 1991 · Takeda Shingen as 武田晴信
- 1991 · Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
- 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 · Lethal Three as
- 1987 · New Yotsuya Kaidan as
- 1984 · 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 宮本武蔵
- 1984 · 宮本武蔵 as Miyamoto Musashi
- 1983 · The Fir Trees Remain as
- 1983 · Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin as
- 1982 · The Legend of Sayo as
- 1982 · The Law of Hell as
- 1981 · Kinagashi Bugyō as
- 1981 · The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? as
- 1980 · Twelve Months as Young soldier
- 1979 · Hunter in the Dark as Kuwano
- Future · Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Narrator
- Future · Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? as Gen Takasegawa