About

Known credits:
121
Birthday:
1956-01-01
Place of birth:
Isahaya, Japan
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Koji Yakusho

Overview

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

Acting
2025 Sometimes Repentance Actor N/A
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2025 Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope Actor N/A
N/A
2024 Hakkenden Actor Bakin Takizawa 58
Average
2023 Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window Actor Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) 59
Average
2023 Perfect Days Actor Hirayama 72
Good
2023 Vivant Actor Nogōn Beki 70
Good
2023 THE DAYS Actor Masao Yoshida 74
Good
2023 Father of the Milky Way Railroad Actor Miyazawa Masajiro 58
Average
2023 Família Actor Seiji Kamiya 58
Average
2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai Actor Kawai Tsugunosuke 59
Average
2022 Gratitude Actor N/A
N/A
2021 Belle Actor Suzu's Father (voice) 69
Fair
2021 The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood Actor 59
Average
2021 Under the Open Sky Actor Mikami Masao 59
Average
2021 Pension Metsä Actor Tsuneki 69
Fair
2019 Wings Over Everest Actor Jiang Yuesheng 58
Average
2019 Whistleblower Actor 59
Average
2019 Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story Actor 嘉納治五郎 70
Good
2018 Mirai Actor Grandfather (voice) 66
Fair
2018 The Blood of Wolves Actor Shogo Ogami 59
Average
2017 Rikuoh Actor Koichi Miyazawa 70
Good
2017 The Third Murder Actor Misumi 61
Fair
2017 Sekigahara Actor Tokugawa Ieyasu 59
Average
2017 Ties: A Miraculous Colt Actor Masayuki Matsushita N/A
N/A
2017 Oh Lucy! Actor Komori / Tom 60
Fair
2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai Actor Self - Actor 59
Average
2015 The Emperor in August Actor General Korechika Anami 59
Average
2015 The Boy and the Beast Actor Kumatetsu (voice) 74
Good
2014 A Samurai Chronicle Actor Toda 59
Average
2014 The World of Kanako Actor Akikazu Fujishima 60
Fair
2014 I Am Searching For Myself Actor N/A
N/A
2013 The Kiyosu Conference Actor Katsuie Shibata 59
Average
2012 The Terminal Trust Actor Shinzo Egi 59
Average
2012 Chronicle of My Mother Actor Kosaku 59
Average
2012 The Woodsman and the Rain Actor Katsuhiko 58
Average
2011 Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet Actor Isoroku Yamamoto 59
Average
2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Actor Kageyu 62
Fair
2010 The Last Ronin Actor Magozaemon Senoo 59
Average
2010 13 Assassins Actor Shinzaemon Shimada 68
Fair
2009 The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Actor Morisaku Furuta 59
Average
2009 Toad's Oil Actor Takuro Yazawa 59
Average
2009 Ekiro Actor Det. Yobuno N/A
N/A
2009 Gelatin Silver, Love Actor Client 59
Average
2008 Tokyo Sonata Actor Robber 63
Fair
2008 Paco and the Magical Book Actor Onuki 59
Average
2007 Walking My Life Actor Yukihiro Fujiyama 58
Average
2007 The Sin Actor N/A
N/A
2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes Actor Self N/A
N/A
2007 Silk Actor Hara Jubei 58
Average
2007 Argentine Hag Actor Satoru Wakui N/A
N/A
2007 Retribution Actor Noboru Yoshioka 59
Average
2007 I Just Didn't Do It Actor Masayoshi Arakawa 59
Average
2006 Babel Actor Yasujiro Wataya 70
Good
2006 Suite Dreams Actor Heikichi Shindo 59
Average
