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Koji Yakusho
Born · January 1, 1956 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Isahaya, Japan
Bio
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.
Hakkenden
Bakin Takizawa
0.0
2024
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
7.3
2023
Perfect Days
Hirayama
7.8
2023
Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Miyazawa Masajiro
6.0
2023
Família
Seiji Kamiya
5.2
2023
Gratitude
0.0
2022
Whistleblower
8.0
2019
The Emperor in August
General Korechika Anami
6.3
2015
The Boy and the Beast
Kumatetsu (voice)
8.0
2015
The World of Kanako
Akikazu Fujishima
6.4
2014
I Am Searching For Myself
0.0
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
Katsuie Shibata
6.5
2013
The Terminal Trust
Shinzo Egi
6.0
2012
Chronicle of My Mother
Kosaku
6.6
2012
The Woodsman and the Rain
Katsuhiko
6.0
2012
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto
6.5
2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Kageyu
7.2
2011
The Last Ronin
Magozaemon Senoo
6.3
2010
13 Assassins
Shinzaemon Shimada
7.3
2010
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Morisaku Furuta
6.0
2009
Toad's Oil
Takuro Yazawa
7.0
2009
Ekiro
Det. Yobuno
1.0
2009
Gelatin Silver, Love
Client
6.3
2009
Tokyo Sonata
Robber
7.4
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
Onuki
6.9
2008
Silk
Hara Jubei
5.8
2007
Retribution
Noboru Yoshioka
6.3
2007
I Just Didn't Do It
Masayoshi Arakawa
7.3
2007
Babel
Yasujiro Wataya
7.2
2006
Suite Dreams
Heikichi Shindo
6.4
2006
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Masami Shin'ichi
5.9
2005
University of Laughs
Mutsuo Sakisaka
7.0
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case
Shunsuke Namiki
6.4
2004
Doppelganger
Michio Hayasaki
6.9
2003
The Choice of Hercules
Atsuyuki Sassa
8.0
2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Yosuke Sasano
6.5
2001
Pulse
Ship Captain
6.6
2001
Séance
Sato
7.1
2000
Eureka
Makoto Sawai
7.7
2000
Dora-heita
Koheita Mochizuki
5.1
2000
Charisma
Goro Yabuike
6.5
1999
License to Live
Fujimori
6.2
1999
Tadon and Chikuwa
0.0
1998
Yukon
Takayuki Iwabuchi
0.0
1998
Cure
Kenichi Takabe
7.5
1997
Bounce Ko Gals
Oshima
6.6
1997
The Eel
Takuro Yamashita
7.0
1997
Lost Paradise
Shoichiro Kuki
5.8
1997
Sleeping Man
Kamimura
7.6
1996
Shall We Dance?
Shohei Sugiyama
7.3
1996
Kamikaze Taxi
Kazumasa Kantake
6.6
1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu
0.0
1995
Aurora Borealis
Genzo
4.1
1990
Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho
0.0
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
0.0
1987
Tampopo
White Suit Man
7.9
1985
The Fir Trees Remain
0.0
1983
The Law of Hell
0.0
1982
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
6.3
1982
Twelve Months
Young soldier
6.7
1980
Hunter in the Dark
Kuwano
6.5
1979
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
Narrator
0.0
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
0.0
2025
Vivant
Nogōn Beki · (10 episodes)
7.4
2023
THE DAYS
Masao Yoshida · (8 episodes)
7.8
2023
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Kawai Tsugunosuke
7.1
2022
Belle
Suzu's Father (voice)
7.7
2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
6.7
2021
Under the Open Sky
Mikami Masao
7.7
2021
Pension Metsä
Tsuneki · (7 episodes)
6.0
2021
Wings Over Everest
Jiang Yuesheng
6.5
2019
Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
嘉納治五郎 · (47 episodes)
7.8
2019
Mirai
Grandfather (voice)
7.2
2018
The Blood of Wolves
Shogo Ogami
7.1
2018
Rikuoh
Koichi Miyazawa · (10 episodes)
7.8
2017
The Third Murder
Misumi
6.6
2017
Sekigahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu
6.9
2017
Ties: A Miraculous Colt
Masayuki Matsushita · (2 episodes)
0.0
2017
Oh Lucy!
Komori / Tom
6.7
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actor
7.1
2016
A Samurai Chronicle
Toda
7.4
2014
Back of Father
Aoki Sosuke · (1 episode)
8.0
2014
Walking My Life
Yukihiro Fujiyama
5.0
2007
The Sin
0.0
2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
0.0
2007
Argentine Hag
Satoru Wakui
0.0
2007
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nobu
7.7
2005
People Without a Fort
Nagasaka Fumio
0.0
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
Mr. Takiguchi
4.5
2004
Tokyo: Level One
Governor of Tokyo
0.0
2004
The Hunter and the Hunted
Detective Jin
0.0
2004
The Life of Bangaku
Ajigawa Bantake · (10 episodes)
0.0
2002
The Password is Courage
(10 episodes)
0.0
2000
Jubaku: Spellbound
Hiroshi Kitano
6.0
1999
Keijitachi no Natsu
0.0
1999
Bonds
Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
5.2
1998
Middle-aged Bachelors
(13 episodes)
0.0
1997
Shabu
0.0
1996
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
0.0
1994
Hana no Ran
(37 episodes)
0.0
1994
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
(2 episodes)
0.0
1993
Dark Society in the East
Ryosuke Kano
6.5
1993
Crimson Lotus
7.0
1993
サハリンの薔薇
(1 episode)
0.0
1991
Takeda Shingen
武田晴信
0.0
1991
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen · (2 episodes)
0.0
1991
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
(5 episodes)
9.5
1990
Megumi no Sekai
0.0
1990
「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より−
(1 episode)
0.0
1988
Lethal Three
(101 episodes)
10.0
1987
New Yotsuya Kaidan
(2 episodes)
0.0
1987
Chotchan
神谷容 · (156 episodes)
0.0
1987
宮本武蔵
Miyamoto Musashi · (1 episode)
0.0
1984
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵 · (45 episodes)
0.0
1984
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
(1 episode)
0.0
1983
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga · (50 episodes)
10.0
1983
The Legend of Sayo
6.3
1982
Eternal Monument
Ootaka
10.0
1982
Willful Murder
Journalist
7.3
1981
Suzume Iro Doki
0.0
顔に降りかかる雨
(1 episode)
0.0
Kinagashi Bugyō
(1 episode)
0.0
1981
The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
(8 episodes)
0.0
1981
Golden Horse Awards
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1962