Koji Yakusho
Acting • Born 1956-01-01
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.
Filmography
131 credits
Babel
Movie • 2006
Yasujiro Wataya
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie • 1987
The Eel
Movie • 1997
Takuro Yamashita
Shall We Dance?
Movie • 1996
Shohei Sugiyama
Tampopo
Movie • 1985
White Suit Man
Sleeping Man
Movie • 1996
Kamimura
Doppelganger
Movie • 2003
Michio Hayasaki
Bounce Ko Gals
Movie • 1997
Oshima
Pulse
Movie • 2001
Ship Captain
Séance
Movie • 2000
Sato
Gelatin Silver, Love
Movie • 2009
Client
Cure
Movie • 1997
Kenichi Takabe
Eureka
Movie • 2001
Makoto Sawai
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Movie • 2005
Masami Shin'ichi
University of Laughs
Movie • 2004
Mutsuo Sakisaka
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Movie • 2001
Yosuke Sasano
Hunter in the Dark
Movie • 1979
Kuwano
Retribution
Movie • 2007
Noboru Yoshioka
Paco and the Magical Book
Movie • 2008
Onuki
Lost Paradise
Movie • 1997
Shoichiro Kuki
The Last Ronin
Movie • 2010
Magozaemon Senoo
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Movie • 2011
Kageyu
13 Assassins
Movie • 2010
Shinzaemon Shimada
The Woodsman and the Rain
Movie • 2012
Katsuhiko
Suite Dreams
Movie • 2006
Heikichi Shindo
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Movie • 2011
Isoroku Yamamoto
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Movie • 2009
Morisaku Furuta
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
Movie • 1988
The Terminal Trust
Movie • 2012
Shinzo Egi
Aurora Borealis
Movie • 1990
Genzo
The Law of Hell
Movie • 1982
Perfect Days
Movie • 2023
Hirayama
Yukon
Movie • 1998
Takayuki Iwabuchi
The World of Kanako
Movie • 2014
Akikazu Fujishima
The Kiyosu Conference
Movie • 2013
Katsuie Shibata
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Movie • 2023
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
Gratitude
Movie • 2022
History of Jirocho Shimizu
Movie • 1995
Toad's Oil
Movie • 2009
Takuro Yazawa
The Lakeside Murder Case
Movie • 2005
Shunsuke Namiki
Silk
Movie • 2007
Hara Jubei
Família
Movie • 2023
Seiji Kamiya
Twelve Months
Movie • 1980
Young soldier (voice)
Tadon and Chikuwa
Movie • 1998
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Movie • 1982
Dora-heita
Movie • 2000
Koheita Mochizuki
Kamikaze Taxi
Movie • 1995
Kazumasa Kantake
Charisma
Movie • 1999
Goro Yabuike
I Just Didn't Do It
Movie • 2007
Masayoshi Arakawa
License to Live
Movie • 1999
Fujimori
Chronicle of My Mother
Movie • 2012
Kosaku
The Emperor in August
Movie • 2015
General Korechika Anami
Tokyo Sonata
Movie • 2008
Robber
The Choice of Hercules
Movie • 2002
Atsuyuki Sassa
Whistleblower
Movie • 2019
The Boy and the Beast
Movie • 2015
Kumatetsu (voice)
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Movie • 2023
Miyazawa Masajiro
I Am Searching For Myself
Movie • 2014
The Fir Trees Remain
Movie • 1983
Ekiro
Movie • 2009
Det. Yobuno
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Movie
Narrator
Hakkenden
Movie • 2024
Bakin Takizawa
Crimson Lotus
Movie • 1993
Jubaku: Spellbound
Movie • 1999
Hiroshi Kitano
Oh Lucy!
Movie • 2018
Takeshi Komori / Tom
The Third Murder
Movie • 2017
Takashi Misumi
Dark Society in the East
Movie • 1993
Ryosuke Kano
Fireflies: River of Light
Movie • 2004
Mr. Takiguchi
Sekigahara
Movie • 2017
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie • 2016
Self - Actor
A Samurai Chronicle
Movie • 2014
Toda
The Legend of Sayo
Movie • 1982
Argentine Hag
Movie • 2007
Satoru Wakui
The Hunter and the Hunted
Movie • 2004
Detective Jin
The Blood of Wolves
Movie • 2018
Shogo Ogami
The Sin
Movie • 2007
Mirai
Movie • 2018
Grandfather (voice)
Eternal Monument
Movie • 1982
Ootaka
Bonds
Movie • 1998
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Wings Over Everest
Movie • 2019
Jiang Yuesheng
Walking My Life
Movie • 2007
Yukihiro Fujiyama
Shabu
Movie • 1996
Willful Murder
Movie • 1981
Journalist
Under the Open Sky
Movie • 2021
Mikami Masao
Memoirs of a Geisha
Movie • 2005
Nobu
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
Movie • 1994
Tokyo: Level One
Movie • 2004
Governor of Tokyo
Belle
Movie • 2021
Suzu's Father (voice)
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie • 2022
Kawai Tsugunosuke
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Movie • 2021
Megumi no Sekai
Movie • 1990
Suzume Iro Doki
Movie • 1992
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
Movie • 2025
Keijitachi no Natsu
Movie • 1999
People Without a Fort
Movie • 2004
Nagasaka Fumio
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie • 2007
Self
Takeda Shingen
Movie • 1991
Takeda Shingen
The Brightest Sun
Movie • 2025
Early Autumn
Movie • 2011
Scarlet
Movie • 2025
Claudius (voice)
39th Edogawa Rampo Prize "Kao ni Furikakaru Ame"
Movie • 1994
Wim Wenders: Der ewig Suchende
Movie • 2025
Self
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
Movie • 2025
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
TV • 1988
サハリンの薔薇
TV • 1991
Middle-aged Bachelors
TV • 1997
The Password is Courage
TV • 2000
宮本武蔵
TV • 1984
Miyamoto Musashi
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
TV • 1990
Takeda Shingen
TV • 1991
Takeda Shingen
The Life of Bangaku
TV • 2002
Ajigawa Bantake
Hana no Ran
TV • 1994
Lethal Three
TV • 1987
Rikuoh
TV • 2017
Koichi Miyazawa
Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962
Self
Kinagashi Bugyō
TV • 1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
TV • 1981
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
TV • 1983
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
TV • 1984
宮本武蔵
Chotchan
TV • 1987
神谷容
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
TV • 1993
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
TV • 2017
Masayuki Matsushita
THE DAYS
TV • 2023
Masao Yoshida
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
TV • 2019
嘉納治五郎
Vivant
TV • 2023
Nogōn Beki
New Yotsuya Kaidan
TV • 1987
Back of Father
TV • 2014
Aoki Sosuke
Pension Metsä
TV • 2021
Tsuneki
Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV • 1983
Oda Nobunaga
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
TV
Gen Takasegawa
Inochi
TV • 1986
Naohiko Hamamura