
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 · The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood as
- 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 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
- 2010 · The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo
- 2010 · 13 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
- 2009 · Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
- 2008 · Tokyo Sonata as Robber
- 2008 · Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
- 2007 · Silk as Hara Jubei
- 2007 · Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
- 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 · 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 · License to Live as Fujimori
- 1998 · Tadon and Chikuwa as
- 1998 · Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
- 1998 · Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
- 1997 · Cure as Kenichi Takabe
- 1997 · The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
- 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
- Future · Suzume Iro Doki as
- 2025 · Scarlet as Claudius (voice)
- 2025 · The Brightest Sun as
- 2023 · Família as Seiji Kamiya
- 2022 · Gratitude 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
- 2015 · The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
- 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
- 2011 · Early Autumn as
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta
- 2009 · Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
- 2009 · Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
- 2007 · Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
- 2007 · The Sin as
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2007 · Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
- 2006 · Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
- 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 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 · Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
- 1999 · Keijitachi no Natsu as
- 1997 · Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
- 1997 · Middle-aged Bachelors as
- 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
- 1962 · Golden Horse Awards as Self
- Future · Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Narrator
- Future · Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? as Gen Takasegawa