Koji Yakusho
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.
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Acting History
2025
Scarlet as Claudius (voice)
2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende as Self
2025The Brightest Sun
2025Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
2024Hakkenden as Bakin Takizawa
2023Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
2023Perfect Days as Hirayama
2023Vivant as Nogōn Beki
2023THE DAYS as Masao Yoshida
2023Father of the Milky Way Railroad as Miyazawa Masajiro
2023Família as Seiji Kamiya
2022The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai as Kawai Tsugunosuke
2022Gratitude
2021Belle as Suzu's Father (voice)
2021The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
2021Under the Open Sky as Mikami Masao
2021Pension Metsä as Tsuneki
2019Wings Over Everest as Jiang Yuesheng
2019Whistleblower
2019Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story as 嘉納治五郎
2018Black Baby as Det. Kenichi Takabe (archive footage)
2018Mirai as Grandfather (voice)
2018The Blood of Wolves as Shogo Ogami
2018Oh Lucy! as Takeshi Komori / Tom
2017Rikuoh as Koichi Miyazawa
2017The Third Murder as Takashi Misumi
2017Sekigahara as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2017Ties: A Miraculous Colt as Masayuki Matsushita
2016Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actor
2015The Emperor in August as General Korechika Anami
2015The Boy and the Beast as Kumatetsu (voice)
2014A Samurai Chronicle as Toda
2014Back of Father as Aoki Sosuke
2014The World of Kanako as Akikazu Fujishima
2014I Am Searching For Myself
2013The Kiyosu Conference as Katsuie Shibata
2012The Terminal Trust as Shinzo Egi
2012Chronicle of My Mother as Kosaku
2012The Woodsman and the Rain as Katsuhiko
2011Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet as Isoroku Yamamoto
2011Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Kageyu
2011Early Autumn
2010The Last Ronin as Magozaemon Senoo
201013 Assassins as Shinzaemon Shimada
2009The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Morisaku Furuta
2009Toad's Oil as Takuro Yazawa
2009Ekiro as Det. Yobuno
2009Gelatin Silver, Love as Client
2008Tokyo Sonata as Robber
2008Paco and the Magical Book as Onuki
2007Walking My Life as Yukihiro Fujiyama
2007The Sin
2007Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2007Silk as Hara Jubei
2007Argentine Hag as Satoru Wakui
2007Retribution as Noboru Yoshioka
2007I Just Didn't Do It as Masayoshi Arakawa
2006Babel as Yasujiro Wataya
2006Suite Dreams as Heikichi Shindo
2005Memoirs of a Geisha as Nobu
2005Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean as Masami Shin'ichi
2005The Lakeside Murder Case as Shunsuke Namiki
2004University of Laughs as Mutsuo Sakisaka
2004People Without a Fort as Nagasaka Fumio
2004Fireflies: River of Light as Mr. Takiguchi
2004Tokyo: Level One as Governor of Tokyo
2004The Hunter and the Hunted as Detective Jin
2003Doppelganger as Michio Hayasaki
2002The Choice of Hercules as Atsuyuki Sassa
2002The Life of Bangaku as Ajigawa Bantake
2001Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Yosuke Sasano
2001Pulse as Ship Captain
2001Eureka as Makoto Sawai
2000Séance as Sato
2000The Password is Courage
2000Dora-heita as Koheita Mochizuki
1999Charisma as Goro Yabuike
1999Jubaku: Spellbound as Hiroshi Kitano
1999Keijitachi no Natsu
1999License to Live as Fujimori
1998Tadon and Chikuwa
1998Bonds as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
1998Yukon as Takayuki Iwabuchi
1997Cure as Kenichi Takabe
1997Bounce Ko Gals as Oshima
1997Middle-aged Bachelors
1997The Eel as Takuro Yamashita
1997Lost Paradise as Shoichiro Kuki
1996Shabu
1996Sleeping Man as Kamimura
1996Shall We Dance? as Shohei Sugiyama
1995Kamikaze Taxi as Kazumasa Kantake
1995History of Jirocho Shimizu
1994Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
199439th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
1994Hana no Ran
1993Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993Dark Society in the East as Ryosuke Kano
1993Crimson Lotus
1992Suzume Iro Doki
1991サハリンの薔薇
1991Takeda Shingen as 武田晴信
1991Takeda Shingen as Takeda Shingen
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990Aurora Borealis as Genzo
1990Megumi no Sekai
1988Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
1988「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
1987The Great Department Store Robbery
1987Lethal Three
1987New Yotsuya Kaidan
1987Chotchan as 神谷容
1986Inochi as Naohiko Hamamura
1985Tampopo 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
1983The Fir Trees Remain
1983Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983Tokugawa Ieyasu as Oda Nobunaga
1982The Legend of Sayo
1982The Law of Hell
1982Eternal Monument as Ootaka
1982Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1981Willful Murder as Journalist
1981Kinagashi Bugyō
1981The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
1980Twelve Months as Young soldier (voice)
1979Hunter in the Dark as Kuwano
1962Golden Horse Awards as Self
—Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis as Narrator
—Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? as Gen Takasegawa