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Actor Nobu 74
Good
2005 Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean Actor Masami Shin'ichi 58
Average
2004 University of Laughs Actor Mutsuo Sakisaka 59
Average
2004 People Without a Fort Actor Nagasaka Fumio N/A
N/A
2004 Fireflies: River of Light Actor Mr. Takiguchi 59
Average
2004 Tokyo: Level One Actor Governor of Tokyo N/A
N/A
2004 The Lakeside Murder Case Actor Shunsuke Namiki 59
Average
2004 The Hunter and the Hunted Actor Detective Jin N/A
N/A
2003 Doppelganger Actor Michio Hayasaki 59
Average
2002 The Choice of Hercules Actor Atsuyuki Sassa 59
Average
2002 The Life of Bangaku Actor Ajigawa Bantake N/A
N/A
2001 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Actor Yosuke Sasano 59
Average
2001 Pulse Actor Ship Captain 62
Fair
2000 Séance Actor Sato 59
Average
2000 The Password is Courage Actor N/A
N/A
2000 Eureka Actor Makoto Sawai 61
Fair
2000 Dora-heita Actor Koheita Mochizuki 58
Average
1999 Charisma Actor Goro Yabuike 59
Average
1999 Jubaku: Spellbound Actor Hiroshi Kitano 59
Average
1999 Keijitachi no Natsu Actor N/A
N/A
1999 License to Live Actor Fujimori 58
Average
1998 Tadon and Chikuwa Actor N/A
N/A
1998 Bonds Actor Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga 58
Average
1998 Yukon Actor Takayuki Iwabuchi N/A
N/A
1997 Cure Actor Kenichi Takabe 67
Fair
1997 Bounce Ko Gals Actor Oshima 59
Average
1997 Middle-aged Bachelors Actor N/A
N/A
1997 The Eel Actor Takuro Yamashita 60
Fair
1997 Lost Paradise Actor Shoichiro Kuki 58
Average
1996 Shabu Actor N/A
N/A
1996 Sleeping Man Actor Kamimura 59
Average
1996 Shall We Dance? Actor Shohei Sugiyama 62
Fair
1995 Kamikaze Taxi Actor Kazumasa Kantake 58
Average
1995 History of Jirocho Shimizu Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare Actor N/A
N/A
1994 Hana no Ran Actor N/A
N/A
1993 Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi Actor N/A
N/A
1993 Dark Society in the East Actor Ryosuke Kano 59
Average
1993 Crimson Lotus Actor 59
Average
1991 サハリンの薔薇 Actor N/A
N/A
1991 Takeda Shingen Actor 武田晴信 N/A
N/A
1991 Takeda Shingen Actor Takeda Shingen N/A
N/A
1990 Aurora Borealis Actor Genzo 58
Average
1990 Megumi no Sekai Actor N/A
N/A
1988 Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho Actor N/A
N/A
1988 「愛に燃える戦国の女」−豊臣家の人々より− Actor N/A
N/A
1987 The Great Department Store Robbery Actor N/A
N/A
1987 Lethal Three Actor 70
Good
1987 Chotchan Actor 神谷容 N/A
N/A
1985 Tampopo Actor White Suit Man 66
Fair
1984 宮本武蔵 Actor Miyamoto Musashi N/A
N/A
1983 The Fir Trees Remain Actor N/A
N/A
1983 Tokugawa Ieyasu Actor Oda Nobunaga 70
Good
1982 The Legend of Sayo Actor 59
Average
1982 The Law of Hell Actor N/A
N/A
1982 Eternal Monument Actor Ootaka 59
Average
1982 Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather Actor 59
Average
1981 Willful Murder Actor Journalist 59
Average
1981 Kinagashi Bugyō Actor N/A
N/A
1981 The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? Actor N/A
N/A
1980 Twelve Months Actor Young soldier 59
Average
1979 Hunter in the Dark Actor Kuwano 59
Average
坂本龍一 芸術は長く、人生は短し Actor N/A
N/A
Suzume Iro Doki Actor N/A
N/A
顔に降りかかる雨 Actor N/A
N/A

Directing
2009 Toad's Oil Directing Director 59
Average

Production
2023 Perfect Days Production Executive Producer 72
Good